Randall & Kat's Flying Photos

Here are photographic albums of several flying trips that we have made in southern British Columbia. I fly out of the Boundary Bay Airport where I obtained my Private Pilot license from Centennial Flying School. I recently purchased a 1974 Cessna Cardinal RG.

The purpose of these photo albums is both to provide us with the ability to remember our flights, and to document the flight routes and scenery for others who may be interested. We make an effort to capture the spectacular natural beauty of this part of the world, as well as provide views of towns and airports that other pilots may find valuable. I have scanned the local VFR charts and some of the albums include maps with the flight route on them so you can follow along if you wish.

We are not shy about the volume of photos - in fact most of these albums have hundreds of them. When you enter an album you will see an index of thumbnails down the left of the page, and a narrative page on the right where large photos are displayed. The native size of the photos is 1280 by 960 pixels so they are best viewed on a very large monitor. If your screen is smaller the photos will be re-sized to fit in your browser window. If you have a small screen and/or a slow Internet connection, you may find this site to be rather painful. Sorry about that.

Piloting by Randall. Photography by Kat. All images on this website are owned and copyrighted by the photographer. Generally permission will be granted to use them for personal non-profit purposes, but do please ask.
Comments and questions to randallg@telemark.net

Flight to Kamloops and back - Oct 21-22 2006 From Boundary Bay to Kamloops via Squamish, Garibaldi, Whistler, Duffy Lake, Lillooet, Clinton, Green Lake, Canim Lake, Mahood Lake, Clearwater Lake, Murtle River, Helmcken Falls, Tropy Range, North Thomson River. Return via Helmcken Falls, Loon Lake, Lillooet, Whistler, Squamish, and foggy Vancouver.

Flight to Kamloops and back - Oct 12 2006 From Boundary Bay to Kamloops via Hope, Coquihalla, Mt Stoyoma, Spences Bridge, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Kamloops Lake. Return via Lac Le Jeune, then GPS direct to Langley then Boundary Bay.

Flight to Chilko Lake and back - Oct 10 2006 From Boundary Bay to Indian Arm, Squamish, Squamish River, Elaho River, Lillooet River, Bishop River to north end of Chilko Lake. Viewed the airstrips at the Tsuniah Lake Lodge (CAF4 - 4000' gravel, elev 4000'), Chilko Lake (CAG3 - Tsylos Park Lodge - 3200' gravel, elev 3850'), and Elkin Creek Guest Ranch (CBL9 - 4000' turf, elev 4080'). Return via Taseko Lake, Taseko River, Warner Pass, Gun Creek, Gold Bridge, Bralorne, Hurley Pass, Pemberton, Squamish, Vancouver to Boundary Bay.

Flight to Penticton and back - Oct 4 2006 From Boundary Bay to direct Hope, Princeton, then descent from mid Skaha Lake and north to Penticton and Naramata, then return to Penticton for landing. After lunch in Naramata, return from Penticton via Summerland, Princeton and Hope.

Flight to Princeton and back - Sept 25 2006 A beautiful fall day flight from Boundary Bay to Princeton and return, via Manning Park with pictures of the Three Brothers area.

Flight to Kelowna and back - Aug 19 2005

Flight to Port Hardy and back - Oct 3 2004 From Boundary Bay to Barclay Sound, Tofino, the west coast of Vancouver Island, Cape Scott and Port Hardy. Then return via the Inside Passage and northern Gulf Islands.

Flight to Whistler and back - Aug 2 2004 From Boundary Bay north via Indian Arm, Squamish, Mt Garibaldi, Black Tusk, Whistler, Blackcomb, Tantalus Range, Squamish, back to Boundary Bay. Featuring lots of pictures of the Garibaldi Park/Black Tusk area.

Flight to Revelstoke and back - June 18-20 2004 From Boundary Bay near Vancouver to Revelstoke via Manning Park, Princeton, Summerland, the burned areas around Myra Canyon and Kelowna, Vernon, Silver Star and Mabel Lake. Then return via Shuswap Lake, Kamloops, Lillooet, Lytton.

Flight to Lillooet and back - Nov 2 2002 From Boundary Bay north via Indian Arm, Squamish, Mt Garibaldi, Black Tusk, Whistler, Blackcomb, Hurley Pass, Bralorne, Gold Bridge, Spruce Lake, Tyaughton Creek, Mud Lakes, Poison Mt, Red Mt, Yalakom River, Bridge River, Lillooet, Duffy Lake, Pemberton, Squamish, Gibsons, back to Boundary Bay. Featuring lots of pictures of the Garibaldi Park/Black Tusk area.

Flight to Merritt and back - Oct 13 2002 In search of fall colours, which are not spectacular in this part of the world. From Boundary Bay east to Hope, along Highway 3 through Manning Park past the Three Brothers Mountains, north to Princeton, then via Tulameen, Otter Lake, Quilchena to Merritt. Departure from Merritt along the Coquihalla Highway, then direct Boundary Bay.

Flight to Revelstoke, Calgary and Nelson - Aug 22-27 2002 From Boundary Bay to Revelstoke via Hope then direct Vernon. Then to Calgary via Rogers Pass, Golden, Yoho Park, Field, Kicking Horse Pass, Banff Park, Lake Louise, Banff. Then to Nelson via Banff, Vermilion Pass, Kootenay Park, Radium, Invermere, Cranbrook, Creston, Kootenay Lake. Then to Boundary Bay via Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Grand Forks, Osoyoos, Keremeos, Cathedral Park, Manning Park, Hope. Featuring an overflight of Kokanee Glacier.

Flight to Prince George and Tumbler Ridge - Aug 3-7 2002 From Boundary Bay to Prince George via Hope, Cache Creek, Clinton, Williams Lake, Quesnel. Then to Tumbler Ridge via Pine Pass, Chetwynd. Then to Prince George via Murray River, Monkman Lake, Herrick River. Then to Boundary Bay via Williams Lake, Gang Ranch, Fraser Canyon, Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler, Squamish.

Flight to Williams Lake, Barkerville and 108 Mile House - July 12-14 2002 From Boundary Bay to Williams lake via Hope, Merritt, Kamloops, Sun Peaks, Clearwater, Helmcken Falls, Canim Lake. Then to Barkerville via Quesnel. Then to 108 Mile House via Quesnel, Williams Lake. Then to Boundary Bay via Bridge Lake, Cache Creek, Lytton, Hope. Featuring pictures of Helmcken Falls and the Barkerville Historic Site.

Flight to Revelstoke - June 21-22 2002 From Boundary Bay to Revelstoke via Hope, Brookmere, Kelowna, Vernon. Back the next day via Salmon Arm, Kamloops, Cache Creek, Lillooet, Whistler, Squamish. Features pictures of downtown Revelstoke and the Revelstoke Train Museum.

Flight to Lillooet - June 9 2002 From Boundary Bay to Lillooet via Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Duffy Lake. Then back via the Bridge River, Carpenter Lake, Goldbridge, Hurley Pass, Pemberton, Whistler, Squamish, and downtown Vancouver.

Flight to Desolation Sound - June 2 2002 From Boundary Bay to Campbell River via Gibsons, Sechelt, Powell River, Lund, Desolation Sound, Refuge Cove, Prideax Haven, Waddington Channel, Price Channel, Big Bay, Blind Channel, Octopus Islands, Rebecca Spit. Then back via Campbell Lake, Strathcona Park, Buttle Lake, Della Falls, Great Central Lake, Port Alberni, Qualicum Beach, Sechelt, Downtown Vancouver.

Flight to Penticton - April 19 2002 From Boundary Bay to Penticton via Hope, Manning Park, Placer Mountain, Cathedral Mountains, Keremeos, Osoyoos, Oliver, Okanagan Falls. Then back via Summerland, Jellicoe, Princeton, Tulammen, Coquihalla Highway, Hope.

Flight to Tofino - April 2 2002 From Boundary Bay to Tofino via Nanaimo, Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni, Sproat Lake. Then back along via Uclulet, Bamfield, West Coast Trail, Port Renfrew, Sooke, Victoria, Gulf Islands.