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The ranch was opened in its present incarnation in 2006 in a remote part of southern BC with high local unemployment and few non-winter tourist facilities. We have committed to buy all our groceries and the vast majority of our non-grocery supplies from local retailers. More than 85 percent of all food and drink that we serve is grown or produced in British Columbia. We also encourage our guests to make use of local businesses and other tourist-related facilities in the area.
Since taking over we have enacted a series of measures to turn our lodge into a model eco-facility. We have introduced trekking, tree-viewing, scenic rafting, wildlife-viewing and mountain tours. We take our guests to view ancient stands of remarkable cedar threatened by logging and encourage them to carry home a message that such natural treasures should be saved from harvesting.
On the construction front, in our latest cabins we have installed modern composting toilets and high-efficiency on-demand water heaters. Finally we are investing in new high-efficiency appliances including a very high-efficiency SunFrost fridge. We are off-grid and our generator, which we use sparingly, runs on a biodiesel blend.
Although we have no full-time employees, all paid help is sourced as close to the ranch as possible. We make a particular effort to use the various skills of the five or six families living in our remote valley, whether as carpenters, mechanics or in their other capacities.
We invite every traveler who books a vacation via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the vacations they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same vacation can have different views!
