Winter Work (and whales!)

January has brought cold weather here in the Discovery Islands. Even the moderating effects of the Pacific couldn’t hold off the cold weather on Read Island. Bridges, paths, and roads are coated with a thin sheen of ice (yes, we get ice on the coast too), and...

Coast Mountain goes to America!

We spend most of the off-season right here at our home on Read Island. Besides the fact that it’s our favourite place to be, there seems to be a never ending list of projects and maintenance to keep us busy. Every now and then though, we head out to explore new...

Fall, 2016, The Wild Wet Coast

Fall Colour & Returning Salmon, 2016 At Coast Mountain Lodge, another  Discovery Islands sea kayaking season is done. We love the change of pace that offers time for watching the special ritual of salmon returning to the rain-replenished creek here at our home on...

Happy Winter!

Trails have been a fun part of our fall and winter. We’ve now lived 35 years on this land that suffered logging a decade before our arrival. Watching its recovery has been a real experience – and in recent years the new forest is growing open and sharing...

Summer so far…

It seems like just yesterday that we sent out the first multi day kayak trip of the season. Kayaks and equipment fresh from winter storage touched water for the first time, stoke in the eyes of guide and participant alike. The rivers were full then; still swollen from...