We can arrange transport to and from meeting point for an additional fee.Ĭamping equipment is available to rent for an additional fee. All meals and snacks (partial meals and snacks on travel days).Transport to and from meeting point in Gold River.Return charter float plane flight (Gold River to Louie Bay to begin the trip, and Friendly Cove back to Gold River at the trip's end). Getting there is an adventure in itself, as Nootka is only accessible by floatplane, boat, or water taxi. In doing so you will waive or give up certain legal rights including the right to sue or to claim compensation following an accident. The trail is on Nootka Island, a 534 square kilometre island separated from Vancouver Island by the complex inlets of Nootka Sound. You will also be required to sign the waiver at the start of the course or trip. Gold River serves as a base for such famous activities as the Nootka Island trek, hiking the Elk Lake trail, mountain-climbing up Golden Hinde (Vancouver Island’s highest peak), and the Great Walk. To participate in these activities you will be required to read and agree to our waiver as part of the registration process. This means that as a participant you will be encountering various risks, dangers, and hazards, some of which include avalanches, cornices, crevasses, cliffs, trees, creeks, rockfall, difficult travel conditions, weather, illness, equipment failure, wild animals, becoming lost as well as the possibility of mistakes being made by IAG guides and instructors. Abundant wildlife and a superlatively rich coastal ecosystem make this an unforgettable five-day trek.Īll Island Alpine Guides courses and trips take place in an outdoor, wilderness environment. The Nootka Island Trail, located between Louie Bay on the north side of Nootka Island and Yuquot on the south. the views of the look out, beaches, rivers and lakes are breath taking. This remote and beautiful coastal walk takes in stunning, long, white sandy beaches, rocky headlands, coastal rainforest and ancient First Nations settlements. it was amazing experienced to hiked this trail. Imagine all of the features of the famed West Coast Trail, put them in an even wilder and more remote setting, remove the massive numbers of tourists and you have the Nootka Trail. We dropped in by float plane to Rugged Point, at the entrance to Kyuquot Sound, and hiked the shores of the Tatchu Peninsula.
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