Trip Highlights

Are you looking for a unique vacation this summer? An experience that combines an inspiring mountain wilderness with pampered relaxation and exquisite food? An experience where you set your own pace while learning about the environment as you explore? What about interesting company? Looking to share stories of discovery with like-minded people? You can do all of this and more.  Heli-Hiking caters to the rank beginner as well as the seasoned mountain veteran. AND WE WILL BE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE DETAILS!

The Bobbie Burns range takes its name from the great Scottish poet. “Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire,” he wrote, “That’s a’ the learning I desire.” In the 1880's, prospectors searched the area for gold.  They instead found rich deposits of silver.  Mountaineers have only touched the edges of the Bobbie Burns area with the first espeditions being for survey puposes in the early 1900's.  Very few people other than Heli-Hikers have ever set foot on these remote mountains, some of which remain unnamed today.

"If you haven't gone Heli-Hiking, you haven't lived!" - M.S., 2008

Your choice is only on how hard or easy YOU want to hike! We can do anything from a gentle, flower-rich hike, ideal for beginners, to a moderate meadowy hike with three fine lakes along the way up to Bunny Buster peak, surrounded by awe-striking views of the Rockies to a sterling outing that works up from he canyon to a series of plateaus lavished with wildflowers and great views of the immense Zilmer Glacier. And we are there all along the way to make sure that this is the vacation of your dreams!

In the Burns we walk, hike and climb in the Selkirk and the Purcell mountains with both ranges offering a great variety of terrain for you to enjoy.  Here are four outstanding samples of the 47 or so Bobbie Burns hikes:

International Basin - We begin at timberline and follow a series of alpine benches up to a superb high lake, graced with tremendous views of the Carbonate Glacier. Interesting traces of the Bobbie Burns’ gold and silver mining history abound on this full-day hike.

Rollercoaster - Great views to the west on a half-day hike through flowery meadows. This fine hike can be combined with a visit to beautiful Hume Lakes for a robust full-day outing.

Crystalline Pass - Many variations grace this half- or full-day hike in varied timberline terrain: everything from meadow strolling to boulder-hopping and some steep ups on glacial moraine. Vigorous elevation gains and losses through different geologic zones.

Anthea’s - A half-day, resoundingly alpine hike along a goat trail up to a high ridge, with great views of the onrad Glacier, looking down at towering ice needles and into looming crevasses.

OPTIONAL EXTRA ADRENALINE RUSH!

Check out the new Adventure Trail including zip-lines over rivers;
a spectacular high ropes course; rappelling opportunities; and
ther new Via Ferrata – an alpine route equipped with fixed cables, ladders, and bridges.

This is a great option for those of you that are looking for a thrill and want to try mountaineering (no experience required!) for the first time or hone your skills and explore new territory.

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