Up and down in Canada's west

By helicopter to the ridge, by rope into the mountain

20. July 2026Categories: All | Canada | WideOyster Magazine

Five hikers before the vast glacial cirque of the Cariboo Mountains, with rugged granite flanks and snowfields.
Five hikers before the vast glacial cirque of the Cariboo Mountains, with rugged granite flanks and snowfields.

Alberta is famous for its vastness – but the best of it lies just beneath the surface: white buffalo at Métis Crossing, a forest starting over after the fire, a mountain that has forgotten nothing in 7,000 years. Westward, in British Columbia, the way leads up – by helicopter onto ridges and glaciers.

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Text & photos: Malte Clavin

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