7 Day Explorer
Saddle up and explore by horseback the Alberta Rockies with Anchor D! You will ride into our High Mountain Wilderness Camp situated at 6500 feet elevation, and completely surrounded by mountains. It is most of a day's horseback ride into this camp, offering canvas outfitter tents with cots and foam mattresses for guests, a bathroom tent and a large kitchen and dining tent.
Anchor D supplies all meals, starting with lunch on the first day, and ending with lunch on the last day. We supply everything for your trip but your sleeping bag and personal gear. Sleeping bag and slicker rentals are available.
Our High Mountain Wilderness Camp trips leave the ranch at 10 a.m. Monday mornings from June to the middle of September (see schedule below). We truck the horses up to the trailhead, load the covered wagon, get everyone on their horses, and hit the trail for the 12 mile horseback ride through the mountains to our High Mountain Wilderness Camp.
There is easily seven days of riding out of this Camp, without seeing the same scenery twice. Heading out in a different direction every day, there are several mountain lakes to ride to that are stocked with cutthroat trout; we can scout out a high mountain pass, riding up to 8500' elevation, where the Continental Divide opens up in front of you; we can explore Burns Canyon and climb up beside Burns Falls, which is the highest waterfalls in Kananaskis Country. In this area, four different mountain ranges meet - there is no end to the possibilities and adventure!
Riding through rivers, valleys, canyons and passes, we travel through some incredibly rugged country where you will gain a new respect for your sure-footed mountain horse. During the lunch stop, you might like to try your hand at fishing do some hiking and exploring, or go to sleep in the sun!
These trips will arrive back at the trailhead between 4 and 5 p.m. (that's "cowboy time") on Sunday.
Dates for the 2010 Explorer:
June 7 - 13
June 14 - 20
June 21 - 27
July 5 - 11
August 2 - 8
August 16 - 22
August 30 - Sept 5
Sept. 6 - 12
Sept. 13 - 19
Price: $1699.00 + GST per person