Forgotten Frontier

THE PRICE IS PER COUPLE

For early pioneers to the Rockies, facing winter was a true battle for survival, with no room for error many describe it as a "frozen hell". Settler and iconic Guide like Jimmy Simpson had to insulate his cabins using a mixture of mud, moss, straw, and horsehair. The gaps in the logs allowed cold wind to whistle through, proper insulation was a matter of life or death.

No drive is ever the same on the Columbia Icefields Parkway. The scenic drives turn into a winter wonderland. A compelling stillness settles that transforms everything around into a beautiful world of solitude and wonder. Ancient glaciers shifting and growling, and cascading waterfalls become icefalls. ​​​

Abraham Lake is a man-made reservoir has become the focus of worldwide social media. The “ice bubbles” are attracting many visitors. It is our shared responsibility to care for this sacred land by showing respect and appreciation, especially given the history of the dam's construction, which flooded significant parts of the Kootenay Plains, including Indigenous homes, pastures, and burial grounds, without prior public consultation or environmental assessment.

The Bighorn River is a short tributary of the North Saskatchewan River. Crescent Falls are a series of waterfalls on that river that in winter these waterfalls turn into a wall of ice.