A wooden dock on a still lake under a red evening sky

A cabin to yourself.

A week off the grid on a mountain lake in northern British Columbia. The floatplane drops you at the dock and comes back in seven days. In between there is a log cabin, a boat, a wood stove and nobody else.

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Two ways to spend the week.

A log cabin with a lit porch on the shore of a mountain lake at dusk

On your own

You rent the cabin and run your own week. We fly you in with your food and gear, show you the cabin, the boat and the satellite messenger, and leave you to it. For people who know their way around the outdoors.

Stay
7 days, cabin to cabin by floatplane
For
Anglers, photographers, friends
Guests
Depends on the cabin, on request
Price
On request
View over a camp dock and a floatplane on a quiet lake, snow peaks behind

With a host

A guide stays with you, cooks, runs the boat and shows you the country: goats on the cliffs through the spotting scope, moose at the lake edge in the evening, the best water for trout. For couples, families and anyone new to the north.

Stay
7 days, all meals in camp
For
Couples, families, small groups
Do
Boat, hike, fish, watch wildlife
Price
On request
What is there

Simple, dry, warm, and a long way from anything.

The cabin

Log walls, proper beds, a wood stove and a kitchen. Being refitted for 2027 with new beds, stoves and equipment.

The water

A dock and a boat with life jackets. The lake is your road, your view and your dinner.

Safety

Satellite phone and Starlink for safety and emergencies, a first aid kit and clear bear rules. We know where you are all week.

What is not there

No road, no power line, no other guests. Satellite phone and Starlink are on hand when you need them.

All year round

Summer on the lake, winter by the stove.

View from a log cabin porch over a misty lake to snow peaks at dawn

June to September

Long days, warm afternoons on the dock, cold clear water. Fishing, hiking above the treeline, wildlife from the boat. The summer holiday in Canada people picture and rarely find.

A log cabin on a frozen lake shore in falling snow, light in the windows

January to March

Fly in by helicopter to a winter-ready cabin. Ice fishing, snowmobiles, snowshoes and complete silence. The first winter trips are being planned. Ask us where things stand.

The camps

You land at the front door.

The floatplane sets down on the lake and taxis to the dock. Your bags go up to the cabin, the plane leaves, and it gets very quiet. From then on you travel on foot and by boat.

Hunters, anglers and cabin guests use the same camps. For 2027 they are being refitted one by one to the same standard: new beds, new stoves, boats and equipment. We do not publish where they are. You find out when you fly in.

Main camps

Each cabin stands in a small camp on the lake shore, with a dock for the floatplane, boats and a dry place for your gear.

Cook and kitchen

On guided hunts a cook looks after the main camp. Hot breakfast before light, a proper meal when you come in.

Fly camps

For mountain goat and the far valleys we sleep out in light tents for one to three nights, close to the animals.

Small on purpose

Few camps and small parties keep the valleys quiet. What flies in, flies out: food, fuel, packaging, all of it.

A hunter boils water between two small tents on an alpine bench above the clouds
Fly camp: one to three nights in the alpine when the goats are high.

Cabin life

Log cabins on a wooded point of a lake, seen from the floatplane on approach
Inside a log cabin with a wood stove, bunks and a table by the window
A small cabin among spruce on the lake shore
A cabin among spruce at night with a fire burning outside

Some images on this page are concept images that show how we are fitting out the cabins. Photos of the finished cabins follow.

Cabin questions

Straight answers.

Can we bring children?

Yes, with a host. Children need to be comfortable around water and able to follow the bear rules.

What about bears?

You are a guest in bear country. Food is stored properly, the cabins are bear proof, and we brief you before the plane leaves.

Do I need a fishing licence?

Yes, a BC angling licence. We arrange it with you before the trip.

What if we need help?

Satellite phone and Starlink are available for safety and emergencies. Medical and evacuation insurance is mandatory for all guests.

Ask for your week.

Tell us when, how many of you and what you want to do. We answer personally within two working days.

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