This Off-grid Wilderness Lodge in British Columbia Is on a Private Lake-and Only Accessible by Plane

"My jaw dropped in the backseat of a helicopter over British Columbia's Coast Mountains as we climbed toward a granite cliff edge before nosediving over its back wall, fast. To the tune of whirring rotors, pilot Bastian Fleury of operator 49 North Helicopters smiled as he leveled out over a glacial formation that looked like hundreds of giant icicles strung together."

"He set down on a snow-white plateau beside a picnic setup complete with blankets and thermoses of hot coffee, deftly orchestrated by the hosts at Fawn Bluff, a new wilderness lodge that sleeps 18 and will be available for private buyouts beginning in spring 2026. Swiss-born Fleury flipped into chef mode, stirring up a Vacherin-Gruyère fondue into which I swirled chunks of apple and focaccia."

Fawn Bluff is an exclusive-use wilderness lodge on the British Columbia coast accessible only by plane or boat. The lodge sleeps 18 and will be available for private buyouts beginning in spring 2026. The property sits where the Great Bear Rainforest meets Bute Inlet, a glacier-fed fjord, on unceded Homalco First Nation territory. Guests arrive by helicopter for curated experiences including glacier landings, picnic setups with blankets and hot coffee, chef-prepared meals such as Vacherin-Gruyère fondue, and guided glacier hikes. Participants learn rope and ice-axe techniques, use crampons to reach high viewpoints, and observe volcanic- and glacial-shaped peaks.

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