Day 7 part 2 Bell 2 Lodge

Below is Bell Lodge at Bell 2. You can't see what is different about this ski lodge, but if you could gaze around you would notice it right away. There are NO ski runs on the mountain slopes around Bell 2 Lodge. There are NO ski lifts. Nope. Instead there is a helicopter pad just  past the lodge. This is the heart of helicopter skiing up on the tops of mountains, where they drop you off and then pick you up at the bottom again. An amazing world we live in now.

Behind the lodge are the cabins. You can choose a sod roofed traditional like the one below. If you look closely you can see that the fascia boards running around the bottom edge of the roof are covered with birch bark.

Or, you can choose a more conventional kind of cabin.

Or a log cabin for 1 or 2.

And apres ski, you can soak in a nice hot sauna (below).

Out back is where we get to camp. The bikers are even further out back from us. And also behind us are 2 bunkies for workers, plus other campers used by summer workers. They are not working at the lodge, they must be seasonal workers on the roads or something like that. I heard a couple of them driving out at 3AM this morning, so perhaps they are on shifts. One 4-noon, the other noon to 8. This would give maximum use of the daylight at this time of year.

We are off on an early start. Hoping to make it to the Yukon tonight.

Barbara Rick and Flossie