Brew Hut Rebuild

Brew Hut Rebuilding Committee Minutes

Brew Hut Minutes October 21 2004

Brew Hut Minutes February 9, 2005

Brew Hut Minutes March 1, 2005

New hut construction

Tools list

==Salvageable Materials== from existing Hut

• 8 2x10 beams in good condition - 14 1/2 feet long
• ladder is good - 26 inches wide by 99.5 inches tall made of 2x6 tongue and groove
• 2x6 tongue + groove boards - perhaps 50% of siding boards in existing hut are salvageable. Tongue + groove boards on upstairs floor are poor. These boards have already been salvaged once, so they are in short lengths and will be full of nail holes. Tongues + grooves may become damaged during removal.
• All plywood (exterior and floor) is heavily damaged.
• Hut furniture is crude, with the exception of one nice cooking bench.
• 3 of 8 laminated beam segments are cracked. Each beam is approx 2 1/4 inches * 6 inches.
• miscellaneous 2x8 and 2x6 boards in good shape, but already cut to short lengths.

Helicopter Info

Helifor Industries will be doing some helilogging for Terminal Forest Products in the Spring, and again in the fall. They can probably move all the materials in 2 loads, and each trip is estimated to be about 15 minutes. The going rate for this helicopter is about $5000/hr, so that makes $2500 which is really reasonable. Factoring in a 50% margin (since the trip time is a crude guesstimate) puts the cost at $3750. They can provide us with slings at no charge.

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From Blackcomb Helicopter (Nov 2004)

Type of helicopters the max weight load that each of them are able to carry & costs:

• ASTAR B2 $1770.00 per hour max weight 1800 lb
• ASTAR BA $1570.00 per hour max weight 1500 lb
• ASTAR B $1470.00 per hour max weight 1200 lb
• Jetranger $1065.00 per hour max weight 600 lb

Time, by helicopter, from your heliport to Brew Mountain:

• .2 h from heliport to Brew Mountain one-way, .4 h return

Only the flying time that is chargeable.

Other place,closer to brew mountain, where we'll be able to load our stuff (closer than your heliport):

• Possibly at Brew Creek lodge with there promission

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Snowpack data

The idea here is to establish snow accumulation patterns in the area. Any data, even annecdotal, is welcome.

• April 1st, 2003 -- Snow up to the top of the roof at Brew hut. Less than 1m of snow at microbrew.
• November 14, 2004 -- 1.0m in drift near Brew Hut, no snow at microbrew (scoured by steady 60km/h winds), 50-60cm at Brew Lake. Light winds at brew hut (sheltered from trees) and in brew lake basin.
• February 6, 2005 -- 2.5m at Brew Hut, 60cm at microbrew (wind scoured to only 20cm immediately around microbrew), 2m at flat basin above brew lake, 1.6m at Brew Lake. Steady NW winds at Brew hut and Mircobrew. Light NW winds at upper basin and Brew Lake.

New Brew Trail

A new trail may be part of the plan for the new hut. See the wiki page for New Brew Trail