Canadian Mountain Holidays

Our short escapes are three and four day trips in the Adamants, Bobbie Burns, Bugaboos, or Cariboos. They allow you to experience the wonders of mountain wilderness over just a few days, and in a manner suited to your ability or desire. By using a helicopter to navigate rugged terrain, we can accommodate all levels of activity, from relaxed ambling to full-blown mountaineering.

These short escapes are perfect as stand-alone trips. Or, extend your trip with a more extensive Western Canadian vacation. See our Travel Services for suggestions and assistance with your plans.

See a sample three-night itinerary (17 KB PDF) for our Bugaboo Lodge.

Want to spend more time in the Canadian Rockies? Let us help plan your vacation.

With the best of two different mountain ranges at your guides’ fingertips, a Lodge-to-Lodge trip is nothing short of spectacular. You spend half your time Heli-Hiking amidst the vast wilderness of one area before trekking and flying to a second area, where your adventure continues.

Lodge-to-Lodge trips include six nights – three at each lodge. On day four, you heli-hop & hike from one lodge to the next. We've run this program between the Bobbie Burns and the Bugaboos for several years, and have recently added an Adamants to Monashees trip as well. The Monashees are among the least visited mountains on our continent and are accessible to hikers only through a Lodge-to-Lodge departure.

As with all of our Heli-Hiking trips, we will tailor the pace to meet your needs.

Sample itinerary – Bobbie Burns to Bugaboos

Sample itinerary – Monashees to Adamants

We know how most kids feel about hiking, so our Family Adventure has removed the boring bits to heighten the lasting family memories you’ll take home. Kids will boast to their friends back in school how their sense of adventure was captivated by:

• Exhilarating helicopter flights
• Fascinating million-year-old rock formations
• High mountain ridges
• Mysterious ancient forests
• Brilliant glacial lakes
• Explosive rock-bound waterfalls
• Intriguing new games, played with kids from around the world,
• And so much more!

While kids are busy and entertained by our Childcare Specialists, adults can choose to participate with the younger set or challenge themselves to a Heli-Hiking day on their own.

At dinner time, our chefs consult with our young guests to create some outstanding meals. This is a family experience designed to please everyone; little ones, teens, and even big-kids at heart will find themselves laughing-out-loud.

Bobbie Burns Lodge:
July 27 – 30, 2009
August 11 – 14, 2009

Bugaboo Lodge:
July 30 – August 2, 2009
August 14 – 17, 2009

Cariboo Lodge:
July 18 – 21, 2009

Lodge to Lodge (Bobbie Burns to Bugaboos):
July 27 – 30, 2009
August 11 – 14, 2009

Space is limited, so don’t hesitate to book online or call us today:
1.800.661.0252!

Gulp!

This trip is designed exclusively for those seeking a major adrenalin rush. You may find yourself summiting a craggy peak you hadn’t believed accessible. You may find yourself roped up together with fellow travelers, traversing a massive snow-covered glacier. You may find yourself rappelling over sheer rock-face. No matter what, you will find yourself pushed beyond your comfort zone to a place where you will discover a deep sense of pride and achievement. This is your chance to gulp – and experience an adventure like no other.

Exclusively at CMH Bobbie Burns Lodge

July 2009 Start Dates: 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 & 30
August 2009 Start Dates: 5, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26 & 29
September 2009 Start Dates: 1 & 4.

Space is limited, so don’t hesitate to book online or call us today:
1.800.661.0252!

Bodacious in the Bugaboos
(August 26 – 29, 2009)

*New for 2009*
Bodacious in the Bobbie Burns - Let's Get Vertical!
(August 29 – September 1, 2009)

Bodacious (boh-DAY-shuhs) adjective
(A blend of bold and audacious)
   1. outright, thorough
   2. remarkable, impressive
   3. gutsy, brazen
   4. voluptuous

"I created Bodacious in the Bugaboos three years ago, when I was approached by a group of girls who were keen to ignite their spirits on a heli-hiking and yoga adventure at our Bugaboo Lodge. Since then, we’ve had so many requests that we’ve started offering two Bodacious trips each year! The lifelong memories, new friendships, and outrageous, hurts-to-laugh-anymore FUN keep women coming back year after year...and bringing their friends! I invite you to join us."

-- Ellen Slaughter
CMH Calgary Community Connection and Bodacious host

Join us for heli-hiking on mountain tops, energizing yoga, muscle-melting massages, sumptuous meals and laugh-out-loud fun with your girlfriends. Ellen Slaughter, your trip host, combines 10+ years of experience planning and hosting women's trips with a passion for the mountains and living life to the fullest. Her promise: you will go home feeling pampered and rejuvenated with lifelong memories.

Bodacious in the Bugaboos is perfect for girlfriends as well as solo women travelers in search of adventures shared with other like-minded women. Featured in 50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America (National Geographic), by Marybeth Bond.

By working with world class partners in Alberta and British Columbia, we have created a collection of vacation packages designed to both enhance your experience with us and provide greater value for you. We are pleased to offer:

A Canadian Rockies Family Adventure: Combine your CMH Heli-Hiking Family Adventure with a stay at a child-friendly resort in Banff, complete with an afternoon of whitewater rafting. Click here for details.
Partners: Banff Rocky Mountain Resort , Discover Banff Tours .

Heli-Hiking and Culinary Adventures: Anticipating the epicurean delights our lodges are known for, start your trip with two nights on the Fairmont Gold Floor of the Banff Springs Hotel and a tantalizing five-course meal at the Banffshire Club. Click here for details.
Partner: Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Heli-Hiking and Spa Relaxation: Treat yourself to some serious relaxation with two days at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel – and two treatments at their award-winning Willow Stream Spa – prior to starting your CMH Heli-Hiking adventure. Click here for details.
Partner: Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

If you are interested in designing a package of your own or want to add to a package we have already created please contact one of our vacation specialists at 1.800.661.0252 or e-mail us at info@cmhinc.com - we look forward to speaking with you soon!

Private Guided Trips
We offer private guiding services for groups or solo travelers who want a little privacy or an experience customized just to suit them. Having your own guide is a great way to intently pursue special interests, more (or less) ambitious hiking, or away-from-it-all bonding. When not hiking, you share the lodge and meals with other CMH guests.

Private Guides are available at all six mountain lodges. This service must be booked for the full duration of each CMH lodge stay. Space is limited, but we do our utmost to fill requests.

Private Lodge Booking
Valemount Lodge is now available for exclusive-use bookings for groups of up to 20 guests. Its beautiful design, fine amenities, secluded location, and access to the spectacular Heli-Hiking in the Cariboos have made it one of our most coveted lodges.

The only lodge we drive rather than helicopter to, Valemount features plentiful peace and quiet, great food, an open, honour-system bar, a marvelous stone fireplace, an exercise/game room, in-house massage service, shop, sauna, and an outdoor whirlpool.

We can customize a program to suit your individual interests. Depending on your personal requirements, transportation is arranged from Jasper, Banff, or Calgary. Transportation from Calgary is also available by private charter plane.