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Update on Mount Edith Cavell Road and Hostel
In the early morning of Friday, August 10th, 2012, a large portion of ice fell from the Ghost Glacier on Mount Edith Cavell into the lake situated below the Ghost and Angel Glaciers. The ice fall displaced a large volume of water from the lake, sending water, ice and rock downhill. This resulted in extensive damage, destroying signage, the lower hiking trail, the pavement at the day-use parking area was also damaged and sand, gravel and boulders were pushed onto the road below the parking area and into the lower picnic area. Read more »
Wilderness Hostel Season's Pass
Do you want to experience the Rockies at their best? Do you enjoy getting back to basics and close to nature? Hostelling International’s new Wilderness Hostel Season Pass allows you to do all that. The beauty of the pass is that it includes unlimited nights at HI-Wilderness Hostels and great discounts, which is great if you want to take a longer break or keep heading back to this stunning part of the world time and time again. Read more »
HI-Vancouver Downtown presented with an Award of Excellence
Hostelling International was recently awarded the ‘Award of Excellence’ from the New View Society in partnership with Fraser Health to recognize the opportunity HI-Vancouver Downtown has given one of their clients. Read more »
2010 Winter Closures
During the winter most of HI's Wilderness Hostels close for periods of time. Please check out full details on closure dates here. Read more »
Western Canadian Hostels Go Sustainable
Over the years, the people at HI-Canada-Pacific Mountain Region have been working hard to make the hostels of Western Canada environmentally friendly and sustainable. Find out what's been done recently in the region, what's still to come and let us know what you think we should work on. Read more »
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