Grande Cache is located high on a mountain plateau at 1280 m, 214 km (130 mi.) northwest of Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Grande Cache is the Gateway to Willmore Wilderness Park, one of Alberta's greatest mountain areas. Willmore Wilderness Park has an abundance of trails, big game, alpine flowers, and spectacular waterways. Grande Cache offers numerous outdoor adventures for visitors, including fishing, golfing, kayaking, canoeing, rafting, wildlife viewing and photographic opportunities everywhere you look.
Things to do in Grande Cache
Nordic Skiing - Pierre Gray Lakes Recreation Area
Take a 20 minute drive south on Highway 40, and you’ll find the most popular place to ski for the majority of locals. This recreational area offers something for everyone, including approximately 15 km (9.3 mi.) of tracked trails for traditional skiing and a groomed section for skating. There's also a warm-up shack, picnic tables, and a small toboggan hill for the kids.
Taste of Wilderness Tours
Interpretive nature walks, day hikes, heli-hikes and backpacking trips into the Northern Canadian Rockies are all offered from “Taste of Wilderness Tours”. Learn about natural and human history, as well as a wealth of outdoor skills, as you explore some of Alberta’s most spectacular wild places.
U BAR Trail Rides
Stretch your legs on an hourly guided horseback ride. Stables are located along the front range of the Canadian Rockies. Mountain trails looking down over three crystal clear lakes are right out the back door. U BAR Trail Rides can accommodate anyone; individuals, couples, families or small groups.
Wild Blue Yonder Rafting
“Wild Blue Yonder offers the most exciting and most diverse set of river trips in Alberta. Thrilling white water rafting or gentle scenic floats – at Wild Blue Yonder there's a rafting trip for everyone. Wild Blue Yonder offers every kind of rafting trip: gentle floats; intermediate white water runs, and advanced extreme white water on half day, full day or overnight trips. Trips raft the Smoky River, Sulphur River, Kakwa River and Sheep Creek. Call 877-945-3786 for more information.