BANFF NATIONAL PARK - Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks - page 71

HORSEBACK RIDING
Jim and Bill Brewster led Banff's first paying guests into the backcountry on horseback
more than 100 years ago. Today visitors are still able to enjoy the park on this traditional
form of transportation.
Warner Guiding & Outfitting ( www.horseback.com ) offers a great variety of trips.
Their main office is downtown in the Trail Rider Store (132 Banff Ave., 403/762-4551),
although trips depart from either Martin's Stables (403/762-2832), behind the recreation
grounds on Birch Avenue, or Banff Springs Corral (403/762-2848), along Spray Avenue.
From Martin's Stables, the one-hour trip departs 9am-6pm daily and takes in a pleasant
circuit around the Marsh Loop ($42). A two-hour trip around the Sundance Loop ($75) de-
parts four times daily. Other longer trips include the three-hour Mountain Morning Break-
fast Ride, featuring a hearty breakfast along the trail (departs 9am; $112); Explorer Day
Ride, a seven-hour ride up the lower slopes of Sulphur Mountain (departs 9am; $210); and
the Evening Steak Fry, a three-hour ride with a suitably Western steak and baked bean din-
ner along the trail (departs 5pm; $108).