Trekking/ Hiking In Canada Kootenay National Park, BC - Elevation: 11,000 Feet
Crisscrossing the Canadian Rockies is a labyrinth of remote and spectacular trails. One hundred and twenty-five miles of backpacking treks lead to the high alpine meadows and crystal clear streams of BC’s Kootenay National Park, which borders both Yoho and Banff National Parks (in Alberta). One of the many treks in Kootenay is the Rockwall Highline Trail, a journey along the base of a 1,640-foot escarpment—the Kootenay Wall. A seven-day trip through the park and the Highline takes trekkers up into a steep valley and across several secluded, high mountain passes. It’s an easy, nontechnical hike, but you will need to carry your own food and tent. Yamnuska, one of Canada’s most established mountain guiding companies, leads trips through both Kootenay and Jasper National Parks and beneath towering Mount Assiniboine.
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Yamnuska Mountain Adventures, Canada
Yamnuska has taught mountaineering since 1977. All guides are licensed by Parks Canada. Yamnuska Mountain Adventures is the premier provider of mountaineering, ice & rock climbing, backcountry skiing and trekking experiences in the Canadian Rockies. For over 30 years, we have hosted thousands of clients from Canada and all over the world. Yamnuska offers scheduled hiking and backpacking trips to different areas of the Canadian Rockies, each with its own unique ambiance, beauty and challenge. These trips can be arranged for private groups if our dates don't suit you. Supply tents, camp stoves, pots and pans and anything that is used by the entire group. In addition to backpacking and hiking programs they are known for our mountaineering guiding and instruction.
Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
200 - 50 Lincoln Park, Canmore, Alberta, Canada T1W 3E9
Toll Free North America: 1.866.678.4164
Phone: 403.678.4164 Fax: 403.678.4450
Email: info@yamnuska.com
Web: http://www.yamnuska.com/
The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) - Canada's National Mountaineering Organization
The 100-year-old Alpine Club of Canada operates the largest public backcountry hut system in North America. Experienced guides lead mountaineers of all abilities on trips throughout the Rockies. ACC 19 local "Sections" from Vancouver Island to Montreal are the heart and soul of the Club. The Sections offer Club trips every weekend, interspersed with backcountry courses for beginners through experts. Offer membership. For local activities in your area contact the Section Representative of the section closest to where you reside. They all have weekend activities and many offer courses and camps. The Alpine Club of Canada is governed by the Constitution and the Bylaws of The Alpine Club of Canada. Whether you are a hiker, backcountry skier, snowshoer, ice climber, rock climber or mountaineer, the ACC has an activity for you.
The Alpine Club of Canada
P. O. Box 8040, Indian Flats Road
Canmore, Alberta
T1W 2T8
Phone: 403 678 3200
Fax: 403 678 3224
Web: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/