Wildlife!

We had a late set out today, due to the first fly camp being set out before us. So we didn't head out until about 9:15. It was cool though, we saw a wolf from the helicopter about 200m from where we were dropped off. I had no idea that wolves were so big! It stared up at us, and then walked on. We were up in the near alpine, but still had a fair amount of rhubarb to crash through all day. We were mapping between two thrust faults, and the rocks were so messed up I almost called uncle and starting calling it Leverite (as in Leverite there). This one rock was so altered it was pretty much entirely silicified, with some iron carbonate and a bunch of fuksite, lots of quartz veins, but we had no idea what the original rock was. This was not the only rock to stump us.

It was a beautiful day though, lots of mountainous views. All the trav teams saw wildlife today. Ours was pretty lame compared to the Momma Grizzly with cub that the one crew saw. They were sitting, eating lunch on a ridge above them, and just barely missed running into them. They watched them for a while before the grizzly caught their scent. The bears just booked it downhill, which is good. It's good to know that most bears here are still scared of humans. Especially the grizzlies. Especially when I don't carry a firearm.