The guest Program registration fee of $375 will include access to all conference meals (including the Receptions, the Gala Dinner and the closing Keynote Luncheon). As well, we are pleased to include a special breakfast for the Guest Program opening in this year’s fee. Additional recreational activities are optional and will be charged separately to each participant.
Columbia Icefield Tour - Monday, June 9, 2008
Your journey takes you on one of the most scenic highways in the world the Icefields Parkway, with its jagged mountain peaks, forested valleys, glaciers and emerald lakes. This is the habitat of bighorn sheep, moose, elk, mountain goats and black and grizzly bears. It is one of the largest accumulations of ice south of the Arctic Circle and one of the most interesting and accessible icefields in North America. At the Columbia Icefield Centre enjoy a 1.5 hour Snocoach excursion onto the surface of the Athabasca Glacier.
Timing: 8 hrs
Departs: 08:30
Returns: 16:30
Price: $155.00 per person (includes GST)
Lunch: Includes boxed lunch
Maligne Lake Tour - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The shadows of vast, snowcapped peaks cast themselves brilliantly over a glacial blue sea deep in the interior of Jasper National Park. Maligne Lake, along with pristine natural beauty Spirit Island, is not only the oldest attraction in Jasper Park but also the largest lake in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
For over 70 years no trip to the Canadian Rockies has been complete without a 90 minute cruise to Spirit Island on Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park. This diminutive Canadian icon, floating amid turquoise, glacial waters is accessed via glass enclosed and heated boats.
At Spirit Island the boat lands to allow for a short walk to the viewpoint overlooking the mountain ringed southern shores of Maligne Lake; the equally famous backdrop of Spirit Island.
Timing: 4.5 hrs
Departs: 10:00
Returns: 14:30
Price: $110.00 per person (includes GST)
Flat Water Float on the Athabasca River - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Explore a route used by the "fur traders"
If you want to relax and float through a scenic and historic region while your guide recounts the natural and historic background of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, then the float trip is for you.
You will glide down the river in a 20 passenger oar powered raft for this gentle float on the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park or the Fraser River in Mount Robson Provincial Park.
Timing: 2.5 - 3 hrs
Departs: 12:00
Returns: 15:00
Price: $59.00 per person (includes GST)
Discover Jasper Tour - Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Jasper, fascinating in beauty and history, is set amid some of the most rugged peaks in the Rockies. Your introduction to Jasper, on this 4 hour tour, will encompass some outstanding scenery including, the Jasper Tramway and Maligne Canyon, with its narrow gorge and limestone walls reaching 50 metres below, the deepest canyon in Jasper National Park. Was this, at one time, a part of the most extensive underground river system in North America or has 10,000 years of water flow created the canyon? You’ll have to decide for yourself! This excursion offers the opportunity to see wildlife in their natural environment.
Timing: 4 hrs
Departs: 08:00
Returns: 12:00
Price: $90.00 per person (includes GST)