Chatter Creek partner, Dale McKnight waves to the helicopter on its way to Vertebrae Lodge. Most likely, Dale has been building a cat road nearby and has climbed the knoll to greet his new guests. A nice touch!

Dale has probably been out since early morning and will not return until after dark. He is far from the lodge and he has many kilometers of cat roads to maintain and new roads to build. New cat skiing terrain is being opened up on a regular basis. Tomorrow, we might ski here!

Thanks to Phil Fortier for this great shot.