Winter Wonderland - Kaslo Sourdough Bakery


It was November 28, 2006, our water system was running fine, but we had just had 1 meter (3 ft) of snow in the past 48 hours and the temperature was well into in the minus teens during the day, and over -20° Celsius at night at our springs. It was time to check up if everything was still flowing well and that there were no problems. It was a beautiful sunny morning and it took me close to two hours of vigorous cross-country skiing to get to the springs. I had to make my own track, but at least I had followed a bull elk track which helped considerable in the deep snow. I never saw him but he used the same trail to browse and forage to make it through the winter. In the center of this picture you can just make out the shelter hut of the ‘Bakery Spring’, and the collection tank below it, as you can see the sun was shining through the trees.

	The water was flowing quite well and the shelter hut is protecting the spring from the elements.

	Our ‘Sourdough Spring’ is located about 120 meters above our ‘Bakery Spring’, and deep snow made it struggle to get up to. The pipe comes directly out of the small cave in the otherwise solid rock mountain side. It was also running well. In the picture it is not evident but just before, it seemed like the small cave was breathing like a human breath in cold weather. Had to use the time-delayed button to make a self-portrait, just for the record. It was getting colder again, but was still heated-up pretty good from the excursion.

Time to head home, my tracks are clearley visible in the snow where I had followed the elk, and my skipole-marks are also discernable. The sun was already past its zenith and the spring was bathed in the ashes of twilight.

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