  "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~
The
fly fishing and the scenery experiences at Fortress Lake
Wilderness Fly Fishing Retreat are second to none - except,
perhaps, the flight accessing our location.
Getting there is half the fun.
Described as "an
IMAX movie come to life" by Jim McLennan, for
45 minutes we
enjoy one of North America's most scenic Rocky Mountain
flights.
We fly near the world
renowned Columbia Icefields of Jasper National Park, the corridor of Banff and Jasper National Parks,
and through Hamber Provincial Park before landing at Fortress
Lake.
The flight to Fortress is a photographer's dream and
includes vast, scenic views of the Columbia Icefield, the world
renown Maligne Lake, Chaba
Glacier, Mount Alberta, headwaters of the
Athabasca River, Mount Clemenceau, Mount Columbia, and countless hanging glaciers,
lakes, and waterfalls.
"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 Northwest Fly Fishing Magazine.
The
Colmbia Icefield is the only place in North American where water
origins drain to three oceans - the Pacific Ocean (Columbia
River), the Arctic Ocean (Athabasca River), and the
Atlantic Ocean (Saskatchewan River). This is a special,
spectacular flight! We fly near or past 7 of the 9 highest
peaks in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Watch our 4 minute flight
video!
       
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