CARMANAH FORESTRY SOCIETY

TEL:
250-381-1141
250-389-1848

WEBSITE/EMAIL:
www.carmanah.ca
carmanah@pacificcoast.net

LOCATION:
Comox

On Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays (subject to demand), the Carmanah Forestry Society is conducting member's Discovery Tours to some of the more magnificent rainforests on Southern Vancouver Island. Stroll through some of the oldest trees on Earth, in a veritable Garden of Eden. 

Bring your camera, lots of film (400 ASA), video, bug repellent, snack food, medicines, extra clothes and footwear. Please let us know if you wish to bring your dog. Avoid tight deadlines, as return trips occasionally run late. These are true wilderness experiences; safe, but not for those extremely out of shape. 

Please discuss this with us prior to registering. Fortunately, most of our trails are fairly level ground, offering many short walks and photographic opportunities closer to the roadway. 

CANADA WEST MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

Since 1982, Canada West Mountain School has been dedicated to mountain safety education, through a comprehensive range of instructional and guided programs, including Rock and Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, Backpacking, Ski Touring and Avalanche safety courses. C

anada West Mountain School is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, though we conduct our programs and adventures throughout the mountains of the world. Our philosophy is based on the premise that every person venturing into the mountains should have the skills to be self sufficient. You won't find yourself being "dragged" to the summit on any Canada West Mountain School programs - we'll be there every step of the way, but every achievement will be yours to claim!

COLT groups take advantage of the facilities at Strathcona Park Lodge & Outdoor Education Centre (The Lodge), both as a basecamp and to rest and reload between expeditions. The Lodge is adjacent to Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia's oldest provincial park, with a wilderness tract exceeding 250,000 hectares (626,000 acres). Vancouver Island is replete with rivers, lakes, and mountains - boasting peaks rising more than 2200 metres, right from sea level. 

Sited to take advantage of both alpine and marine environments, COLT's outdoor classrooms are nearby, immense and varied. Surprisingly, Vancouver Island boasts 250 permanent glaciers and 30 boatable river descents. Mountaineering in Strathcona Park - on peaks such as Mt. Colonel Foster - is world famous, and the Crest Creek Crags have more than 100 climbing routes. 

 
Your guides are Gary and Ronda Murdock who love to share their passion for nature. Gary retired in April 2000 from the B.C. Forest Service where he was a Forest Technician for 35 years, 15 years as Recreation Officer on southern Vancouver Island.  Our focus is on non-invasive viewing and enjoyment of Canada’s working and ancient Rainforests and wildlife. 

Trees up to 1500 years old and 290 feet tall, abundant wildlife, wildflowers and plants, to area’s more often visited by wildlife than by people, but with trails that most people will find an easy walk. Educational, guided, year round full day and half day tours to Ancient Rainforests, Mountain tops, Alpine meadows and lakes, West Coast Beaches and trails, and Native Culture tours on Southern Vancouver Island. 

All trips are suitable for children,  families and seniors. Lunches and non-alcoholic drinks provided. Vehicle is a four-wheel drive van, gov’t inspected and insured. Group size 6-10 people.

Making Traks organises tours in several places around the world including Northern Ireland, Australia, USA Canyons, Mexico Mayan Ruins, Canadian Rockies.
On Vancouver Island we visit temperate and old-growth rainforests, rugged and isolated coastline, sub-alpine meadows and lakes. Vancouver Island is a jewel for hiking, offering an amazing variety of choice destinations. Spend one day or up to seven days revelling in unsurpassed wilderness hiking around Cowichan River, Carmanah, Strathcona Park, West Coast Trail (Bamfield to Pachena Point Lighthouse) and Juan de Fuca Marine Trail

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