Canadian Mountain Holidays

The Bugaboos are a hiker's nirvana. Three examples of our roster of more than 100 hikes:

Septet Traverse - This lovely hike begins in a larch forest on a ridgeline and weaves up and down through cirques and hanging valleys, each with it own glacial lake, each with a brilliant, unique colour, from azure to turquoise. Relatively distant views of the Bugaboo Spires give them a new, imposing aspect.

Rockypoint Basin - A pastoral, gloriously green hike in a large cirque with many variations, including a full-day hike up to Grizzly Ridge for massive views of the Spires .

Rooftop Ridge - One of the best places to get a 360 degree view of the southern Columbias , Bugaboo Spires, and the Rockies , Rooftop is a rocky, above-timberline hike with a number of pickup points along its length. From up here it's easy to make sense of the landforms and their ancient shaping.

The Bugaboos got their name from a turn-of-the-20th-century gold hoax. The name alone is in part responsible for their iconic stature in the mountain world, though the credibility of this reputation cannot be doubted when one considers the stream of legendary climbers who, during the 1950s – 70s, sought first-ascents on many of these peaks. There is probably no comparably magnificent range with so few visitors in the whole of North America, if not the world.

Newly renovated Bugaboo Lodge sits about 1600 metres (nearly a mile) high, with 35 rooms with private baths, a wood and stone bar-lounge, an expanded spa area with sauna, steam room, a games room, a handy shop, and a new rooftop hot tub with an extraordinary view. Unique to the Bugaboos, area manager Dave Cochrane has compiled a small interpretive museum of maps, pictures, natural history exhibits, and assorted fascinating Bugaboos memorabilia.