Meet The Planes

Known to the crew as "KJ", our Cessna 185 Amphib is an extraordinary plane that can land on water and tarmac. KJ has helped thousands of people make unforgettable memories over the years as part of surprise proposals, spontaneous birthday lunches, and fly-in kayak and paddleboard trips. It holds an extra special place in Carlo's heart as the very first plane he piloted with his daughter Hazel who visited Phantom Lake for the first time at just 11 months old.

This unassuming but amazing little plane is where it all started. KC is from a special breed of Cessnas. The most popular and loved airplane in the world, 172’s are authentic and humble adventure-mobiles that sparked our Iife-long love for flying in the Squamish and Whistler mountains. Like the best friend you can count on to join you on wild journeys of exploration, KC has been with us for some major milestones. In fact, one of our past pilots even proposed to his girlfriend while out on a flight in KC. This plane is family.

After getting KC we couldn’t stop at just one Cessna 172. We’d been bitten by the bug. The retro earthy colours and comfortable simplicity of GSQ reminded us of everything we loved about camping and exploring as kids in the Sea To Sky Corridor. We still stare out of GSQ’s windows, filled with the same lovestruck wonder that captivated us when we stood at the base of old growth trees as saplings ourselves. You can take kids out of the forest, but can’t take the forest out of the kids.