British Columbia’s Yoho National Park

“Yoho” is a Cree word that translates roughly as “how magnificent” and, if anything, the Cree perhaps understated the utter magnificence of this Canadian Rocky Mountain region. Second smallest of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Yoho is a land of glacial lakes and towering, snowclad mountains whose steepness explains the park’s many spectacular waterfalls. And […]

Big Bend National Park Hiking Tour

Join Our Big Bend National Park Hiking Tour Nestled in the southwest corner of Texas, Big Bend National Park is situated along a 107-mile stretch of the Rio Grande, including the point where the river turns sharply to the north (hence, its name, “Big Bend”). This section of the Rio Grande is protected as a Wild and […]

Banff National Park Guided Hiking Tour

Banff National Park, Canada In so many ways, Lake Louise symbolizes the magic of the Canadian Rockies. Our cycling tours first explored this fantasyland, and when we expanded to hiking tours in Canada, Lake Louise was the obvious choice as the focal point.  Under the backdrop of Victoria Glacier, the towering Temple Mountain and its glacial cap, […]

Mt. Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, Canada

The History of Canada’s Glacier National Park is tied closely to the development of the transcontinental railroad. As the Canadian Pacific forged westward over and beyond the Rocky Mount barrier, the region’s breathtaking beauty provided a compelling incentive to pursue the economic potential that tourism would bring to the region. Lodges, hotels and other tourist […]

Taos, Santa Fe & Great Sand Dunes National Park Hiking Tour

Great Sand Dunes National Park Tours Of the many magnificent landscapes that we embrace as a part of our hiking tours, perhaps none is more startling than that offered by Great Sand Dunes National Park. Nestled against the grand backdrop of Southern Colorado’s rugged Sangre De Cristo Mountains, the dunes are the centerpiece in the surreal setting […]

Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park The Great Basin physiographic region covers most of Nevada, the western third of Utah, smaller portions of eastern California, southeastern Oregon, and southern Idaho. This 210,000 square mile area is bordered by California’s Sierra Nevada Range to the west, Utah’s Wasatch Range to the east, the south edge of the Columbia […]

Guadalupe Mountains Hike & Carlsbad Caverns Tour

In the vast Chihuahua Desert of western Texas lies an ancient limestone reef that was once buried in a massive inland sea.  Millions of years ago the area went through an uplifting, then a period of erosion to expose this fossilized reef.  These are the Guadalupe Mountains.  In the area you can find Salt Basin […]

Chiricahua & The Sonoran Desert

Hiking in Tucson: Chiricahua Desert & Saguaro National Park The Tucson, Arizona area is a favorite playground of ours in the shoulder season months.  With mild temperatures, fabulous food and a wealth of hiking trails in the four mountain ranges that ring the city,  there is plenty to see to keep our attention for a […]

Canyonlands and Arches National Parks Hikes

Group Hiking Tour Through Canyonlands Of all of the five national parks within the state of Utah, Canyonlands offers the grandest array of geologic and geographic phenomena that define Utah. Within the park’s vast expanse are two of the West’s great rivers — the Colorado and Green. These river valleys include gaping canyons, open desert and towering […]

Bryce Canyon & Zion National Park Hiking Tour

Southern Utah Guided Hiking Tour This hiking trip in Southern Utah is a geologic fantasyland that offers some of the most fascinating and breathtakingly beautiful landscapes to be found on this planet. Nowhere is nature’s workshop so dramatically displayed, where time is inconsequential and the artistry will always be a work in progress.  Thankfully, much of […]