Heli-Hiking in Canada 2022
Our getaway visit to the Canadian Rockies was amazing. We flew into Calgary airport and then made our way to Lake Louise to spend our first night before heading into the back country.
We spent 3 nights/days at 2 different lodges with the CMH Adventures at the Bobbie Burns and Bugaboos site. The lodges are full service with programs tailored to your hiking and via ferrata abilities. The guides organize hiking groups day by day to explore the Canadian mountain geology, flora, fauna, glaciers/glacial lakes and history. The hikes gave us absolutely stunning views, and challenging terrain. In fact, we hiked and crossed waterfalls and steep rocky canyons and peaks on “via ferrata” or “iron path” and came down by rappelling down the cliffs.
The lodges had multiple helicopters that would place us on mountain tops and valleys, and then pick us up from one location to another 2 to 3 times per day. We had access to various parts of the Canadian Rockies, which enabled us to hike up to glaciers, explore the turquoise glacier pools and hike on mountain peaks. It was an incredible experience without having to hike hours or days on the terrain just to get to the mountain base area.