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HIKING

While all four of our lodges are located in wilderness settings, offering excellent opportunity to view the pristine landscape right from the lodges themselves, many people have a built-in need to see what lies in store on the other side of the ridge.   For the adventurer at heart, the eye opening helicopter ride to the lodge triggers this desire to explore and see it up close.    Click to see Local Wildlife, Grey River Wildflowers, or other Local Sights 

Both our lodges at Grey River, being situated in a deep river valley with steep hills rising 1000 feet above the river, provide the hiker, first with somewhat of a challenge to conquer these heights, and then with the reward of spectacular scenery.   An unlimited expanse of pristine countryside then opens up, with rolling hills that offer hidden surprises as each ridge is achieved.

With 2 lodges situated on this river system only seven miles apart, hiking from one to the other provides the ideal situation.    While seven miles seems like a relatively short distance, this trek will take a very fit person between 4 and 5 hours of continuous walking to complete. Excellent opportunity for combination hiking and fishing excursions also exist.   

Access to the lodges on Grey River is possible via a ferry along the south coast of the Island, taking a small open boat to the mouth of the river, and then hiking the 6 miles to the first lodge, The Forks.  It is then possible to make a further 7 mile trek to Salmon Brook Lodge.  Such an adventure would afford the traveler with a spectacular encounter with a substantial section of this great wilderness area.

Rocky Ridge Lodge offers the luxury of travel by boat on a large lake, and then an additional bonus of much less demanding hiking due to the absence of steep hills as well as the presence of some unbelievable caribou trails which greatly  assist the explorer.  The easier traveling does not take anything from the scenery, however, as gentle rolling hills still provide many points of vantage, where, as aptly put by one of our staff, "you can see for days".   Access to a nearby river system also gives the option of penetrating even more of this wilderness by canoe from the lodge.   

Caribou Lodge is also located on a lake, making some travel by boat an option.   A 3 mile hike to a nearby river system provides the adventurer with access to a 5 mile section of waterway by use of a canoe which is stationed there.  The possibility of hiking to this lodge also exists, involving a 10-12 kilometer journey from a forest access road which reaches far into this remote region.

Healthy populations of moose, woodland caribou, black bear, bald eagles, ptarmigan, fox, coyotes, as well as others inhabit this terrain, and the hiker is afforded vastly increased chances of viewing some of these creatures in their wilderness environment.  Binoculars and a camera are both essentials, which one does not wish to be caught without.  

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