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Awards & Testimonials

some reasons to choose us

Awards & Testimonials

some reasons to choose us

Celebration time during an outdoor Indigenous youth camp and land-based education program

SELECTED AS

SELECTED AS

"One of Canada’s Top 10 Adventures"

"One of Canada’s Top 10 Adventures"

By Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine, 2003

By Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine, 2003

"Simply Amazing."

"Simply Amazing."

Mountain Life magazine article, 2001

Mountain Life magazine article, 2001

A happy camper during a guided backpacking trip into Banff National Park
The main lodge grounds looking across the bridge to the heritage cabins at Cross River

The first road-accessible off-the-grid cabin facility in the mid/backcountry of the Canadian Rockies.

The first road-accessible off-the-grid cabin facility in the mid/backcountry of the Canadian Rockies.

We opened in 1996

We opened in 1996

"How does a week in the Canadian Rockies with an elder grab your attention? ‘when you heal yourself, you heal the world,’ he told us. Then we set off into the woods."

"How does a week in the Canadian Rockies with an elder grab your attention? ‘when you heal yourself, you heal the world,’ he told us. Then we set off into the woods."

Spirit & Destiny magazine article, 2009

Spirit & Destiny magazine article, 2009

An Indigenous cultural awareness workshop at the Cross River tipi encampment
Cross River was selected as one of three international host destinations to facilitate a land-based education program for a contest in promotion of the Sean Penn film, Into The Wild

SELECTED AS

SELECTED AS

One of three world host destinations to facilitate land-based education for the contest promoting the film, Into the Wild

One of three world host destinations to facilitate land-based education for the contest promoting the film, Into the Wild

By Paramount Pictures, 2007

By Paramount Pictures, 2007

Co-designed and facilitated the first "Mountain Passages" program for Indigenous boys in the Rockies

Co-designed and facilitated the first "Mountain Passages" program for Indigenous boys in the Rockies

With Outward Bound Canada, 2012

With Outward Bound Canada, 2012

A youth working on his friction fire tools during an Indigenous boys' camp and land-based education program in the Yearling Creek peaks adjacent to Cross River
Happy hikers during an Indigenous youth camp and land-based education program in the Yearling Creek peaks adjacent to Cross River

Co-facilitated the first S.A.G.E. program, an Indigenous cultural camp for Îyârhe Nakoda youth

Co-facilitated the first S.A.G.E. program, an Indigenous cultural camp for Îyârhe Nakoda youth

Begun in 2010

Begun in 2010

Co-designed and facilitated three-day, curriculum-based, outdoor education kids camps for Grade 6 students

Co-designed and facilitated three-day, curriculum-based, outdoor education kids camps for Grade 6 students

With Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, 2012-2015

With Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, 2012-2015

Happy campers during an outdoor education kids' camp with Cross River in the Yearling Creek peaks
Association of Canadian Mountain Guides affiliation badges

Certified Hiking Guides with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides

Certified Hiking Guides with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides

Since 2003

Since 2003

Guest Testimonials

"Spectacular beauty, tranquility and delicious food."
A wild rose hip harvest during an outdoor education program about plant processing and harvesting
The Barretts, UK, September 2016
"The view of the mountains was breathtaking, but the hospitality was even more wonderful. You made this space feel like home, and we cannot wait to come back to this magical place one day."
A Wood Lily during a guided hike to Kootenay National Park
Taylor & Amanda, Ontario, May 2017
"Had a wonderful stay, loved the isolation and natural beauty of the mountains. Food was excellent and accommodation perfect."
False hellebore during a land-based education program in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
Denise & Fred, Australia, June 2018
"The cabins were not just clean, they were immaculate!"
Yearling Creek, which flows through the Cross River grounds and into the Kootenay River
The Haids, Calgary, August 2022
"While planning our trip we told our agent we wanted to meet the real BC/Canada. The surrounding, the people, the silence—oh wow!—our dream came true. Incredible landscape, the best food ever made for us, but above all, the welcome feeling."
A campfire on the Cross River grounds during a yoga retreat
Mikel & Karin, Netherlands, July 2018
"The peace and solitude were the perfect antidotes after our busy and crowded two weeks elsewhere. The hospitality was out of this world, and you gave away a wonderful secret…one of the best hikes through amazing scenery and we didn’t see another soul!"
A medicinal wildflower during a guided hike and outdoor education program for a yoga retreat
Steve & Bernadette, UK, June 2019
"Thank you for the delicious meals, the peace and quiet, and for having the vision to create such a wonderful space. The purification lodge, the yoga retreat, and wood-fired hot tub helped me to reconnect with nature and myself."
A wildflower in the snow during an early-season guided hike for an Indigenous cultural camp
C. Schapzry, Calgary, May 2022
"What a gift you have given us—deep rest and time without too much structure, nourishing food, and the land…just a gift to the world."
Fall huckleberries during a harvesting trip for a land-based outdoor education program about plant harvesting and processing
Raïsa, Newfoundland, May 2022
"Beautiful scenery, lovely food, and the walks are fantastic!"
Glacier Lilies during a guided hike for a Cross River land-based education program
The Ketleys, UK, July 2016
"You forever changed my life, in such a profound and good way. Thank you, I love this team and place, wholeheartedly, and it is without any reservations that I recommend it!"
A splashing rapid on the Cross River during a guided hike for a staff retreat and land-based education program
Sylvain, Québec, July 2022

Guest Testimonials

"Spectacular beauty, tranquility and delicious food."
A wild rose hip harvest during an outdoor education program about plant processing and harvesting
The Barretts, UK, September 2016
"The view of the mountains was breathtaking, but the hospitality was even more wonderful. You made this space feel like home, and we cannot wait to come back to this magical place one day."
A Wood Lily during a guided hike to Kootenay National Park
Taylor & Amanda, Ontario, May 2017
"Had a wonderful stay, loved the isolation and natural beauty of the mountains. Food was excellent and accommodation perfect."
False hellebore during a land-based education program in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
Denise & Fred, Australia, June 2018
"The cabins were not just clean, they were immaculate!"
Yearling Creek, which flows through the Cross River grounds and into the Kootenay River
The Haids, Calgary, August 2022
"While planning our trip we told our agent we wanted to meet the real BC/Canada. The surrounding, the people, the silence—oh wow!—our dream came true. Incredible landscape, the best food ever made for us, but above all, the welcome feeling."
A campfire on the Cross River grounds during a yoga retreat
Mikel & Karin, Netherlands, July 2018
"The peace and solitude were the perfect antidotes after our busy and crowded two weeks elsewhere. The hospitality was out of this world, and you gave away a wonderful secret…one of the best hikes through amazing scenery and we didn’t see another soul!"
A medicinal wildflower during a guided hike and outdoor education program for a yoga retreat
Steve & Bernadette, UK, June 2019
"Thank you for the delicious meals, the peace and quiet, and for having the vision to create such a wonderful space. The purification lodge, the yoga retreat, and wood-fired hot tub helped me to reconnect with nature and myself."
A wildflower in the snow during an early-season guided hike for an Indigenous cultural camp
C. Schapzry, Calgary, May 2022
"What a gift you have given us—deep rest and time without too much structure, nourishing food, and the land…just a gift to the world."
Fall huckleberries during a harvesting trip for a land-based outdoor education program about plant harvesting and processing
Raïsa, Newfoundland, May 2022
"Beautiful scenery, lovely food, and the walks are fantastic!"
Glacier Lilies during a guided hike for a Cross River land-based education program
The Ketleys, UK, July 2016
"You forever changed my life, in such a profound and good way. Thank you, I love this team and place, wholeheartedly, and it is without any reservations that I recommend it!"
A splashing rapid on the Cross River during a guided hike for a staff retreat and land-based education program
Sylvain, Québec, July 2022

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Tel: (+1) 403 800 2564 

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