From my log house, to reach a little beach, I need an easy way to get down there.
First, a view from my dock, showing on the right, a sandy beach. It`s hard to get there from the log house up above. But I`m noticing a natural `ramp`, from high-left to low-right. It will take work to cut rock and build a usable path, but it`s possible!
At low tide, this sandy beach keeps on going down under the ocean water, so canoes could easily come and go from here.
And here`s the view of what`s under water. In the distance along the rock wall, is the electrical power cable going up the rocks.
For this next picture, I`m standing near the water, looking back toward my dock in the distance, showing the rocks. The low-side of the ramp down to the beach, would end in the middle of the picture. Some stairs would need to be cut into those rocks.
Here`s a view, a little further up the sloping ramp, still on the low half.
Almost to the half-way point along this hypothetical ramp, there`s a rock blocking the path.
To the left of that blocking rock, this section:
There`s a place where the ramp-path goes under the hanging branches of an Arbutus tree.
And left of that, we`re almost at the upper section that has mossy vegetation.
And here`s the `beach`, the goal, where I`d like to be able to walk down and find oysters at low tide.
April 7, 2013 update. I had a wee bit of free time, and searched for rock cutting tools. Look at these: Electric powered 110V or 220V diamond chain saws. These could cut stairs in that rock.
Looks like I might be able to order a Cardi, via Expert Equipment. Their guy Markus Bartl, 1-713-797-9886 was very helpful, and referred me to a Canadian distributor: Tracy, from Power Tool Klinic in Calgary, Alberta. 1-403-276-4633.
April 13 update. The saw has been ordered, and now we wait for it to be delivered from the USA, but at least it’s in stock in North America. (Here’s a sample image of stairs cut into stone) This job is going to also need a laser-level.