EXPEDITION TOURS
The expedition tours offer exploration of extremely remote locations with high wildlife, cultural and geological values. These areas are world renowned locations and will attract the pure adventurer.
Edziza Trails provides an authentic Aboriginal cultural experience for the adventure tourist who want to be immersed with Indigenous lands for a wholistic personal and professional development experience. Edziza Trails offers the following multi-day expeditions:
FAIR VALUE Pricing POLICY: Edziza Trails policy is to provide a lower fee for services to promote social development and to ensure the good life is enjoyed by all. This policy applies to single parents, health professionals, educators, emergency and law enforcement, and Indigenous Peoples. Please inquire about the Fair Value Pricing.
Community Service Notice: If you are seeking information for planning an adventure in Tahltan Territory and would like some specific local information on the condition of trails or seasonal weather please contact me. You don't need to be using my services to ask some questions as I am interested in sharing my knowledge and experience of Tahltan Territory and ensuring everyone has a safe and enjoyable experience on the land.
The expedition tours offer exploration of extremely remote locations with high wildlife, cultural and geological values. These areas are world renowned locations and will attract the pure adventurer.
Edziza Trails provides an authentic Aboriginal cultural experience for the adventure tourist who want to be immersed with Indigenous lands for a wholistic personal and professional development experience. Edziza Trails offers the following multi-day expeditions:
- Mount Edziza Traverse
- Spectrum Range Traverse
- Eve Cone Expedition
- Spectrum Range Base Camp & Day Trips
- Eve Cone Base Camp & Day Trips
- Basic Bush & Survival Skills
FAIR VALUE Pricing POLICY: Edziza Trails policy is to provide a lower fee for services to promote social development and to ensure the good life is enjoyed by all. This policy applies to single parents, health professionals, educators, emergency and law enforcement, and Indigenous Peoples. Please inquire about the Fair Value Pricing.
Community Service Notice: If you are seeking information for planning an adventure in Tahltan Territory and would like some specific local information on the condition of trails or seasonal weather please contact me. You don't need to be using my services to ask some questions as I am interested in sharing my knowledge and experience of Tahltan Territory and ensuring everyone has a safe and enjoyable experience on the land.
Mount Edziza Traverse
After a short fifteen minute helicopter flight from Burrage River airstrip (south of Iskut) we will land near Eve Cone and set up camp. In the afternoon we will explore the Eve Cone area. The next day we will begin our traverse heading south along the Big Raven Plateau. We will make our camps at the end of each day beside fresh running water. We will travel through a volcanic wonderland rich in lava flows, pumice fields and cinder cones. Many places has alpine tundra and alpine wildflowers. Our team, as a group, decide what to explore and venture to. We will have a couple of days to explore, we will leave our tents up during those days to return to. A helicopter will land in the upper Chakima valley to be flown back to Burrage airstrip.
This is a 9 day expedition has opportunities for wildlife viewing of caribou, black and grizzly bears. This tour explores Tahltan history and culture and the ecology and geology of the Mount Edziza. Clients will hear the hollow sound that Tahltan ancestors named the mountain after; Edze tha'ah.
Flight costs from the Burrage airstrip to the trailhead and return to Burrage airstrip are included in this package. Costs do not include meals during the expedition.
DATES: No tour planned in 2022
Price: $2,000 per person
Group Size: min. 3
Number of Days: 9
This is a 9 day expedition has opportunities for wildlife viewing of caribou, black and grizzly bears. This tour explores Tahltan history and culture and the ecology and geology of the Mount Edziza. Clients will hear the hollow sound that Tahltan ancestors named the mountain after; Edze tha'ah.
Flight costs from the Burrage airstrip to the trailhead and return to Burrage airstrip are included in this package. Costs do not include meals during the expedition.
DATES: No tour planned in 2022
Price: $2,000 per person
Group Size: min. 3
Number of Days: 9
Spectrum Range Traverse
The Spectrum Traverse is a backpacking trip from Little Ball Lake to Buckley Lake. This trip covers very rugged terrain, steep elevation changes, and fast and deep creeks. It can be physically and mentally challenging. This trip also provides colourful views of the Spectrum Ranges, wildlife viewing opportunities on top of all the pleasures of an Edziza Traverse.
The route will take us onto high ridgelines, under good weather conditions, offer excellent views of the Coast Ranges to the west and the Spectrum Ranges. The brilliant colours of the Spectrum Ranges offers unique colour-scapes for your eyes to feast on and technical challenges for your camera skills to try to embody.
We will move quickly to cover the distance, so taking time to get to know the place will be limited. Being out on this landscape has it's many characteristics as our route will take us through alpine tundra, mountain sheep habitat, creek crossings, pumice fields, next to lave flows, cinder cones, ice fields, rocky ridge tops, trailbeds, and boulder fields.
We will helicopter into the Eve Cone area, hike south to the Spectrum Range and be taken out in the Little Ball Lake area. This tour includes the flights costs but you must provide your own meals.
The route will take us onto high ridgelines, under good weather conditions, offer excellent views of the Coast Ranges to the west and the Spectrum Ranges. The brilliant colours of the Spectrum Ranges offers unique colour-scapes for your eyes to feast on and technical challenges for your camera skills to try to embody.
We will move quickly to cover the distance, so taking time to get to know the place will be limited. Being out on this landscape has it's many characteristics as our route will take us through alpine tundra, mountain sheep habitat, creek crossings, pumice fields, next to lave flows, cinder cones, ice fields, rocky ridge tops, trailbeds, and boulder fields.
We will helicopter into the Eve Cone area, hike south to the Spectrum Range and be taken out in the Little Ball Lake area. This tour includes the flights costs but you must provide your own meals.
DATES: No dates in 2022
Price: $2,300 per person
Group Size: min. 4
Number of Days: 9
Price: $2,300 per person
Group Size: min. 4
Number of Days: 9
Eve Cone Expedition
This tour has flights arrive at Buckley Lake and the team will backpack up to Treeline Camp on day 1. On day 2 we will hike up to Oasis Camp, a natural spring on the dry plateau, we will set up camp and later hike to Eve Cone. On day 3 & 4 we will hike along the lava flows exploring the plateau and other cinder cones before returning to Oasis Camp. On day 5 we will return to Buckley Lake to be flown out in the late afternoon.
Opportunities for wildlife viewing of caribou, moose, black and grizzly bears. This tour explores Tahltan history and culture and the ecology and geology of the Tahltan Territory. Cinder cones, lava flows and pumice fields await your arrival.
Flight costs from Dease Lake to the trailhead and return are included in this package. Costs do not include meals during the expedition, please provide your own meals during the tour.
DATES: NEW tour - August 23 to 27, 2022
Price: $1,300 per person
Group Size: min. 3
Number of Days: 5
Opportunities for wildlife viewing of caribou, moose, black and grizzly bears. This tour explores Tahltan history and culture and the ecology and geology of the Tahltan Territory. Cinder cones, lava flows and pumice fields await your arrival.
Flight costs from Dease Lake to the trailhead and return are included in this package. Costs do not include meals during the expedition, please provide your own meals during the tour.
DATES: NEW tour - August 23 to 27, 2022
Price: $1,300 per person
Group Size: min. 3
Number of Days: 5
Spectrum Range Base Camp & Day Trips
We will fly to Little Ball Lake and establish a basecamp by a small stream and do day hikes from there and return each night to our camp. A highlight day trip is hiking up onto the plateau on the east side of Kunugu Mountain. Each day we can go in another direction and get up some gentle slopes to get great views of the landscape.
This tour provides a lot of time for people to get to know place and to create a connection. It is more about exploring and getting familiar to a place then is about travelling to a destination.
This tour includes the flights from either Tatooga Lake or Burrage airstrip to Little Ball Lake and return, but you most provide your own meals.
This tour provides a lot of time for people to get to know place and to create a connection. It is more about exploring and getting familiar to a place then is about travelling to a destination.
This tour includes the flights from either Tatooga Lake or Burrage airstrip to Little Ball Lake and return, but you most provide your own meals.
DATES: August 7 to 12, 2022
Price: $1,500 per person
Group Size: min. 3
Number of Days: 6
Price: $1,500 per person
Group Size: min. 3
Number of Days: 6
Basic Bush & Survival Skills
Clients will meet at the community of Dease Lake the day before. The next day we will drive to the trailhead and backpack about 10 km to the basecamp. From the basecamp we will conduct learning sessions in the area. One day will be for making basic emergency shelters and clients will sleep at least one night in their shelter.
Participants will have opportunities to learn and practice finding and keeping your direction, basic map and compass, basic emergency shelters, fire making, setting rabbit snares, creek crossing basics, campcraft, basic backcountry first aid, team work, safe use of cutting tools, and wildlife safety.
Costs do not include meals during the expedition.
DATES: TBD (please inquire if you are interested)
Price: $1,000 per person
Group Size: min. 2
Number of Days: 5
Participants will have opportunities to learn and practice finding and keeping your direction, basic map and compass, basic emergency shelters, fire making, setting rabbit snares, creek crossing basics, campcraft, basic backcountry first aid, team work, safe use of cutting tools, and wildlife safety.
Costs do not include meals during the expedition.
DATES: TBD (please inquire if you are interested)
Price: $1,000 per person
Group Size: min. 2
Number of Days: 5
