Coastal Junior Hikers
Outdoor Adventures for the Next Generation
Explore nature, build friendships, discover new skills, and grow in confidence.
Now accepting registrations!
Small-Group Adventures 🌲
Big adventures start with small groups!
Coastal Junior Hikers welcomes children and youth ages 5–16, with groups organized by age and ability.
With a maximum of 8 Junior Hikers per crew, children can explore nature, build friendships, develop outdoor skills, and grow in confidence.
Adventures include hiking, wildlife discovery, navigation, environmental learning, teamwork, and hands-on activities.
After-school, weekend, Pro-D Day, and seasonal adventures are offered in participating communities.
School pickup and transportation options vary by location.
A Few Places We’ll Explore
Adventure locations vary by community, season, weather and crew. The locations below are a few examples from Greater Victoria and the Westshore and do not represent every park, trail or outdoor space our Junior Hikers may explore.
Mill Hill Regional Park
East Sooke Regional Park
Thetis Lake Regional Park
What We’ll Learn 🌲
Every adventure is an opportunity to explore, discover, and grow! Through hands-on outdoor experiences, our Junior Hikers develop practical skills, confidence, and a deeper connection with nature.
🥾 Hiking & Outdoor Skills
Trail awareness, navigation, map reading, outdoor preparedness, and responsible hiking practices.
🦉 Wildlife & Nature Discovery
Identifying local plants, trees, wildlife, animal tracks, and learning about the ecosystems around us.
🧭 Exploration & Problem-Solving
Developing observation skills, curiosity, critical thinking, and confidence through outdoor challenges.
🌎 Environmental Stewardship
Learning Leave No Trace principles, conservation, habitat protection, and how to care for our natural spaces.
🤝 Teamwork & Confidence
Building friendships, communication, independence, leadership, and resilience through shared adventures.
🌦️ Learning Through the Seasons
Discovering how forests, wildlife, weather, and natural environments change throughout the year.
Activities and learning opportunities vary by adventure, season, and group.
Areas We Serve
Outdoor adventures across Vancouver Island and beyond.
Coastal Junior Hikers is bringing small-group outdoor adventures to families across Vancouver Island, with programs designed around local communities, natural spaces, and the unique landscapes each region has to offer.
Vancouver Island & Westshore
Victoria, Langford, Colwood & Westshore
Sooke
Duncan & Cowichan Valley
Nanaimo & Ladysmith
Chemainus
Port Alberni
Campbell River
Expanding Our Adventures
We’re also working to bring Coastal Junior Hikers to more communities across British Columbia, including:
Northern BC: Kitimat & Terrace
Lower Mainland: White Rock & South Surrey
Program availability, recurring adventure days, and crew placements vary by community as we continue welcoming families and building our local teams.
Don’t see your community listed?
We’d still love to hear from you! Families are welcome to register their interest as we explore opportunities to expand into additional communities.
Access Your Family Portal
Already enrolled with Coastal Junior Hikers? Access your Family Portal to find your assigned crew, upcoming adventures, meeting locations, schedules, and important updates.
Select your community and enter your assigned crew’s password to view your adventure details.
Already a Member?
REGISTER YOUR CHILD
Registration Comes First
Before selecting a Junior Hikers program, please complete your child’s registration. This gives us the information needed to review availability and organize the appropriate crew and placement.
Once your registration and placement have been confirmed, you can proceed below to Choose Your Adventure.
Meet the People Behind Coastal Junior Hikers 🌲
Coastal Junior Hikers is an extension of Coastal Mountain Adventures, built around a passion for outdoor exploration, environmental awareness, and creating meaningful opportunities for children.
Our growing adventure team brings together experience in outdoor safety, wilderness first response, environmental restoration, and early childhood education.
Together, we’re creating welcoming outdoor adventures where children can explore, build confidence, develop friendships, and connect with nature.
Meet our founder and Campbell River adventure team below!
Meet Your Adventure Team
Kyle brings a background in workplace safety, first aid, and years of experience in the construction and trades industry, where he held safety responsibilities and responded to workplace emergencies.
As the owner and operator of Coastal Mountain Adventures and Coastal Junior Hikers, Kyle also brings hands-on experience organizing and leading guided hiking adventures, with a strong focus on outdoor safety, environmental awareness, and responsible exploration.
Through Junior Hikers, his goal is to create safe, welcoming outdoor experiences where children can build confidence, develop friendships, learn new skills, and discover a lifelong appreciation for nature.
Owner & Operator
Coastal Mountain Adventures | Coastal Junior Hikers
Kyle McFadden
Katrice brings experience in wilderness first response, ecological restoration, and outdoor adventure. With 80 hours of Wilderness First Responder training and a Class 4 driver’s licence, she brings valuable skills in outdoor safety, environmental education, and leading adventures.
Katrice is part of our Campbell River adventure team, helping children explore nature, build confidence, and develop new skills.
Adventure Team Lead
Campbell River
Katrice Baur
Allie brings a background in early childhood education, along with First Aid and FoodSafe training, to our Campbell River adventure team.
With a passion for supporting children’s development, she looks forward to helping young adventurers build confidence, discover nature, and enjoy positive outdoor experiences.
Adventure Team Member
Campbell River
Allie
More Adventures. Better Value.
The more your Junior Hiker explores, the greater the value! Compare our flexible drop-in adventures with recurring weekly enrollment and discover how consistency makes outdoor exploration more affordable.
Cost Per Adventure ($)
Monthly enrollment:
1 day $249 · 2 days $349 · 3 days $449 · 4 days $549 · 5 days $599
Pricing comparisons are based on four weeks per month. Recurring enrollment is billed at the published monthly rate.
Full-Time Enrollment Benefits
Families enrolled five days per week ($599/month) may receive complimentary full-day Pro-D adventures on select scheduled school Pro-D Days, subject to confirmed staffing, enrollment, and crew availability.
Pro-D adventures are available separately for other families at $129 per child. All complimentary placements require advance confirmation.
Choose Your Adventure
From weekly after-school adventures to full-day explorations, choose the program that works best for your family.
After-School Junior Hikers
Recurring outdoor adventures from 1–5 days per week.
Pro-D Day Adventures
Full-day outdoor adventures on select school Pro-D Days in participating communities.
Spring & Summer Adventures 2027
Multi-day and week-long outdoor adventures during school breaks.
Coastal Community Adventure
Making Outdoor Adventures Accessible to Every Child
We believe every child deserves the opportunity to explore the outdoors, build friendships, and experience meaningful adventures, regardless of their family’s financial circumstances.
That’s why we’ve created our very own Coastal Community Adventure Program, designed to provide FREE outdoor adventures for children who may otherwise be unable to participate.
Unlike traditional government-funded initiatives, our program is supported directly through regular-paying Coastal Junior Hikers enrollments.
As each crew grows and establishes sufficient paid enrollment, our goal is to provide one fully sponsored adventure space and one reduced-rate $10-a-day space within each qualifying crew of up to eight children.
Our proposed model includes six regular-paying Junior Hikers, one child participating completely FREE, and one child participating through our planned $10-a-day initiative.
These supported spaces will become available only when regular enrollment, funding, staffing, and crew capacity allow. Participation may include recurring weekly adventures or occasional opportunities depending on availability and individual family needs.
Every regular enrollment helps us work toward making outdoor adventures accessible to another child in our community.
Growing Together, One Adventure at a Time 🍁
Making Outdoor Adventures Accessible to Every Child
Our goal is to build sustainable adventure crews that allow us to give back to the communities we serve.
With a maximum of eight children per crew, we aim to support six regular-paying enrollments alongside one fully sponsored Junior Hiker and one child participating through our planned $10-a-day initiative.
These opportunities will be introduced as regular paid enrollment, funding, staffing, and crew capacity allow. Supported adventures may include recurring weekly participation, occasional adventures, and eventually Pro-D Day opportunities.
More Value for Families, More Opportunities for Children
Every Coastal Junior Hikers enrollment helps us build sustainable outdoor adventure programs while creating opportunities for more children to participate.
Additional Benefits for Full-Time Families
We’re also working toward offering complimentary full-day Pro-D adventures for families enrolled in our five-day-per-week after-school program ($599/month).
These adventures will be offered on select scheduled Pro-D Days when staffing, enrollment, and crew capacity allow, with participating families receiving advance confirmation.
Our goal is to make outdoor adventures more accessible while providing families with additional value and dependable program options throughout the school year.
See Where Adventure Takes Us! 🌲
From winding forest trails and beautiful waterfalls to coastal shorelines and hidden natural wonders, every Coastal Junior Hikers adventure offers something new to discover!
Explore our photo gallery for a glimpse of the incredible places your Junior Hiker may experience throughout the seasons.