Awards & Recognition

some reasons to choose us

SELECTED AS

"One of Canada’s Top 10 Adventures"

By Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine, 2003

"Simply Amazing."

Mountain Life magazine article, 2001

The first off-the-grid backcountry lodge facility in the Canadian Rockies that was road accessible.

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."

Spirit & Destiny magazine article, 2009

A prize destination for the international contest promoting the film

Into the Wild.

Selected by Paramount Pictures, 2007

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

With Outward Bound Canada, 2012

Co-facilitated the first S.A.G.E. program for Îyârhe Nakoda youth

Begun in 2010

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

With Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, 2012-2015

Certified Hiking Guides with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides

Since 2003

"Spectacular beauty, tranquility and delicious food."
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."
Taylor & Amanda, Ontario, May 2017
"Had a wonderful stay, loved the isolation and natural beauty of the mountains. Food was excellent and accommodation perfect."
Denise & Fred, Australia, June 2018
"The cabins were not just clean, they were immaculate!"
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."
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!"
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."
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."
Raïsa, Newfoundland, May 2022
"Beautiful scenery, lovely food, and the walks are fantastic!"
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!"
Sylvain, Québec, July 2022

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