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Monday, August 02, 2004

Meet the Chatter Creek Lodge Construction Crew

Scroll down to meet some of the folks who have worked on the summer lodge construction projects at Chatter Creek. They appear in no particular order.

Most of the photos come from the Vertebrae Lodge construction project in 2002. Some new members of the construction crew are omited, soley because we don't have pictures of them (yet).

Click here for more photos of the Chatter Crew at work. Our Chatter Creek Winter Staff Weblog introduces the folks who operate the skiing and snowboarding program at Chatter Creek.

Aplogies to: Christoph Lotter, one of Chatter Creek's chefs, and to Stephan Forsman, a carpenter working with the Chatter Creek crew this summer. Also apologies to Scott Herring, a past contributor, both summer and winter, who has moved on to build log homes full-time in Golden.

Saturday, July 31, 2004


Dale McKnight, Chatter Creek partner, log builder and chain saw artist in summer, full time president and trouble shooter. He's also the husband of Isabelle and the father of Leo. Here's another picture of Dale with one of the neighbors.


Dan Josephson, Chatter Creek partner, log builder and equipment operator in summer and full-time mechanic and maintenance person. Dan is also the full-time partner of Lori and the father of Talus.

Here's another view of Dan, equipment operator, logger, mechanic, ski area operator and father.


Matt Cochand, partner, speechmaker and tailgunner.

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Dave Markel, Chatter Creek partner, Web site developer and lodge designer. Dave is also a full-time father. The construction process posed many problems. Here's Dave, deep in thought about the upcoming roof construction.


Merle McKnight, full time office manager and the friendly voice of Chatter Creek. Schedule juggler, extraordinaire.


Mike McKnight, log builder and consultant in summer, helicopter loader and all round support person in winter. Mike thought he was retired.


Isabelle Thibeault, sawyer, carpenter and chain saw artist in summer, guide and safety manager in winter, now full-time mother and partner of Dale.


Lori Larwill, log builder, sawyer and chain saw artist in summer, past lodge manager in winter, now full-time mother and partner of Dan.


Marc Beleyme, carpenter and log builder in summer, snowcat driver in winter


Jevan Zyp, cat driver and road builder in winter, carpenter and log builder in summer.


Mike Forida, winter tailgunner and summer carpenter and log builder

Friday, July 30, 2004


Scott Herring, sawyer, carpenter and log builder in summer, snowcat driver in winter. Scott is now building log homes in Golden.


Jay Maggs, log builder and carpenter in summer, snowcat driver in winter. Jay is now building log homes full-time in Golden.

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