Meet Your Host for the Banff Pack & Lodge Trips

  What’s your travel philosophy? Visiting Banff National Park is a beautiful experience.  But it’s even better from the back of a good horse. What’s your favorite part of your job? Guests may join us from around the world but spending even a day on horseback in these mountains creates… Read more »

Mountain Equestrian Vacations

Horses are a great way to get off the beaten path and experience our natural world, especially in mountainous areas, where the terrain is sometimes best suited to horses. Exploring the mountains is sometimes challenging, but the rewards- the fresh air, beautiful surroundings and the fact that you get to… Read more »

Alberta- Banff Pack Trip Video

It’s about a three-hour ride over varied terrain through Banff National Park to reach Mystic Camp. I’m riding Tumbleweed, a mountain-tough quarter horse whose trot is surprisingly smooth, for my Equitrekking Travel Pack Trip info Banff National Park. Barry, our guide, is riding his mule named Sharon Stone. He says… Read more »

Alberta’s Canadian Rockies Equestrian Vacation

It might seem crazy, riding horses twenty miles into the mountains of Southwestern Alberta with a film crew and all their high definition equipment. Perhaps it’s a little nuts, but we were told that the loop around Sheep River Gorge in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies is spectacular, so we really wanted… Read more »

Alberta- Banff Pack Trip Adventure

The first day of our pack trip had been an eventful one. The three-hour ride to Mystic Camp was a mix of sun, rain and hail- yes hail in July! We were in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, exploring Banff National Park and filming a pack trip for a new… Read more »