by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Dec 11, 2018 | General News
Coast Mountain (Finally) Names the New Boat! Our very first boat was wood. She was small, with a sturdy lap-strake hull, a tiny cabin and a 10 hp Briggs and Stratton inboard motor. I’m not sure why we named her “Puffer” – maybe because the engine sent up little...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Nov 28, 2018 | General News
If you follow the upper path at our Read Island lodge – through the forest, over the creek, past the showers and sauna – you’ll find a shady trail that leads uphill. As you hike, distant bird calls mingle with the rush and tumble of a small waterfall, and soon...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Oct 12, 2018 | General News
Here at Coast Mountain, no one is more integral to our business than Cedar and Luna. Without them, the experience just wouldn’t be the same. Cedar is a full-time resident of the lodge on Read Island and acts as the official welcoming committee for all multi-day...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Sep 20, 2018 | General News
“We wait, not knowing just where it will happen; suddenly they smash through the surface, someone begins shouting for joy and you realize it is yourself as they surge upward and you see for the first time how huge they are, as they breach, and dive, and breach...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Mar 13, 2018 | General News
My oversized black gumboots thumped against my shins with every step. I was walking fast to keep up with my parents, who set a brisk pace down the ramp of the Maple Bay harbour dock. I didn’t want to get left behind; we were going to look at a new-to-us boat – a...
