Photos and Tales from the Chatter Creek Sawmill and Lumber Yard. Thursday, July 29, 2004. In June of 2002, Chatter Creek Mountain Lodges Ltd. Building site located about 100km north of Golden B. The mill was required to produce all of the dimensioned lumber for a 9300 sq. lodge to be build of logs harvested from the surrounding forest. Scroll to the end for later shots from the Solitude Lodge.

Chatter Creek Mountain Lodge Building Site. Photos showing the site and surroundings of Vertebrae Lodge. Friday, July 23, 2004. In about 22 weeks, 24 clients will be sleeping and dining and relaxing on this spot. A bar will be in full service and guests will be playing pool and darts and reliving their day of powder sno.

Outdoor Furnace Heats Vertebrae Lodge. Wednesday, October 19, 2005. In heating Vertebrae lodge, the Chatter Creek partners wanted no open fire in the lodge and no chimneys that might be damaged by the heavy snow load that the roof could collect. They chose to heat the 9300 sq. Monday, October 11, 2004.

Sunday, July 25, 2004. Spruce butts being lifted for placement as foundation piers. However, when there is no time or money to do anything better, the Chatter Creek partners do what they have to do to advance the project. Thursday, July 22, 2004.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004. With the roof completed, the interior partitions were the next task. Scroll down to see a number of interior views of Vertebrae lodge during framining and some shots of the final product. The future games room and bar area with the stairs to the dining hall and upstairs bedrooms. The dining hall and kitchen space.

Thursday, September 02, 2004. Roof Construction for Vertebrae Lodge. Christoph Loesch of Parson and his associates Sigi Liebmann of Golden and Zsolt Mozes of Parson visited Chatter Creek over a weekend and, between them and the Chatter Team, three large trusses were designed, constructed and erected into place.

Chatter News Postings and Photography Index. All Postings to the Chatter News. Wednesday, September 08, 2004. Index of Chatter News Postings. All postings to the Chatter News are listed below, organized by the following topics. Lodge Construction at Chatter Creek. Photgraphic Galleries and Ski Zones. Client Trips and Photo Libraries. Megahooped, Wonderland and Jo-Pal.

Tuesday, August 03, 2004. Follow the course of the log construction as the walls and floors of Vertebrae Lodge are built. It will take over six weeks to get to the roof, which will be a massive structure. The first logs are set for Vertebrae Lodge.

Friday, July 30, 2004. Except for plywood, Vertebrae Lodge was built entirely of green spruce selectively logged near the building site. Trees were felled and limbed in the bush and the logs were dragged to the site. The trees were cut before the sap rises from the roots, which results in less shrinkage as the wood cures.

Life on the Chatter Creek Road. The Reason Why Guests Fly to Chatter Creek. Friday, July 23, 2004. This photo journal recalls some of the journey of the mill and the crane and, in general, life on the Chatter Creek road. The Chatter Creek Road is dotted with bogs, some quite deep. When vehicles get stuck, the excavator has to walk down the road to pull them out, at a loss.