Off-grid, and never out of reach.
The only way into the territory is by air. There is no road, no power line and no neighbour. Satellite phone and Starlink are on hand for safety, for emergencies and for the call that cannot wait.
A few small areas for the spring bear hunt can be reached by truck. Everything else is cut off, and that is exactly why the game is undisturbed.
Two ways in. Both by air.
How you reach the Motase depends on what you come for and on the season. We plan the flight with your trip and tell you which aircraft it will be.
Floatplane
All hunts fly in by floatplane from Smithers, 30 to 45 minutes to the dock of your camp. Most fishing and cabin weeks in summer fly the same way.
Helicopter
For heli-fishing on remote water and for cabin guests, above all in winter when the lakes are frozen. Not used for hunting.
All flights are operated by licensed commercial air operators based in the region. Weather decides when we fly, so plan one buffer day at each end.
Three levels, three kinds of days.
Lakes and valleys
Where the floatplane lands and the cabins stand. Moose in the meadows, black bear on the shorelines, trout and char off the dock.
Timber and slides
Spruce and fir, cut by avalanche paths that green up first in spring. The climb to the goats goes through here.
Alpine
Open ridges, cliffs and basins. Mountain goat country, hunted from spike camps of one to three nights.
A handful of guests a year.
We are the only outfitter licensed to guide here, and we take few hunters each season. Whole valleys go a year without seeing a person. Animals behave the way they do when nobody bothers them, and you have the country to yourself.
Remote, and properly equipped.
Our camps are log cabins on the water. For 2027 they are being refitted one by one to the same standard: new beds, new stoves, boats and equipment, dry, warm and bear proof. You come a long way to get here, and the camp should feel like it was worth it.
Cabins and camps
What to expect.
Getting here
Fly to Vancouver, connect to Smithers in about two hours. We meet you at the airport. The next morning the floatplane takes you in.
Weather
It changes fast in the Skeena Mountains. Flights wait for the weather, not the other way round. Plan one buffer day at each end.
Bear country
Black bears and grizzlies live here. Camps are run by clear rules, and your guide shows you how to move and store food.
Guides and licences
Visitors from abroad hunt in British Columbia with a licensed guide outfitter. We arrange your licences in Smithers on the first day.
Light and seasons
Long evenings in May and June, first snow on the peaks in September, deep winter from November.
Staying in touch
There is no mobile coverage in the territory. Satellite phone and Starlink are available when you need them, for safety, emergencies or an urgent call home.
The Motase in October
Come and see it.
Hunt, fish or spend a week in a cabin. Tell us what you have in mind and we answer personally within two working days.