MOUNTIE

14 days, from SEATTLE to SEATTLE
Trek Type: TrekAmerica (18-38's)
Destination: Canada
Accommodation: Camping
Trek Code: MO
TREK IT OUT!!
  • Highlights of the spectacular Canadian Rockies
  • 2-day wilderness canoe trip
  • Vancouver, British Columbia


TOUR OVERVIEW

Explore the pristine wilderness of British Columbia and Alberta... Camp in the high Rockies, soak in hot springs, hike across an ice glacier, and canoe on a crystal clear mountain lake. The Mountie will take you into the heart of Canada's wilderness - the perfect outdoor adventure!


INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2-day overnight wilderness canoe trip - (experience not necessary)
  • Sulphur Mountain hot springs
  • Wildlife viewing
  • Scenic walks and hikes
  • Sightseeing in Vancouver & Seattle
  • National and provincial parks - Yoho, Banff/Lake Louise, Jasper and Wells Grey
  • Services of a TrekAmerica tour leader
  • All transportation by private adventure vehicle
  • 13 nights camping fees & equipment (except sleeping bag)


OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES (paid locally)

  • Canoeing US$25-US$75
  • Great national park hikes US$FREE
  • Mountain Biking US$45-$95
  • Horseback Riding US$45-$115
  • Western saloon evening US$10
  • Aerial Tramway Ride US$10-US$30
  • Guided Glacier Walk US$65-$175
  • Scenic Glacier Flight US$180
  • Rollerblading US$10-$20
  • Seattle Space Needle US$12
  • Capilano Suspension Bridge Park US$30
  • Whitewater Rafting (in season) US$100-$200


TREK NOTES

This tour may operate in either direction.


PRIVATE DEPARTURES

Why not arrange your own TrekAmerica departure? For groups of 8 or more, we can offer private departures on any of our published itineraries enabling friends, families or organizations to enjoy our classic "Trek" style of travel at special rates. Although tours will run as per our standard itinerary shown here, slight modifications may be considered and dates can be chosen to suit your needs. (Subject to seasonal/operational restrictions). So contact us today and start planning your own adventure.

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FLEXIBLE ITINERARY

Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best night stops and highlights. However, as local conditions and passenger requests vary, no two trips will ever be the same. With the guidance of your Trek Leader you may modify certain nightstops and highlights to give a truly unique experience!

  • Day: 1 Seattle & British Columbia

From Seattle, we cross the Canadian Border and enter an up-and-down landscape of grey, snow-dusted mountains and dark conifers. At our first stop, we set up camp beside a pristine glinting lake, excitable chin wagging may last long past sundown by the flickering campfire.
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 2 & 3 Yoho National Park

View the alpine meadows of Mount Revelstoke National Park en route to Yoho National Park. Hike or negotiate the rapids of well-named Kicking Horse River. In any case, the tumbling cascades, glassy lakes and glinting peaks are drop-dead gorgeous... not to mention the glaciers.
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 4-5 Banff National Park

Boot up, saddle up and breathe in the crisp alpine air where nature's bonanza includes beavers, bears, porcupines and elk. Ride the Banff tramway to Sulphur Mountain's peak and recharge your batteries in the heavenly hot springs.
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 6 Lake Louise

A nickname like the "gem of the Rockies" is a lot to live up to, but it's no sweat for Lake Louise. The imposing chateau looks on as mountains cluster round the turquoise surface. As for you, well, you could always hike out to the Plain-of-Six-Glaciers or inspect the scene by paddle power on an optional canoe trip.
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 7-8 Jasper National Park

The widescreen scenery keeps on coming. The Icefields Parkway provides a peach of a drive through panoramic views of endless valleys, sheer ridges, glaciers and spruce forests - truly one of the world's ultimate drives. Jasper's wildlife puts up a fight for your attention too; the sharp-eyed may glimpse grizzlies, wolves or caribou. This sprawling natural expanse offers bike trails, helicopter flights and ice-walks through the most spectacular scenery that the Canadian Rockies offers.
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 9-10 Wells Grey Provincial Park

The stillness, silence and isolation go up another notch. Drive through secluded Wells Gray to the end of the road and our awaiting canoes. Overnight on the shores of Clearwater Lake, nature surely never felt closer than this on your included outback canoe trip. A unique and unforgettable trip!
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 11 Cache Creek

On the old Gold Rush trail, this town still packs a frontier punch. All around, prickly cacti, brush and tumbleweed add to this appeal.
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 12-13 Vancouver

There is ample time to explore all this vibrant metropolis has to offer. With its stunning combination of mountains and coastline, the city boasts outstanding views. Stride, rollerblade or pedal your way round Stanley Park, or relax and let the free shuttle take the strain. Walk the Capilano Suspension Bridge, 230 head-spinning feet above the river before checking out the city nightlife in Gas Town or the eclectic "Robsonstrasse".
Accommodation: Camping included


  • Day: 14 Seattle

Puget Sound gives you one final wilderness vision before returning to Seattle, home of the original Starbucks!

Tour ends at approx 17:00 hrs in Seattle on day 14.





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Tour facts

DEPARTURE MONTHS

May - Sep

GROUP SIZE

Maximum 13

AGE RANGE

18-38

NATIONAL PARKS

Yoho
Banff
Jasper
Wells Grey


LOCAL PAYMENTS

Food Kitty: US$10 per day

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