Summer

Summer Trips	Dates (2008)	Activity Level	Registration
Calgary: Stampede City and Heart of the Canadian West	July 2-8 July 9-15	Low	Unavailable
Canadian Rockies Adventure - Intergenerational	July 22 – Aug 1	Moderate	Register
Canadian Rockies Mountain Hiking	July 13-19 July 20-26 Aug 3-9 Aug 10-19 Aug 17-23 Sept 7-13	Moderate to High	Unavailable
Kettle Valley Railway: Cranking Out Adventure		Moderate to High
Exploring Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks		Low	Register
Past, Present and Future in the Magnificent Canadian Rockies		Moderate	Unavailable
Rockies by Rail: Western Canada's Splendour		Low	Register
Pathways Through the Peaks		Low	Unavailable

Calgary: Stampede City and Heart of the Canadian West

Come west to Calgary! Explore the history of the Northwest Mounted Police, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and the rigors of cowboy life on the range. Share a meal with the host of Calgary past at turn-of-the-century Heritage Park and learn about early pioneer life. Discover the spirit of Calgary with a day at the world-famous Calgary Stampede with championship rodeo, thundering chuckwagon races and evening grandstand show. Let us take you to the splendour of the Rockies in Banff National Park with a day-trip to Banff and Lake Louise. We will visit the venues that made the XV Winter Olympics a major athletic and financial success, and show you Calgary as the locals see it. Expect daily field trips and moderate walking

 

http://www.Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2BOI%2B251

 

Canadian Rockies Adventure - Intergenerational

Come visit us with your grandkids! This exciting program is very active and very hands-on. We visit all the best sites in Southern Alberta. The adventure includes hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and white water rafting! Each museum we visit is very unique and very kid-friendly. We explore the world famous Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology, where the world’s largest collection of intact dinosaur skeletons is housed, as well as UNESCO world heritage site Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump. We visit the birthplace of Canada’s national parks in Banff, world famous Lake Louise, the 1904 Frank Slide disaster, a historic working ranch, and we go underground for a coal-mine tour.

 

http://www.Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2DOG91

Canadian Rockies Mountain Hiking

Join us for trail hiking at its best as we explore the picturesque trails in Kananaskis, nearby Banff National Park, and Lake Louise. Explore alpine meadows, sub-alpine forest, and montane wildflowers. Discussions on geology, glaciology, history, and flora and fauna will be featured on our daily walks and hikes. This is a very active program for avid hikers, able to hike at least 5 miles (8 km) per day on varied terrain with elevation gains up to 2,000 feet (600 meters). Highest elevation is 8,000 feet.

 

http://www.Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2BOI%2B258

 

Hiking Welcome Package

 

Kettle Valley Railway: Cranking Out Adventure

Hailed as an “engineering marvel”, the KVR was a lifeline that linked the mining towns of the British Columbia interior through rugged mountain terrain. Restored and upgraded as a top-notch recreational bike trail, it is part of the Trans-Canada Trail and offers a dynamic ride through an impressive landscape of mountains, canyons, orchards, vineyards, lakes and sandy beaches. The easy grades and relaxed pace will allow you time to explore charming villages, area history, geology, and ecology as you bike along the famous bridges, trestles, and tunnels. Sample wine and enjoy lunch at a local vineyard en route to Penticton. Discover the area’s historic lodgings including rustic log cabins, heritage inns and B.C.’s oldest operating hotel in Beaverdell. Cycle through the spectacular Myra Canyon, Okanagan Falls, and the arts community of Naramata. Discuss the restoration of the Myra Canyon Trestles after the devastating forest fires of 2003.

 

http://Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2BOI%2B754

 

Kettle Valley Railway Welcome Package

 

Exploring Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks are comprised of seven contiguous alpine parks that straddle the Great Divide for 14,300 square miles. We'll explore five of the parks-Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho, and Mount Robson-focusing on natural history, ecological integrity, and the parks' cultural heritage. Professional guides, park staff, and local experts will be our instructors in these alpine classrooms of the Canadian Rockies. Walking up to two miles per day on uneven terrain. This program can be found in the Exploritas International Catalogue.

 

http://www.Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2BJB%2B124

 

Past, Present and Future in the Magnificent Canadian Rockies

Come travel the Rockies and explore the natural and human history of these spectacular mountains. Daily field trips will focus on geology, wildlife, plants, ecology, and local history. Our travels will take us to the prehistoric Royal Tyrrell Museum to learn about dinosaurs, oceans, and ice; the massive Columbia Icefields to see glaciers at work; along age-old Native trails; into ancient water-worn canyons, and to today's Lake Louise and Banff. We will study the splendour of wildflowers, follow the explorers and early mountaineers, learn the ways of wildlife, and explore mountain ecology as we uncover the past and ponder the future of the majestic Rockies. This is an active program with daily hikes up to 5 miles (8 kms) on varied terrain.

 

http://www.Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2BLY%2B81

 

Past, Present & Future Welcome Package

 

Rockies by Rail: Western Canada's Splendour

We will discover Western Canada's geology and ecology as we travel across British Columbia to Alberta by rail. On our journey up the Fraser Valley and through the Rockies and other mountain ranges, we will focus on land forms, glacial history, ancient environments, plants, and animals. We will also study First Nations people, the history of the Gold Rush and the railway, and evolving relationships between people and the natural environment. Special features will be four days of train travel during daylight hours when we can observe our surroundings as we learn about them. Extensive walking, carrying baggage on/off trains. This program can be found in the Exploritas International Catalogue.

 

http://www.Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2BJB%2B97

 

Pathways Through the Peaks

Discover western Canada as the explorers did. We will follow the ancient pathways as we travel from Calgary to the fabled Kootenay Plains, and onto Lake Louise, the heartland of the Golden Age of Mountaineering. We will also walk through historic Banff to see it as it was over 100 years ago. This program will focus on explorers, fur traders and adventurers of old, living on the frontier and will also touch on glaciology, landforms, and First Nations history.

 

http://www.Exploritas.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1%2D26BCS9

 

Pathway Through the Peaks Welcome Package