Learn The Trails GP
Learn The Trails within a 10 min drive of Grande Prairie
A different trail each week
Local history and interpretation
Meet other hikers
Nobody gets left behind
Option to join a challenging hike at the end of the program
Hike Nights Tumbler Ridge
Join a group of local friends for a different hike each week for 6 weeks
Close to town
Local history and interpretation
Meet other hikers
Nobody gets left behind
Mine shift options for attending
Option to join a challenging hike at the end of the program
Learn to Sport Lead
Learn to Sport Lead Rock with ACMG Rock Guide, Tom Herbert.
Our Learn to Sport Lead Rock Climbing course is designed for those who are looking to progress to lead climbing in an outdoor setting. Participants enrolling in this program have taken our Outdoor Rock Intro Program or are active gym climbers, familiar with top-rope belays systems and who have passed a belay test at their local gym. This class focuses on the skills needed to become a confident sport climbing leader.
Using the local crags around Tumbler Ridge, we will develop the technical skills required to belay, lead and clean single pitch sport climbs. We will also help you develop your climbing skills to be able to efficiently move across the rock while leading. Many rock climbers have completed their first lead in this outdoor climbing class. Outdoor lead climbing requires an entirely different focus than seconding or top roping and this course will cover the curriculum to develop your lead climbing skills.
Course Agenda
9:00 am at the Classroom and Local Climbing Area
Welcome, introduction, goals, agenda, and issue gear
Review of hazard evaluation and risk management at the crag
Review climbing equipment fit and strengths/weaknesses
Introduction to the ‘Lead Climbing’ system
Instruction and practice with quickdraw use (clipping bolts, direction, efficient clipping)
Simulated leads to practice the lead climbing system
Introduce anchor cleaning (‘switchovers’) and practice in a controlled setting
Leading techniques for sport climbs
Managing high first bolts (stick clipping)
Simulated or real leads (dependent on both you and your guides comfort level)
Anchor cleaning and anchor threading (‘switchovers’) practice at height
Rappelling
Debrief and instruction for further progressions for rock climbing
Intro to Outdoor Rock Climbing
Learn to outdoor rock climb with ACMG Rock Guide, Tom Herbert.
Our Intro to Outdoor Rock-Climbing course is designed for those who have never climbed before or who have done some basic climbing either in the gym or outdoors. During this course, you will learn essential climbing skills, hazard awareness and risk mitigation for top rope climbing venues. You will also learn how to be a valuable climbing partner when climbing with more experienced climbers.
Topics covered on this course include hazard management at the crag, the basics of movement on outdoor rock, effective belay techniques in an outdoor environment, top rope rock climbing belays and lowers.
We require a minimum four registrants for the program to run
Art & The Outdoors Winter Women’s Festival
Celebrate Winter at Our Art & The Outdoors Festival!
Embrace the beauty of the Northern winter with us at Cameron Lakes Lodge! This one-of-a-kind festival combines outdoor adventure and artistic creativity, offering a truly magical experience.
Outdoor Adventures Await!
Bundle up and enjoy the snowy outdoors with activities like snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, winter hiking, and the exhilarating Polar Dip—a refreshing way to feel alive in the crisp winter air!
Create Art in Cozy Comfort
Step inside the warm and inviting lodge, where talented art instructors will guide you through their unique creative processes. Craft your very own masterpiece while soaking up the cozy atmosphere and artistic inspiration.
Join us for a celebration of winter, creativity, and connection at Cameron Lakes Lodge. There's something for everyone to enjoy!
Forage For Fungi
arn skills for mushroom hunting in Tumbler Ridge, BC with Ryan Sullivan.
Hike into the forest with professional guide, Danielle Roscher and mycologist Ryan Sullivan to forage for mushrooms. August is the perfect time to look for fungi, especially after a burn year. Our mushroom man, Ryan will teach you a variety of skills for choosing shrooms that will tantalize your taste buds. Each guest will get the opportunity to forage for themselves and then add to a back country mushroom inspired appetizer over a cook stove in the field.
Intro to Rock Climbing
Untamed Outdoor Education
Rock Climbing has been a passion of ours, but without proper certified guides to teach in the North, we haven’t been able to offer climbing courses…until now! We have teamed up with ACMG Rock Climbing Guide, Thomas Herbert. Tom is an accomplished climber from Golden who loves to explore and is excited about spending some time in the North.
Intro to Rock Climbing, 1 Day, Tumbler Ridge, BC
Learn skills needed to Top Rope outdoors
Tying in and belaying.
Climbing techniques
Anchor building as time permits
SUP Social & Skills at Musreau Lake
SUP Social & Skills at Musreau Lake
We have booked the Musreau Lake Group Campsite and plan to enjoy and Friday night, Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon at the lake.
Participate in a few ways:
Get out for a social paddle with a group Friday Night (must have SUP experience)
Take a Basic Flatwater Course Friday night or Saturday morning
Camp overnight Friday
Why take a SUP course, isn’t SUP pretty easy?
Leisure SUP can be relaxing for SOME people. We cover the very basics of leisure SUP’ing and then move on to more technical skills.
These skills are part of a PROGRESSION:
Basic Flatwater Skills
Advanced Flatwater Skills
River Skills 1
River Skills 2
You must have the basic flatwater skills to add on more advanced skills
Our Flat 2 Flow River SUP Course in August is based off of the principles in the Basic Flatwater Course. This is where we start!
What we cover:
Board anatomy and terminology, including options for purchasing boards based on your goals
Safety considerations
Gear for cooler temps and extending your season
Standing, sitting, turning, draw stroke, front stroke and braking
If you have paddled for years, but want to UP your game, start here, a proper draw stroke and front stroke is a game changer.
Itinerary
Friday Night:
Meet at Group Camp Spot 4pm or later. Set up camp if you are spending the night and join us for optional “food on the fire” for 5:30pm
6:30 Basic Flatwater Skills at the Lake
OR
Paddle Social begins at 6:45pm
8:30 back to camp for hot drinks, fireside chats, and late-night snacks
Saturday Morning
Breakfast 7:30am
Basic Flatwater 8am -10am
Beach Lounging, free time
1:00 must leave group site
Navigation Skills
Navigation - Don’t Get Lost in the Woods
Learn the most important tool in navigation on this weekend course!
Observation
Maps
Compass
Gadgets
Tech
& PRACTICE
We are bringing in Sean and Joy Prockter from Jasper Hikes and Tours to help us run a full Navigation Course.
This course includes the use of some of the best navigation apps being used by guides, hands-on fieldwork, map and compass skills and practice leading. Over two days you will have classroom training and field practice. Take a look at all the information and skills we are packing into a weekend in Grande Cache!
DAY 1: CLASSROOM DAY
AM: Trip Planning
Resources for picking suitable hikes (books, apps, map books, etc.)
Mapping tools (Gaia, Fatmap, Caltopo, etc.)
Wx forecasting (SpotWx, Env’t Canada, etc.)
Map & Compass work
PM: Route Planning
Create a route plan
Whiteout Navigation
Discuss average paces in kms/elev. gain/loss
Hazards to identify using previously discussed resources
Brief discussion of avalanche hazard during the early season (“Recipe for an avalanche”) using photo examples
Est. time vs Actual time
Go outside and practice using a compass with a small course laid out
Back inside and talk about gear
Discus tomorrow’s plans
DAY 2: FIELD DAY
Full-day hike, incorporating skills discussed in classroom
Pacing
Use of hiking poles
Each student, if interested, will lead a portion of the hike, learning along the way
GEAR NEEDED:
Compass with a mirror
Purchase here from a local GP Store, Trekkers Outdoor: Silva Compass
Topo map of GC area 14
Purchase in the webshop at booking
Day hiking equipment
Weatherproof shoes
Packed lunch 2 days
WHERE TO STAY IN GRANDE CACHE
GRANDE CACHE IN AND SUITES – ASK THE FRONT DESK FOR THE UNTAMED TOURS NAVIGATION COURSE DISCOUNT
780-827-3303
https://www.grandecacheinn.com/
ALPINE INN – CHEAP WITH A GREAT JAPANESE RESTAURANT ATTACHED
780-827-2450
CAMPGROUND _ OPENS MAY 17TH