Winter cabin rentals are a wilderness stewardship opportunity
Fall is here and that means our pack trip season has wrapped up for another year. Now our focus is on accommodation rentals. So if you’re looking for a mountain cabin for ski-touring or a ranch cabin for a wilderness getaway, we have plenty of opportunities for you.
Good news!
For our international clients, the Canadian government recently announced that as of October 1st, anyone entering Canada will no longer be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. All other border restrictions are also being lifted meaning travel to Canada is now much easier. We recommend booking your trip to the Chilcotin Ark before everything gets booked up.
Ski-touring cabins
Our Eldorado and Brett Creek Camps are the perfect base for a ski-touring adventure. Both cabins are fully stocked with firewood, propane and cooking equipment, you just need to bring your food and personal gear meaning you can travel light. Along the way, you have the opportunity to see wildlife such as mountain goats, mule deer and California Bighorn sheep. You can make your stewardship contribution to the area and track wildlife on our wildlife sightings forms
Wildlife Tracking and Conservation Ranch-Based Trips
Another great way to contribute to conservation is on one of our wildlife tracking and conservation trips, either ranch or camp based. We have just finished up two ranch-based trips where our guests learned to identify the tracks of different species, recorded wildlife sightings and explored the area by truck, foot and horse
Why the Chilcotin Ark?
Conserving the Chilcotin Ark impacts more than just this area of British Columbia. It is an internationally ecologically important part of the province because of its 10 unique features:
1. Largest temperate icefield in the world
2. 12 of the 16 biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia
3. All 3 alpine biogeoclimatic zones of BC meet in the Chilcotin Ark
4. Influenced by 3 major climate regimes
5. 11 out of 29 big game species of North America
6. Home of one of the most isolated wild horse populations in North America
7. 4 of the major river systems in BC have their source in the Chilcotin Ark
8. Home of the healthiest white bark pine population in Canada
9. Most northerly extension of montane grassland in North America
10. Largest water storage in western North America
Only the people who are aware of the virtues of the Chilcotin Ark have the opportunity to serve as stewards of this internationally ecologically important place and contribute to something larger than themselves long into the future. Would you like to become a steward of the Chilcotin Ark? Send us an email to adventures@chilcotinholidays.com to find out more about our conservation and stewardship trips.
Want to find out more? You can learn more about the Chilcotin Ark at chilcotinark.org
To find out more about the conservation work we are doing in the Chilcotin Ark, visit our website
Ready to help conserve the Chilcotin Ark?
If you’re looking for a winter cabin rental, a wildlife tracking and conservation trip for next summer or any of our other trips, training programs or internships, you will have the opportunity to get involved in conservation of the Chilcotin Ark. Get started by completing our Wilderness Readiness Survey to see if this is the experience you are looking for.
We look forward to being part of your next nature conservation wilderness experience in the Chilcotin Ark.
Your Chilcotin Holidays team