The late Ben Hopsen Jr showed us that technique when he taught at the ATA Wolf School many years ago. He carried a themos full of warm water on his snogo with him, for just that purpose.

Even if you are not in "open country" it works great out on river ice.

Ben was the best "open country" wolf trapper I have known. (Although I hasten to add that his son B3 is no slouch!)

Pete

Ok, so I figured out how to reduce some of my newer pictures even more than before, but there are still some that I can't get smaller, and they still won't load, but I'll keep working on it.
In the mean time, I'll post a few more "stuck" pictures, then move onto other things.

I'll stick with some more snowmachine stuff,... but with "odd/unusual" situations, conditions, scenery, etc,...

Starting with some frozen waterfalls along the trail,...







But sometimes they block your pathway,...

Always waiting each winter for shelf ice so I can keep going,...






Sometimes you have to make your own trail across smaller avalanches,...







And when you get to your cabin, and the snow is deeper than you thought,.... just park on top,...

Sometimes in late winter, the trails start caving in on their own,....





In other places, the road signs might almost be covered over,...




But what's not good, is if you suddenly have fresh grizzly tracks along your trail in February,...

Since I have been on the ice for the majority of my trapping endeavors, I have avoided dragging around cargo sleds as much as possible, which I know would have made many of my "bad ice" issues much worse. But, then not having one makes trying to carry everything I might need an issue. And worse, is trying to haul everything home if you've had a good day on the line. But, with careful measurments when making a cargo box on the back, it's surprising how much a person can haul with no cargo sled, if you have to,...




But no matter what, watch what you're doing so you don't run over things like this and get them jammed up in your track,.. like I kinda did here, since it was 99% buried in the trail.