Bella Coola to Tallheo Hot Springs by Kayak

I bought myself a birthday present this year. A round-trip flight Vancouver to Bella Coola with 4 days in between.

About 3km each way,

I flew with Pacific Coastal to Bella Coola from YVR South terminal. I was lucky to buy a sale-price ticket. Views from the flight were phenomenal.

I met up with Matt Bruce, he's living in Nimpo Lake and drove over to meet me. For two days we waited out heavy wind. We did some hiking instead.

Great mountain views in all directions.

Finally on day 3 we had our weather window. We woke up at 3 am and headed onto the water right away.

Great views on the water once the sun came up.

Tallheo hot spring felt like paradise.

We woke again at 3am the next day to beat the wind on our paddle back. We got back early and did a small hike called "Medby Rock".

All together a great trip!

August Jacob Hotspring

On Sunday I visited August Jacob Hotsprings with Ivan. He had been one time before. It was my first visit. I won't give details on the location, only that is a few hours drive North of Vancouver and a few hours bushwack.

The first couple kms are along a logging road.

Active logging area

Then a couple hours of bushwack.

Ivan leading the way

Then we traveled along the creek.

We were surprised to find that someone had used a bit of concrete to make a soaking pool.

Big enough for two people and nice warm temperature