LAKE LOUISE HIGH ADVENTURE
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Sept. 6 - 13, 2008 (7 nights)
Sept. 9 - 13, 2008 (4 nights)
At Fall High Adventure, you get the best of both worlds: True adventure and total luxury.
Magic is everywhere. Look to the horizon across a panorama of glacier covered peaks studded with turquoise blue alpine lakes. Cast your eyes skyward to find a pair of golden eagles hunting marmots to feed their young. Smell the scent of fir trees in the crisp morning air. Feel the bright golden needles of the larch trees, soft enough to stuff pillows in the old days. Lake Louise is a feast for the senses!
Far more than a vacation, Fall High Adventure is an authentic mountain experience. Guides in this program are not the tourist weary staff encountered elsewhere. These colorful people live their lives in these mountains and are passionate about the landscape and the creatures that take shelter here. Our beloved guides will help you connect to the natural world and nudge you toward self discovery. Your spirit will soar with exhilaration.
Proof of the value for money in the Fall High Adventure experience is this fact: In recent years fully one third of those in attendance were veterans of past High Adventures! More than half of those were returning for a third time! Gail Ungstad has NEVER missed Fall High Adventure. Gail is on the far right, seen with three other adventure veterans after a challenging hike up Mt Rundle. On the far left is mountain guide Matthias Ahrens, arguably the best mountaineering instructor in the Canadian Rockies. Here's why Gail keeps coming back, in her own words....
"I'm so worth it! I stretch my limits and gain self discovery. As an added bonus, I meet terrific, inspiring, wonderful people. My enduring friendship with these three women has evolved against a backdrop of spectacular mountain scenery. That's why I keep coming back again and again and again."
Fall High Adventure host is TV fitness instructor Charlene Prickett who is a devoted Rockies hiker. For decades she has been exploring these mountains and loves the intellectual stimulation and emotional serenity of adventure. She calls it mountain magic.
Package includes:
Four nights room accommodation, lavish buffet breakfasts, backpacker lunches, gourmet dinners, all equipment rentals, daily fitness classes with Charlene Prickett, guided hikes for every fitness level, watercolor and photography classes, cycling, horseback trail rides, golf, canoeing.
7 NIGHT PROGRAM (Depart Sept 13):
Double Occupancy
$2,422 Canadian Dollars per person plus tax
($4,844 per pair)
Single Occupancy
$3,299 Canadian Dollars per person plus tax
4 NIGHT PROGRAM (Depart Sept 13):
Double Occupancy
$1,494 Canadian Dollars per person plus tax
($2,988 per pair)
Single Occupancy
$2,100 Canadian Dollars per person plus tax
Want to arrive early or stay longer?
You can enjoy a special extended High Adventure room rate of $199 Canadian Dollars plus tax
This program is subject to minimum participation
To register call: 403-522-1830 between 9am-5pm Mountain Time
or email: cll.reservations@fairmont.com
Ask for Charlene Prickett High Adventure
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From the top of Saint Piran, Charlene scans the skies for a pair of golden eagles known to enjoy the updrafts above Lake Louise. |
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September brings great brilliant streaks of gold across mountain hillsides as the larch trees turn golden before they drop their needles with the winter snows. |
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Beloved hiking guide Bruce Bembridge briefs his group at the trail head. |
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High Adventure hikers are thrilled by a glimpse, here and there, of the secretive creatures that inhabit this landscape. |
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Nicknamed the "Jewel of the Rockies", Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise has always been the place where royalty, stars and adventurers rub shoulders. |
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Lavish meals are served against the splendid backdrop of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier framed by the Chateau's eloquent arched windows. |
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Paddle fast for a workout or drift in serenity to enjoy the spectacle of surrounding mountain peaks. |