Eldorado Camp & Cabin

• Cozy beds complete with sleeping bags and pillows

• 3 meals including welcome appies, a delicious and hearty dinner and breakfast, and a lunch for the trail

• A camp host to prepare all meals, maintain camp, and make sure camp is ready and welcoming when you arrive

• Fully outfitted main cabin for dining, warming/drying, and gathering – complete with woodstove, lights, and full kitchen

• Outside fire ring for gathering and enjoying the wilderness evenings

• Solar power

• Wood fired sauna to help relax tired trail muscles

• Rain Jacket/ wind layer – depending on the weather

• Shorts or comfortable hiking leggings

• Merino or synthetic bottom layer (weather dependent)

• Merino or synthetic short/long sleeve shirt

• Extra insulation layer – weather dependent

• Hat/Toque for wearing against the elements

• Hydration Day pack. Must be large enough to fit a lunch/snacks and personal items

• Bear Spray

• Sunglasses – photochromic preferred

• Personal Medication as required.

• Sleeping Bag Liner and pillow case (Sleeping bags supplied)

• Light Puffy Jacket or appropriate insulation layers

• Change of clothes and sleep wear as desired (clean chamois, shirt, socks)

• Camp Towel (light travel towel)

• Flashlight or headlamp

This is a peek at some of the menu items you can expect while at our backcountry camps. We pride ourselves on serving hearty, healthy, home-made delicious meals from the comfort of our camp kitchens. Please know that our camp menus will be catered to meet the needs of dietary restrictions, and this information will be attained during the booking process.

Breakfast

Oats w/ assorted toppings including maple syrup, brown sugar, dried fruit, nuts and fresh fruit compote OR Eggs served w/sausage, bacon and potatoes OR Pancakes served w/ bacon, fresh fruit, and maple syrup + Fresh brewed coffee, tea and juice

Lunch

Multigrain bread/wrap prepared with meat, cheese, veggies, hummus …. + Sports bar, fresh baked good, pepperoni and nuts

Appies

Warm 7-layer mexi dip served with chips and hydrating fruit drink OR Charcuterie plate served with assorted breads and crackers and hydrating fruit drink

Dinner

Homemade chili and cornbread served with green salad and finished with chocolate decadence for dessert OR Lentil curry with rice served with a speciality salad and homemade baked desert OR Salmon with lemon dill sauce, roasted potatoes and salad finished with fresh fruit pie

(Beer, Wine and Soda can also be purchased to enjoy at each camp. Drink orders must be placed upon booking.)

Transportation

Helicopter transportation into Eldorado Cabin from Blackcomb Helicopter’s base in Pemberton and Tyax Adventures Ranch on Gun Creek Road.

• A-Star with a capacity of 1100lbs (approximately 4 pax & gear)

• If the helicopter cannot fly due to weather concerns guests will have the option of flying in the following day. Guests are responsible for arranging and paying for your own accommodation for the night

• Flights from Pemberton depart at 1pm to Eldorado Cabin

• Flights from Tyax Adventures Ranch, Gun Creek Road, Gold Bridge, BC, depart at 2pm

• When flying out from Eldorado at the end of your trip, the first group will load Eldorado to the Ranch at 1:30, the 2nd load will be at 2:30 from Eldorado to Pemberton if required.

Note: A B2 helicotper will be operated by Blackcomb Helicopters for the 2023/2024 season. The above helicopter rates are based on good weather rates and specific flight time. Should your flights incur additional flight time (due to weather or other circumstances), your group will be charged an additional amount post-trip based on actual flight time (standard B2 hourly rate of $2,895.00 + GST).

Ski Tour In/Out

Depending on the conditions, and if the trail has been broken, the ski OUT can take as little as 2 hours or less, the ski in takes approximately 4-6 hours. The ski-in/out route is roughly 9km with approximately 1000m elevation gain.

You can book a ski in/out package for accommodation only outside of the ‘high season’ dates. Heli fights can be added to either end of your off season package as well, please discuss this with our staff if you are interested.

Our Cabin comfortably sleeps 8 people; 6 single bunks and room for 3 in the loft, all with foam pads to sleep on. Inside the cabin you’ll find a wood stove with wood, a propane cooking stove with propane, and solar powered 12v lights with propane back up lights. The kitchen is stocked with all dishes, pot & pans, utensils, soap etc. There is also a wood fired sauna and outhouse.

This year you will find a Cascade rescue toboggan at the cabin. We will continue providing a Satellite Phone at the cabin to contact base for weather (in relation to heli flights) and other necessary emergency communication reasons. The experience with our past guests has been the majority have their own emergency communication device ie. SPOT or InReach. If groups are more comfortable and confident using their own personal device, we welcome them to do so; please ensure you have the necessary email address to connect with our base.

There are crocs, warm fleeces, pillows, and sleeping bags provided in the cabin available for your use. Please bring your own sleeping bag liner and pillow case if you wish you use our sleeping bags.

IMPORTANT

The solar power at the cabin is for the lights only and charging of the emergency SAT phone provided. There is not enough power to charge personal devices. You must bring your own spare battery or personal portable charger if you will need to charge any personal devices.

Eldorado Cabin Cleaning Procedures

Eldorado Cabin is a user maintained cabin. This means it is the responsibility of the users to leave it in the same shape, if not better, than when they arrived. Please do your part and ensure you leave the cabin in it’s appropriate state for the following group; by everyone doing this part, everyone will have a better experience. Some things to be done before leaving the cabin include, but are not limited to, sweeping, disinfecting counters, organizing beds and bedding, refilling firewood box, filling water buckets, putting dishes away ext. Groups wishing to disinfect the cabin upon arrival are welcomed to do so. All cleaning and disinfecting products will be supplied at the cabin.

It is absolutely mandatory to take out everything your group brings into the cabin; this includes not perishable food ext. Nothing your group brings in can be left at the cabin.

By booking into Eldorado Cabin each group understands that Tyax Adventure’s is not responsible for managing physical distancing between group members or groups. It is the group’s responsibility to ensure all members of the group use their discretion to ensure safe COVID procedures are used.

Groups with a helicopter transfer must to have a plan in case someone with their group comes down with COVID-19 as the helicopter company will not pick up the infected person. If this situation arrises an additional helicopter will be called to evacuate the infected person at the group’s expense.

Pre-trip Accommodations

If you are part of a group with a flight from Tyax Adventure’s Ranch, you may be interested in staying in the area the night before.

There are several options in the Bridge River Valley, please visit; bridgerivervalley.ca for more information.

Eldorado Cabin is located in the Eldorado Basin.

• Find it on Google Maps.

• GPS Coordinates: 50°57’ 29.71” N 122° 52’ 39.25” W

Please ensure you read our full Booking and Cancellation Policy before making a reservation.