Trip
Highlights
Are you looking
for a unique vacation this summer? An experience that
combines rugged 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.
20th
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
"If you haven't
gone Heli-Hiking, you haven't lived!" - M.S.,
2008
This will be an extra special
trip as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of
The Walking Connection with Gene and Jo Ann Taylor!
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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