Carl Lofroth at the slide area
Carl is shovelling a path through the slide
for the Tucker snowcat

Tucker Snowcat
approaching slide area
in the early Spring or Fall
All that rain would mean bad news for us!

Building Log Bridge
Winter 1978
across same slide area as shown above

Woody Larsen, and Carl Lofroth
Digging the Tucker through a snow drift
at the top of the mountain
This corner was always bad for a big drift
right on an open corner, with a huge drop off.
I must admit, this corner scared the hell out of me,
more than a few times.
Trying a run on the top of the drift,
instead of spending hours shovelling,
was always a tough decision.
I did both!
I remember lots of times, due to the drop off,
you would have a tendency to hug the inside of the drift.
With the old Thiokol Spryte, it would sometimes
loose it's grip on the drift and then slide into the bank.
This would usually mean sliding out of the track,
and pinning the machine against the bank.
I did this too many times to count!
You not only had to shovel, you had to get the track back on
in very tight quarters.
Add to this mix, usually wind and cold, and it wasn't fun!
But it was still a half mile to the site, if you wanted
to stop and have a beer or a steak, it meant work, and lots of it.
Like I said earlier, we spent 70% of our time getting to these sites,
20% microwave work, and 10% reserved for good times!