Old Dogs, New Tricks...

This just shows that old guides can learn new tricks. This picture is my father and long-time Bella Coola and Atnarko River fishing and bear guide on the sticks of one of Kynoch Adventures' tour rafts!

Les Koroluk is an icon in the guiding and tourism industry in Bella Coola Valley BC, but for years has been holding on to his precious Clackacraft Drift Boat for bear tours and guiding. With low water in the Atnarko River and a raft available for the day, I convinced him to try out the lighter boat for a guided float.


The raft handled better than he thought, and for a 'little' over 65 years old, he handled it like the river pro he is!!! Les guides bears for us in the fall in Tweedsmuir Park, with our tours operated from Bella Coola's Coast Mountain Lodge.


Les Koroluk was practically the founder of Bear Viewing tours in Bella Coola, as he developed this form of tourism over the last 25 years, as angling guiding morphed into eco-tourism and now grizzly bear viewing.


On this trip we had two boats out and saw plenty of grizzly bears with some awesome video footage and great photo opportunities.

River Clean Up Day

Coast Mountain Lodge and Kynoch Adventures plan to host a river clean-up day and a great opportunity for Bella Coola Valley residents and visitors to see the river and help remove any obtrusive debris or waste that may be affecting the natural beauty and environment of the Bella Coola and Atnarko Rivers.

Salmon, birds, bears and the entire riparian ecosystem depend on healthy water ways, so this is the least we can do to help our rivers!

Please call our lodge during July to see if you are available to help. Toll free 1-866-982-2298, ask for Fraser or leave a message.

We will be doing our first preliminary trip to remove fishing gear from the Bella Coola River On July 24-25 and a later trip to the Atnarko River on August 1-3. This is a great way to see the river and to help keep our wilderness areas pristine!

Hope to hear from everyone and see you on the water. Be sure to check out our tour schedule for eco-rafting, bear tours and salmon snorkeling at www.coastmountainlodge.com or www.bellacoolabears.com .

Fraser, Holly and friends.

Spring in Bella Coola Valley and getting ready for Bears

Well it is finally Spring time, but a cool start means extended heli-skiing so we are finishour our last group of the Big Mountain Heli Ski package this week. Then time to get the rafts ready for a season of bear touring, eco-rafting and wilderness tripping.

We are looking forward to all of our regular visitors from Wild Earth Adventures, Kanata, Nature Trails and others again this year. Accommodations are ready at our lodge and we are looking forward to your visit.

Keep an eye on this blog to watch the progress of our bear tours in the summer and see pics of our favorite bears as we watch them on our tours and adventures.

Fraser and Holly

Bella Coola's Coast Mountian Lodge

Bella Coola's newest Lodge has just opened as Coast Mountain Lodge. This long established Inn has operated for years as Brockton House Inn, but with recent changes and the same friendly management, a new name was needed to express the services and comfort you will enjoy at Coast Mountain Lodge!

The Lodge is locate in the Hagensborg Region of Bella Coola and is close to all tourism and service attractions. There is an in-house tour company - Kynoch Adventures - that offers exciting tours and activities during the summerr and fall, including the world famous grizzly bear tours of Bella Coola!

In winter the lodge hosts heli-skiers from around the world and some of the greatest film-skiers have stayed at the lodge while shooting in Bella Coola.

Check them out on the web at www.coastmountainlodge.com

Cheers.