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...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Mar 12, 2017 | General News
It may have been television, video games, and the advent of internet. It could have been overprotective parents fueled by media-induced child abduction panic. Perhaps it was that bulldozer paving the last green space to make way for a strip mall. Likely, it was all of...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Jan 31, 2017 | General News
It might seem at first glance that kayak trips are all about paddling to beautiful places – and they are. Kayaks have carried me to some of the most mind-blowing spectacular vistas I’ve ever seen. Towering peaks, sheers rock faces, wildlife shows…I once paddled into a...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Jan 19, 2017 | General News
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...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Dec 7, 2016 | General News
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...
