Yoga retreat in Bella Coola Valley

Bella Coola's Coast Mountain Lodge and Bella Coola Yogis are pleased to announce a Yoga Retreat in Bella Coola from February 16 to 21, 2010.

This BCVT news article has more details.

Bella Coola Valley a ‘Natural’ for Yoga Retreats

An instructional Yoga Retreat will be held in Bella Coola between February 16 and 21, 2010 and will be open to all participants interested in practicing or learning about Yoga.

Taking place in the peaceful mountain surroundings of the Bella Coola Valley, our February 2010 yoga retreat promises instruction to beginners and accomplished yogis alike as well as a workshop for our local yoga leaders to hone their technique in sharing the beauty and vitality of yoga practice with others. With a qualified visiting instructor from a Vancouver BC Yoga Studio, this retreat promises to be a success.

Join us for this transformational practice in a valley where connection to nature and community are strong and the deeply inspiring natural energy of our Pacific coastal river valley location is bound to move your spirit.

For information contact Monicat Tutt at 250-799-5607.

2010 Winter & Spring Trout Fishing Looking Promising!!

News from Bella Coola rivers suggests a great trout fishing season, and Coast Mountain Lodge offers a great fishing special!!!

Bella Coola’s healthy coastal rivers and streams promise to produce another strong and sustainable sport trout-fishing recreational opportunity for avid fly fishers on BC’s Central Coast. With mild winter temperatures from December through February, it is expected that some salmon fry will be hatching a little bit early, prompting the sea-run cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden, and resident rainbow trout to be seeking the hatching salmon fry early this year. Look for sheens of silver salmon fry heading to the ocean in early April through May and expect great trout fishing for novice to intermediate skill levels; experts beware, this will be a fishing overload!

Expert anglers know to use a silver-minnow pattern with a sinking leader to mimic the hatch. But does anyone know where the Dolly Varden got its name, and why it is the only BC coastal fish whose name has capital letters? The reason is that in the late 1890’s Charles Dickens' wrote a novel called Barnaby Rudge in which there appears a character named Dolly Varden that often wore a pink polka-dotted dress that apparently resembled the natural colouring of the ‘Dolly Varden Trout’. There forward the Dolly Varden was so named…

Gearing up for spring season

We will again be gearing up for a new season with a new menu for our dining guests, a new tour roster for our touring guests, and always a new adventure for our returning guests. We have made several improvements to our lodge over the last season and have made new arrangements with our established tour operators to provide everyone with a memorable Bella Coola Experience!

See you in 2010, Fraser and Holly
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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.