Always nice to hear from Bryan Gough, with some history and photos.
"Here's hoping that things are well with you as they are, more or less, with me. It's been a while.
Your photo of the "old Belchrome cabin" reminded me of some photos from yesteryear which may interest you, particularly one of the real, but no longer existent, "old" Belchrome cabin! The present structure was built in the mid fifties by Terry Smith and Ken Pitman of Rock Creek as a temporary shelter for use by the bulldozer operators who were at the time building the road (read, goat trail) to the top where they later did some site preparation with those same bulldozers. Terry and Ken had to hike up the last couple of miles ahead of the road builders to begin on the cabin, quite the hike through the bush with all the tools, overnight gear, food, etc., needed to last them for a few days until the bulldozers completed the road.
The first two pictures below were taken by me in 2004 and show the later roof, as it had been totally replaced by the snowmobile club(s) with sawn lumber rafters and metal roofing many years after the original construction. The bottom picture is of the actual original very small trapper's cabin which had been built, ostensibly, by Art Alden's father, Don, in an unknown bygone year. The photo was taken by my father in 1970 and shows the by-then quite rundown cabin and an acquaintance of my parents named Marie Oehler, unknown to me, checking things out. Within a few more years the cabin was completely razed by further machine activity. Terry and Ken had spent a few uncomfortable nights along with several mice and rats for companionship in that tiny structure!Not ski related I know, but I thought you might be interested. Merry Christmas!"
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