Medicine Trail Snowshoe Tour

Depending on the start time chosen at checkout, check in at the front desk of the Carlton Lodge in advance of 9am or 12pm. From here, you’ll board a vehicle for a 20-minute journey to the Callaghan Valley, home to the mysterious Medicine Trail.

After strapping on your snowshoes, you’ll embark on an old trapper’s trail that leads deep into the forest. Gaze at giant hemlock, cedar, and fir trees, pass by totem poles, and listen to local knowledge shared by your guide.

Then, stop at the Trapper’s Cabin—located beside Totem Pole Lake—to sample steaming tea made from the medicinal plants that grow on the Medicine Trail.

Your tour concludes with drop-off back at your Whistler departure point.

• Depending on the start time chosen at checkout, check in at the front desk of the Carlton Lodge in advance of 9am or 12pm. From here, you’ll board a vehicle for a 20-minute journey to the Callaghan Valley, home to the mysterious Medicine Trail. After strapping on your snowshoes, you’ll embark on an old trapper’s trail that leads deep into the forest. Gaze at giant hemlock, cedar, and fir trees, pass by totem poles, and listen to local knowledge shared by your guide. Then, stop at the Trapper’s Cabin—located beside Totem Pole Lake—to sample steaming tea made from the medicinal plants that grow on the Medicine Trail. Your tour concludes with drop-off back at your Whistler departure point.

Walk through a forest full of mystery along an old trapper’s path. Learn traditional medicinal knowledge as you snowshoe, and sample healing teas from plants that grow along The Medicine Trail. Travel deep into a special ancient forest in the Callaghan Valley, and hear a brief history of the areas traditional uses and ways of the past. Let your imaginations go as gaze upon giant cedar, fir and hemlock trees that provide canopy high above.

Duration: 3 Hours round trip

Ability: Moderate level of fitness

Minimum age to participate: 8+

Not wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
Must be able to walk for an extended period of time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers