Waterton Lakes National Park Along the Cowboy Trail - 3-Day

Friday/Saturday/Sunday - July 17-19


MAXIMUM 12 ATTENDEES


PRICE:  $1250


PLEASE NOTE:  All rooms are double occupancy.   In the event that additional rooms become available in the coming months, the single supplement rate will be an additional cost of $426.

Start Time:  7:30 am, July 17

Return Time:  5:30 pm, July 19

Information & Itinerary

This three-day photography journey along the historic “Cowboy Trail” winding through the heart of the high ranch county, flanked by the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies.


Highlights include a close-up experience with seasoned cowboys and their horses as they work with cattle and buffalo on the O’Reilly O’Rena Ranch followed by

refreshments at the chuckwagon campfire at the Bar U Ranch National Historic site established in 1882.



Attendees will spend two nights and a day capturing sweeping views of Waterton Lakes National Park, “where the “mountains meet the prairie” and where brilliant flowers carpet this “Wildflower Capital of Canada”.


Experience “Head-Smashed-in Buffalo Jump UNESCO World Heritage Site, the oldest and best preserved of its kind in North America, standing as a testament to the way of life of the plains people.


Visit the Heartland TV series Dude Ranch filming set for our finale`.


Assistant Leader Nicole is bilingual.

Additional Details

Photo Types:

  • Scenic
  • Animals

Travel Mode:

  • Coach

Ground:

  • Some Uneven

Snacks & Water:

  • Supplied

Meals:

  • No

Sample Images from Excursion Locations:

  • Rustic wooden entrance gate to a property, sign, trees, and gravel road under a blue sky.

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  • Longhorn bull with large horns in a grassy field against a background of trees and blue sky.

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  • Two bison in a pen eating from a trough. A fence and building are in the background under a blue sky.

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  • Cowboy tending a fire, cooking food in a pot, standing outdoors near a wooden wagon and red barn.

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  • Horse-drawn wagon carrying people on a gravel road, passing by hay bales and green hills.

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  • Covered wagon pulled by horses on dirt road, passing buildings and mountains.

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  • Two men in cowboy attire standing near a cooking pot outdoors.

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  • Person on a rock overlooking a vast green valley and distant mountains under a blue sky.

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  • Scenic view of a lake with mountains, a building on a hill, and a blue sky.

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  • Lakeside village at the foot of mountain range. Blue water reflects mountains, trees, and buildings.

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  • A vast blue lake surrounded by mountains and evergreen trees. A dead tree branch sits in the foreground.

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  • Person in red jacket sits on rock, overlooking a mountain valley with forest and lake.

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  • Child in red jacket walks through a field of yellow and purple wildflowers, distant white structure, dark sky.

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  • White flower with spiky, cylindrical bloom and green foliage.

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  • Two showy lady's slipper orchids with white pouch and brown petals, surrounded by green leaves.

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  • White and yellow wildflower with water droplets, green leaves, dark background.

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  • Two brown deer grazing in a green grassy field, one with developing antlers.

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  • Brown bear and black cub in grassy area.

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  • Waterfall cascading into a pool. Person stands in water; rocky cliff and trees frame the scene.

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  • Rushing water in a red-rock creek; person in red wades into the water near a small cascade, surrounded by green trees.

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  • Lush meadow with wildflowers beside a lake, mountains in the background.

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  • Wooden cabin atop a grassy hill. People stand near the porch. Lush green vegetation and rocks in foreground.

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  • Wooden door with glass panes reflecting a green landscape,

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  • Person in shadow on porch, overlooking green valley and mountains under a blue sky with clouds.

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  • Cliffside view of lush green vegetation and a wooden path, overlooking a prairie landscape under a cloudy sky.

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  • People on a scenic overlook listen to a man in a red shirt. Green fields and blue sky in the background.

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Photo Excursion Leaders

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Cathy Lockerby

Leader

Cathy has been passionate about photography and hiking on mountain trails since her childhood in Southwestern Alberta, with a particular love for the Cowboy Trail and Waterton Lakes National Park. Cathy has been a member of the Foothills Camera Club for ten years and was host for the photo excursion to Waterton after the CAPA 2019 conference. Photography has been her inspiration to keep exploring new trails, new adventures, and friendships. 

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Nicole Buret

Assistant

Nicole Buret, started photography as a young adult, and has never put her camera down since. Travel photography, landscape, and weather are her passion. Through mountains, plains and ocean shores, Nicole follows the light and the beauty in the unusual.

Nicole has been with the FCC for over 15 years, and for the last 4 years has been calling the south west corner of Alberta home.