Bio: Kitchen Help, mid 1960’s; winter resident, 1968. Descriptor: Staying the winter at White Grass and inventing things to do amidst total isolation.
Karin’s Story: I’m one of the few who’ve had the opportunity to experience White Grass in the winter. The road wasn’t plowed between the ranch and the Moose-Wilson Road and the isolation was total. In 1968-9 we relied on a cranky snow mobile, our skis or snowshoes. From time to time, we skied out in the moonlight, enjoying the quiet beauty. By spring, with cabin fever in full swing, my ex-husband and I took turns racing the snow mobile on a course around the meadow, culminating with a run over the snow-covered kitchen roof. We often skied up Death Canyon trail from the White Grass Ranger Station to the Phelps Lake overlook for a picnic, REALLY enjoying the fast descent. As enjoyable as the summers were at the ranch, the winters stick in my mind. I was there two winters.