Example Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive at CrossRiver Wilderness Centre by 5:00 p.m. After preliminary introductions with staff, facilitators, and First Nations elder, a hot evening meal will be served in the main lodge. After dinner, we will discuss more about the coming inter-cultural experiences, and then the evening is yours to relax at the Wilderness Centre.

Day 2: To settle in to the pace of the wilderness and CrossRiver, we will spend today out on a gentle day hike. After an early breakfast, we pack some small day packs and prepare to head out. Once at the trailhead (approximately a 45 minute drive), we will have an on-location safety talk, and begin the journey. The trail takes us through dense forest and scree slopes before arriving at a large subalpine meadow, with a mosaic of colourful wildflowers everywhere. Depending on group circumstances, we may break here for lunch, or else continue a little further to our day hike’s final destination—a picturesque high subalpine lake. At the large lake, we spend some time exploring around the area, whether walking around the lake itself; hiking up to the adjacent ridgeline; or even moving further up above the treeline onto a snowpatch, or scree slope. Plant, wildflower, and many possible wildlife viewing opportunities, alongside possible nature-based activities, could present themselves all around us in this lush eco-system. We will start making our way back down to the trailhead by 3:00 p.m., arriving back at CrossRiver for dinner (walking distance: 7-8 km, one way; elevation gain: 700 m). After dinner, we meet in Konkurra with the elder and facilitators for the first night of a five-night breath-of-life gathering. The experience is different for everyone. Therefore, we cannot say how it will all turn out; however, it generally turns out to be a powerful experience for everyone involved.

Day 3-7: On these two days we spend our time around the Wilderness Centre, or the surrounding landscape, participating in various inter-cultural sharing experiences with the elder or other facilitators, returning each night after dinner to continue the breath-of-life gathering. Possible day experiences could include: various nature or medicine walks; nature awareness or inter-cultural sharing activities based on traditional teachings; earth and wilderness skills; and traditional campfire gatherings with camaraderie, stories, and traditional music. All experiences will introduce you to an important nature and community-based way of life, and inevitably support the breath-of-life in the evenings. The days will evolve out of the relationships that occur in a traditional way, so there is no set schedule, and the experiences themselves, like the breath-of-life gathering, end up being different for each person.

Day 8: After one final breakfast together, we part ways until next time.

Base Fee (without possible donation):                 Cabins - $2,050.00 CAD, per person                 Teepees - $1,815.00 CAD, per person

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