Kids & Youth Summer Camps & Family Trips in the Canadian Rockies

Backpacking, Day Camps and Family Hikes with hut lodging or camping in Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks.

Kids & Youth Summer Day Camps

Canmore & Banff / Bow Valley  / Canadian Rockies
  • Banff National Park and Alberta Provincial Parks
  • 5 day mountaineering summer camps.
  • Rock Climbing, Hiking, Scrambling, Peak Ascents, Skills, Adventure – and FUN
  • June to August
  • Small groups up to 6 participants

Youth Backpacking Camps

Yoho & Kootenay National Parks / Alberta & British Columbia / Canadian Rockies
  • Banff National Park and Alberta Provincial Parks
  • 5 day trek with 4 nights remote camping
  • Adventure in the Rockies backcountry: skills, exploration, friends and lots of fun
  • June to August
  • Small groups up to 6 participants, ages 13 – 17

Youth Rock & Ice Summer Mountaineerings Camps

Canmore, Banff & Wapta Ice Field / Alberta / Canadian Rockies
  • 2 days rock climbing, 3 days Wapta Glacier Trek
  • Mountaineering & climbing skills
  • 2 nights at the Lake Louise hostel, 2 nights in a mountain hut
  • Adventures, friends, and lots of fun
  • June to August
  • Small groups between 2 and 6 participants, ages 14 – 17

Family Wapta Icefield Glacier Trek

Lake Louise/ Banff National Park  / Canadian Rockies / Canada
  • 3-day hut-to-hut glacier trek along the Continental Divide in Banff National Park
  • Up to eight hours per day backpacking on basic trails, snow and glacier ice
  • Use of rope, ice axe and crampons required on the glaciers
  • Perfect introduction to mountaineering – also suited for families with children 12 years and older
  • Mid-June to early-October