Heli-Hiking in the Canadian Rockies - Banff and Canmore

Heli Hiking just 20 minutes from Banff!

Join one of our guides for one of the best days of heli hiking you can imagine, from our base in the beautiful mountain town of Canmore, Alberta and partners Alpine Helicopters.  A true bucket list item on your list of things to do Banff, you’ll be transported by helicopter up through Cougar Mountain Valley in the Eastern Canadian Rockies, then dropped off onto a high alpine meadow where you’ll have fantastic high alpine hiking, unsurpassed mountain views in all directions… and you’ll be the only people around for miles! From the starting point, you’ll have 2 1/2 to 3 hours to hike over open meadows and ridges with your guide before the return heli flight back to Canmore. As featured in Epic Trails Season 1 Episode 1: Banff & Lake Louise in summer. Or check out our most recent helihiking video.

Heli Hiking difficulty ranges from easy to moderate depending the makeup of the group with lots of changes in terrain. You'll have options to walk grassy ridgelines, cross streams, observe herds of bighorn sheep a short ways away and summit one of the easy to reach mountain tops or walk up to an ancient native medicine wheel.

This excursion offers return 6-8 minute scenic heli flights to a secluded area high above the Bow River Valley and 2 1/2 to 3 hours of hiking, with the pace and distance covered depending entirely on the ability of the group.