Rocky Mountain Summer Wellness Experience

Canmore meets you peacefully: Three Sisters peaks above, Bow river below, the pace already different. Check in to Everwild, take a breath, and let the place start doing its thing.

Late afternoon, we gather at the Nordic Spa for a welcome ritual, a quiet moment to arrive properly, before the weekend begins.

Dinner this evening is at Everwild’s own Rhythm & Howl, seasonal, local, made to nourish your body and soul. Your guide sets the tone for the days ahead over warm food and easy conversation.

Meals: Dinner
Overnight: Canmore
Hotel: Everwild Nordic Spa & Hotel

Morning yoga with the Three Sisters as your backdrop. The practice is somatic and restorative, designed to open the body after travel and bring you back to yourself.

From there we make our way to Two Jack Lake for a two-hour stand-up paddleboarding session. The reflections of the surrounding peaks on the still water are something photographs rarely do justice. Whether you’re a first-timer or a seasoned paddler, the lesson is relaxed and unhurried, a moving meditation on the water. A packed lunch is enjoyed lakeside, with nothing but mountains, forest, and the sound of the lake around you.

The rest of the afternoon is yours. Canmore, Banff, the spa circuit, follow what your body asks for.

Evening closes with a paint night: nature-inspired, low-stakes, genuinely good fun. No artistic ability required. Expect imperfect brushstrokes and better-than-expected results.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight: Canmore
Hotel: Everwild Nordic Spa & Hotel

Ten Peaks catches the sunrise in shades that seem improbable. Here, on the famous rockpile above the lake, we practise a guided sunrise yoga session. The stillness, the scale, and the light make this a moment that guests consistently describe as the highlight of the trip.

From there we head to Lake Louise, a guided walk along the lakeshore, with the Fairmont Chateau at the near end if you’d like to extend the morning with afternoon tea (optional, at your own cost).

As the light softens, we gather for a sound bath: singing bowls, resonant tones, guided breath. After a morning at that scale, it’s the right counterpoint. Most guests describe it as the deepest rest they’ve felt in years.

Meals: Breakfast
Overnight: Canmore
Hotel: Everwild Nordic Spa & Hotel

The most meaningful morning of the retreat. We drive to Cascade Ponds in Banff National Park for the Indigenous medicine walk, a Cree knowledge keeper leading us through forest and meadow, reading the land the way their ancestors taught them to. Medicinal plants, trees, flowers. Bush tea from what’s gathered along the way. You’ll leave with a different relationship to the ground you’ve been walking on all week.

The afternoon is yours. If you haven’t yet used your Everwild spa entry, this is the perfect day for it.

We gather one final time for a farewell dinner using locally sourced ingredients from one of our favourite and special dining experiences in the Rockies. It is, in every sense, the landscape on a plate. A fitting final chapter.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight: Canmore
Hotel: Everwild Nordic Spa & Hotel

Enjoy your final breakfast, take a quiet walk along the Bow River if you want it, one last look at the Three Sisters. Then the valley lets you go.

We hope you leave lighter, more present, with something of the Rockies carried quietly inside you.

Meals: Breakfast