The Canadian Rockies: A Family Learning Adventure

Western Canada is the perfect environment for a family learning adventure; parents and grandparents are invited to bring children along. Adults attend special lectures while young naturalists engage in hands-on activities including scientific, botanical, and arts and crafts projects. Horseback riding, rafting, hiking, and sightseeing excursions provide opportunities for the entire family to understand better the geology, flora, fauna, and human history of this extraordinarily beautiful landscape.



The group gathers in Calgary, Alberta to travel through the foothills to the Canadian Rockies for a 3-night stay in a guest ranch, exclusive for our group. From this Old West atmosphere of horse corrals, rolling grasslands, and mountains, ride horseback through the foothills of the Rockies, enjoy a float trip down the Kananaskis River, hike along a glacial stream to a thundering waterfall, then travel north to admire the emerald waters of Lake Louise and cross the Kicking Horse Pass into beautiful British Columbia to visit Yoho National Park and see Takakkaw Falls, the second highest waterfall in Canada. Explore the Columbia Icefield, the hydrological apex of North America, and travel out onto a glacier aboard a Snocoach for an up-close view of 1,000-foot-thick-ice. Then go on to Jasper National Park, home to grizzly bears, moose, elk, and wolves. From Jasper, board VIA Rail to travel by overnight train to the vibrant city of Vancouver for a 2-day visit, including a tour of the famed Vancouver Aquarium, known for its beluga whale.

All dates and itineraries are subject to change.
Tel: (434) 381-6317, fax: (434) 381-6132, e-mail: Melissa Coffey:
Tel: (434) 381-6243; fax: (434) 381- 6132; e-mail: mcoffey@sbc.edu
our travel coordinator in the Alumnae Office.