Professional Certification
Mike Blake is an Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG) certified Hiking Guide located in Victoria, British Columbia. He is the leader and instructor on all of our guided trips and workshops. Mike has been guiding and instructing adventure sports since 2004. He is passionate about creating and sharing world-class wilderness adventures. Mike has a particular interest in our diverse wildlife, geography, and history. He combines his technical expertise with wilderness education and natural interpretation. Continuing professional development is an ongoing process. Mike is keen to learn and strives to deliver his knowledge in fun and entertaining ways!
- Association of Canadian Mountain Guides – Hiking Guide
- Commercial Bear Viewing Association of BC – Level 1 Guide
- Interpretive Guides Association – Interpretive Specialist
- Slipstream – Advanced Wilderness First Aid Responder
Dedicated Team
Lara Campbell, born and raised on Vancouver Island, has a life-long appreciation for wild places and new adventures. Lara has a successful career as a professional pharmaceutical scientist and spends a lot of time writing technical papers in her field of expertise. Drawing from her science background, she loves to blog about our adventures and inspire an appreciation for the wilderness. Looking to expand her portfolio, she trains to improve her outdoor skills. Lara holds the record for participating in the most MB Guiding trips and workshops!
Repeat Alumni
One of our greatest pleasures is helping repeat trip participants experience a new adventure. Sometimes past workshop participants book a guided trip to practice their new skills. Other times, participants desire new terrain challenges in different locations. Several of our participants are skilled in the outdoors, but enjoy the safety, camaraderie, and logistics advantages of joining guided trips. Our relationships with these folks span many years, evolving into friendships near and far. We help fulfill personal hiking dream lists. Our alumni always book well in advance for their next trip, often up to a year. We are a small company and they know that space is limited. We are always delighted when a past participant contacts us to see what we have planned for the next hiking season. All of our alumni receive extra special discounts on their next trips!
Family Of Partners
World-class adventures require world-class support. We appreciate our extended family of partners:
- Air Nootka
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Ambassador Transportation
- Arc’teryx
- Association of Canadian Mountain Guides
- BC Parks
- Blisters & Bliss
- CalTopo
- Cape Scott Water Taxi
- Comox District Mountaineering Club
- CRD Parks
- Della Falls Water Taxi
- FATMAP
- Fuel Your Feat
- Gaia GPS
- Geartrade
- Get West Adventures
- Hello BC
- Hyperlite Mountain Gear
- Interpretive Guides Association
- Island Mountain Ramblers
- MapTown
- Mountain Equipment Company
- Mountain Safety Research
- Nomad Nutrition
- Parks Canada
- PeakEATS
- Platypus
- Recreation Sites and Trails BC
- Shorebird Expeditions
- Slipstream Wilderness First Aid
- Strathcona Wilderness Institute
- Therm-a-Rest
- Tourism Vancouver Island
- Vancouver Island North
- West Coast Trail App
- West Coast Trail Express
- Wild Isle Publishing