Heli-Hiking
- Cariboo Lodge
7-Nights - July 26 - Aug. 2, 2008
Guest Itinerary
DAY 1 - Banff
(Arrive Calgary & transfer to Banff at
your leisure)
Check in at our conveniently located Banff Hotel.
Day 2 - Banff - Jasper - Cariboo Lodge
Our journey today takes along one of the most spectacular highways
in North America, the spectacular Icefield parkway, past Crowfoot
Glacier, Bow Lake and the mammoth Columbia Icefield, with the
citadel-like peaks of the Canadian Rockies looming above, graced
eith glacial lakes, tumbling glaciers and spectacular waterfalls.
We travel through Jasper and Mount Robson Provincial Park to arrive
at our heli pad at for a quick exhilerating flight to Cariboo
Lodge. Upon arrival we are greeted by the lodge manager, outfitted
with boots, day packs, rain gear, etc., and settle into our rooms.
After a helicopter safety talk, we climb in and soar up for an afternoon
of getting acquainted with the High Country. In the late afternoon,
our chopper picks us up and it's back to the lodge where delicious
hors d'oeuvres are served in the lounge. Our casual gourmet dinner,
served family style, will be at 7:00 (save room for the pastry chef's
latest inspiration). Then some camaraderie by the fire, maybe a
sauna or whirlpool, and a great night's sleep. (CB,L,D)
Days 3 - 7 - Heli-hiking
You might want to join the optional morning stretch,
or sleep a little later. A hardy buffet breakfast is
served before our full day of heli-hiking begins! The first helicopter
leaves with a flight into the Cariboos that takes us to a range
of personality-rich glaciers, emerald lakes, airy mountain ridges
and soft fields of wildflowers. We'll have a picnic lunch at a
particularly winsome spot or on special days enjoy a barbecue
lunch surrounded by spectacular utterly unspoiled high country
landscapes.
Now, we hope this web page makes it clear not only that the landscapes
in which we spend our days are knock-down, world-class gorgeous
and varied, but that there is probably no other place on earth
where you can experience such wildness and solitude without lugging
a 40-pound backpack.
So, message delivered! Great hiking, picnicking,
a little learning about glacial landscapes and their hardy life-forms,
and lots of fun accomplished, we fly back at day's end to the
lodge for (depending on our mood) maybe a massage, a browse in
the lodge shop, a game of chess, a go at the lodge climbing wall,
a cocktail on the deck as alpen-glow bathes the peaks we've been
communing with, dinner, storytelling in the living room, and another
great night's sleep. (B.L.D)
Day 8 - Banff or Calgary Airport
After breakfast we board a deluxe motor coach and
retrace the journey along the Icefield parkway. You will have
the chloice of being dropped off in Banff or the Calgary Airport
(B.L)
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OR EXTEND
YOUR STAY!
Post-Tour Banff & Lake Louise Optional
Extension
August 2 & 3, 2008
From $798.00 per person, dbl. occ.
August 2 - Arrive in Banff at your
convenience and check in tou our centrally located Banff Hotel
August 3 - Meet after breakfast
for our transfer to Lake Louise for a moderate hike to the Lake
Agnes Tea House. (Or enjoy an optional walk along Lake Louise
on your own.) We'll arrive at the Chateau Lake Louise in time
for a bountiful lunch buffet. Following Lunch we will transfer
to Morraine Lake where we will meander along a trail along this
forested vivid blue lake.
August 4 - Enjoy the day on your
own before meeting arriving guests for a beautiful walk followed
by a welcome dinner.
Please note that the details of this itinerary are subject to
change. Many of the planned activities are organized according
to appropriate weather conditions and the discretions of the hosts,
lodge managers or mountain guides. We make every effort to provide
the experience described in the above itinerary with the understanding
that some things may change.
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