Weekend Adventure Opportunities
A beaver pond in an alpine meadow
You have the opportunity to go all out on the weekends with optional camping trips or take the opportunity to get involved in ranch activities and work with the horses.
In the summer, you can visit a nearby lake and spend the day swimming, or go out wildlife viewing (for Grizzly and Black Bear), wolf calling, gold panning, fishing or visit an area museum.
A Grizzly resting with her cubs
In the winter, try snowshoeing, skiing, riding a snowmobile or wolf calling.
Students can make this English learning experience truly unique by hiking up to one of our alpine camps during the summer months. Practice their English skills while learning wilderness skills. Get involved in camp cooking and learn about the plants and animals that surround you in the picturesque valleys.
Use a field guide to study the colourful mosaic of alpine wildflowers across the valleys while a Grizzly Bear feeds on cow parsnip. Activities include horseback riding and hiking through the valley to look for wildlife.
Four day, Seven day or longer Adventure Opportunities, The perfect way to round off an ESL School
The Guest Ranch
At Chilcotin Holidays the spirit of Canada’s Wild West lives on. All the trips and adventures incorporate cultural and historical elements of the authentic western wilderness lifestyle. All our trips are customized, so you can choose between a leisurely trip, action packed or something in between.
Wilderness Alpine Pack Horse Trips
Be prepared for the ultimate Horse Pack Trip adventure of a lifetime! You’ll ride into the backcountry like an explorer with packhorses in tow, traveling the mountains in nomadic style.
Wilderness Alpine Hiking, Mountain Trekking
Hike BC’s mountains on guided multi-day alpine hiking trips and wilderness trekking tours. Imagine secluded alpine basins, abundant wildlife, open-air lunches with stunning scenery, and over 150 species of wildflowers and 210 species of birds.
Mountain Biking
We pioneered “guided packhorse-supported mountain bike tours” in the south Chilcotin Mountains. These multi-day single-track wilderness bike tours are guided, and they are done in prime biking areas where there is no conflict with horses and hikers.
Angling
Choose daily from a variety of lakes, rivers and streams for wild Rainbow and Brook trout, Dolly Varden and Kokanee. The ice comes off the valley lakes mid April to mid May, and there is explosive action until July for these trophy-sized Rainbow and Brook trout.
Fly Fishing
Whether you’re a trout-fishing enthusiast or a novice angler with an urge to hook a magnificent Rainbow trout, our remote mountain lakes, rivers, ponds and streams within our million-acre Angling Guide Territory will fulfill your dreams.
Wildlife Safari
On our Multi-Species Safari, you’ll peer down into the lush valley bottom at black bears feeding on the fresh shoots of grass. In the deep forests of willow, catch a rare sight of the stately Canadian moose, or read tracks to locate the mountain goat as they lead you to the north facing bluffs where they escape the heat of the day.
Grizzly Viewing
Grizzlies are the symbol of the wilderness. View these awesome animals in their natural habitat as they progress through the seasons. In the spring, concentration is in the low meadows during breeding season. Then, follow them into the sub-alpine, examine their territory marker trees, explore their dens and collect data for our Grizzly Study.
