Find Nature's Harmony With Us
Wildlife Focused Interpretive Guided Hikes in the Canadian Rockies
We will customize your hike to your ambitions (location), experience, and fitness level (on private hikes, see below). This usually means that based on these three criteria we will come up with a few specific trails from which you can pick one.
Together we can choose from an easy trip with no, or hardly any, elevation gain (such as along a scenic mountain lake) to a more difficult hike up to a mountain peak, a gorgeous viewpoint, or a colorful alpine meadow.
Included in our interpretation, you will also receive a thorough bear/wildlife safety education throughout the whole trip.
If you are a tourist or a new hiker, we can start with the basics about hiking, wildlife, and mountains. With local and/or more experienced people we can go further into both details and distance.
If you are afraid of hiking in bear country, we will help you feel safer and more confident in this wonderland.
If you are overconfident…, well then, we can show you why you should not be.
If you like to hear stories, you bet you will hear a whole bunch of them throughout the day. Our interpretation is interactive, meaning you can also share your wildlife experience with the rest of the group. We can discuss and learn from it together.
We are not a wildlife viewing enterprise. In fact, we teach our guests how to avoid close wildlife encounters, because they carry a substantial risk for both people and animals.
Nevertheless, we see wildlife during almost every trip, and since we hike in bear country, chances always are to see even grizzly and black bears. However, we usually see animals from a safe distance. At the same time, nothing is guaranteed in the wilderness, and this is why we promote bear and wildlife safety practices.
We also find signs of wildlife activity on each hike. They might include lots of different things, like tracks, scats, hair, chewing or claw marks on trees, diggings, and many more. Nature will assure there won’t be two hikes that are the same, even on the same trail.
Likewise, our spontaneous style will ensure you will always hear something new if you return to hike with us again. We focus on wildlife, but we will also explain about geology and vegetation and the intricate relationships between mountains, plants, and animals.
Private Guided Hikes
We mostly provide private tours, meaning that you and your group do not have to accommodate yourselves to other people during your trip. Enjoy the privacy and flexibility and sign up for a hike alone, with your friend or with your group.
Transportation is possible depending on group size (up to 4 people), the location where you live or stay and the trail we chose together. You can also drive to the trailhead yourself or following my vehicle. In this case you have to have your own provincial or national park permit, depending on the location of the selected trail.
Pricing
1-2 people: $265 + 5%(GST)
3 or more people: $95 + 5%(GST) / person Participation of children under 10 is free
Group Guided Hikes
Join others for a hike. These hikes are easy to medium hikes that are not customizable. To join you must have previous hiking experience and be able to hike on various terrains with up to several hundreds of meters elevation gain and loss.
Minimum age is 16. Individuals under 18 must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Minimum 3 applicants are required to conduct a group day hike.
Pricing $95 + 5% GST / person
NOTE: All prices are in Canadian Dollars
