Your journey to Fortress Lake is as breathtaking as the destination itself. Enjoy a 30-minute helicopter flight soaring through the rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies, an experience described as an "IMAX movie come to life" by Fly Fisherman Magazine. Enjoy the 30 minute Helicopter flight through the Canadian Rockies. 

 

Tucked deep within Hamber Provincial Park, Fortress Lake is a remote, untouched wilderness bordering Jasper National Park and part of the UNESCO Canadian Rocky Mountains World Heritage Site. There are no roads, no industrial activity, and no motorized ground access.  The only access is a 24 km hike to our location which limits the use of Fortress Lake to very few. The valley is dominated by several mountain peaks. The lake is at 4400 feet elevation and the mountains angle steeply to heights over 10,000 feet.

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As you soar toward Fortress Lake, you’ll fly over and near some of the most iconic landscapes in the Canadian Rockies, including:

• The Columbia Icefield – North America’s only triple watershed, where meltwater feeds into the Pacific Ocean (Columbia River), Arctic Ocean (Athabasca River), and the Atlantic Ocean (Saskatchewan River).

• Maligne Lake & Chaba Glacier – World-renowned for their striking alpine beauty.

• Seven of the Nine Highest Peaks in the Canadian Rockies, including Mount Alberta, Mount Clemenceau, and Mount Columbia.

• The Headwaters of the Athabasca, Columbia, and Saskatchewan Rivers. – Stunning wonder of nature.

 

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“The flight is incredible. Imagine flying between mountains, over the Columbia Icefield and seeing the headwaters of the Athabasca, Columbia, and Saskatchewan Rivers, complete
with icebergs!”  

~ San Francisco Chronicle

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“Over, around, and through still yet another gorge we would fly. And then, before us, emerged a large piece of water sheltered on all sides by mammoth walls of stone and ice”   

~ Steve Probasco, Editor NW Fly Fishing