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For booking please e-mail info@cmhinc.com or call 1-800-661-0252. Canadian Mountain Holidays Phone: (403) 762-7100 
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For booking please e-mail info@cmhinc.com or call 1-800-661-0252. Canadian Mountain Holidays Phone: (403) 762-7100
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  A vast masterpiece of mountain theatre, the Cariboo Range takes its name from the caribou that roam its slopes. When Sir Alexander McKenzie explored the Arctic in the late 1700s he gave the Mi’-Kmaq word halibu (which soon became caribou) to the deer he found in the high latitudes. A decade later, traders descending the western slope of the Canadian Rockies into the Canoe River Valley named these grand mountains for the “northern deer” that enliven their slopes. The names of the Cariboos’ highest peaks honour both early explorers like David Thompson and Canadian prime ministers such as Sir Wilfred Laurier. The Premiers, a Cariboos sub-range, is surrounded by one of Western Canada’s largest ice-fields, a near-Antarctic marvel.  This noble and immense range, with a thousand or so square kilometers of wilderness terrain, offers more than 100 hikes. Some of our favourites include: Encore Ridge. A wonderful, long ridge at about 2,500 metres (8,000 feet), offering lots of scenery-rich, gentle, airy walking, with the chance to do some hardier hiking if inspiration strikes. Far below is Cariboo Lodge, and to the east, across the Columbia Divide, a huge view of iconic Mount Robson, highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. North Canoe Glacier. Visible straight up-valley from Cariboo Lodge, North Canoe Glacier affords the rare chance for some un-roped glacier-walking. Glaciers are one of nature’s wonderments, and it’s nothing short of thrilling to land on a river of ice and see millwells, rock tables, crevasses, and glacier spiders up close. In the distance we might also see boxcar-sized ice chunks crashing off North Canoe’s terminal ice fall. Zilmer Canyon and Glacier. A superb canyon surrounded by a world of sparkling glaciers and waterfalls, Zilmer is a great base for a number of hikes, including a sterling outing that works up from the canyon to a series of plateaus lavished with wildflowers and great views of the immense Zilmer Glacier. Virgin Bowl. A gentle, flower-rich hike, ideal for beginners, the Bowl offers many options for hiking to a series of grassy benches. Great views of Jan’s Pearch Glacier and its small, quintessentially alpine lake. Lake Ave. A moderate, meadowy hike with three fine lakes along the way up to Bunny Buster peak, surrounded by awe-striking views of the Rockies, the expansive Cariboos, and, to the south, the Monashees. Learn more about Cariboo Lodge and Valemount Lodge, both located in the Cariboos. Want to spend more time in the Canadian Rockies? Let
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