Discounted trips with WTA members

It's the definition of win-win. Book a trip with several WTA members and you get a discount and wild salmon get a helping hand. The salmon conservation organization Save Our Salmon (SOS) has teamed up with several stewardship minded WTA members to raise money for salmon conservation on the B.C. coast by offering discounted tours and trips.

Book, through SOS, a 3,4, or 7-day heliski trip for two with Last Frontier Heliskiing, a remote heli-ski operation in northern B.C., and you'll get a 20 percent discount. SOS receives a charitable donation of 60 percent of the cost of the trip.

Backcountry skiers can donate half the cost of a week of guided and catered skiing at Bear Mountaineering's Burnie Glacier Chalet, near Smithers, to SOS. Echo Valley Ranch and Spa also has a good deal and there are several other prizes and opportunities for people donating to the charity.

But if I had to chose one experience for my donation it would be Maple Leaf Adventures Tall Sails and Ales. Two spots are available on the October 22 to 27th sailing around the Gulf Islands off Vancouver Island, which would be nice all by itself. (Above is a photo of the Maple Leaf, a tall masted schooner, sailing in the Gulf Islands with Mount Baker in the distance, photo by Kevin J. Smith/Maple Leaf Adventures.) But this tour stops at many of the local micro breweries and brew pubs and a beer expert is on board for the trip (see picture below, photo by Kevin J. Smith/Maple Leaf Adventures). Now that's a worthwhile cause. The charity trip is discounted, $2000 compared to $2215, and $1000 of it goes to SOS.

Taking advantage of these opportunities saves you money, supports environmentally minded operators and helps fund the work SOS is doing to speak for wild salmon. For details on all these discounts and opportunities head to Save Our Salmon's Support Us page.