Get Trail-Ready, Climb-Ready, and River-Ready With Our Outdoor Skills Workshops
You can’t fake confidence in the wild, you build it.
Our outdoor skills workshops teach you real-world hiking, paddling, survival, and backcountry skills in a way that’s supportive, hands-on, and genuinely fun.
These sessions aren’t about perfection. They’re about showing up, trying hard things, and walking away stronger, smarter, and way more ready for whatever adventure calls next.
Enhance your outdoor skills and become more self-sufficient in the backcountry by participating in our summer workshops. We offer a range of sessions in paddling, climbing, and outdoor survival. Join us and take your adventures to the next level.
Day Hikes in the Geopark
Explore the Geopark
Fill out your Geo Explorer Passport and Win!
Untamed Tours is offering regular day hikes within the Geopark all summer long. Many of these day trips are listed in the Geo Explorer Passport that is hosted by the Tumbler Ridge Visitors Information Center. Untamed Tours and the VIC want to reward explorers. Grab a passport book from the Center, book a day hike or our overnight trips and get two opportunities to win prizes.
How to enter:
Geo Explorer Contest
Purchase a Geo Explorer Passport at the Visitor’s Info Center for $5.00
Visit a Geo-site listed in the passport book between July 1st and Sept. Untamed Tours is offering a collection of group geo-site visits throughout the summer
When you join us for a group geo-site tour, upload your picture to Facebook or Instagram, tag @visittumblerridge and @untamedtours and use the hashtags #trgeo, #geopassport and #untamed
Each entry gives you an entry to win prizes from the Tumbler Ridge Geopark AND Untamed Tours.
Any hike with a Geopark Logo on it, is a Geosite listed in the Passport Program.
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June 20th - Bergeron Cliffs as part of the Summer Solstice. Sweat Equity 3
June 21st - Waterfall Tour - 3 different falls in the Geopark, as part of the Summer Solstice Tour. Barbour, Canary and Kinuseo Falls. Sweat Equity 2
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July 5th Mt. Spieker, Sweat Equity 3
July 12th Babcock Falls & Boulder Gardens, Sweat Equity 2
July 12th - Tunnel Mountain, Sweat Equity 4.5
July 26th - Stone Corral, Sweat Equity 3
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Aug 9th - Mt. Crum, Sweat Equity 4.5
Pinnacle Peak and Bootski Lake to be announced.
Paddle Socials
Summer Nights on the Lakes
$20/event or $50 for the summer package of 5 events
Untamed Tours will be offering a paddle social in the Tumbler Ridge Geopark every second week during the summer months.
Bring your paddle board, your lake kayak or your packraft and join us for an evening on the water.
Meet at the Trend Hotel to get organized and car pool. We will try to visit different lakes within the area including Gwilliam, Stoney, Moose, Long Lake, Bullmoose Marshes, & Foot Lake. Location will depend on the weather that day.
We meet at 6pm and plan to be back around 9pm. If people want to stay a bit later and have snacks around a fire - we will do that!
Snacks, drinks and firewood supplied. Car pooling optional.
Boards, kayaks and other paddle accessories available for rent.
Choose your dates bi-weekly ($20) or grab a 5 pack and save $$ ($50/5 pack).
Registration will close 1 day prior to the event
Dates
June 26th
July 11th
July 25th
Aug 8th
Aug 22nd
Packraft Course Gear Rentals & Sales
Find the Untamed places
2 Day Packraft Course with Wild Blue Yonder Grande Cache
Untamed Tours has collaborated with WBY GC to offer a packraft course that focuses on safety, river reading and practical hands on experience to leave you feeling ready for your next rafting adventure.
There are two steps to registering for this event.
Step 1 - Book your course with Wild Blue Yonder
Step 2 - Rent Packraft + Paddle (or purchase a raft)
We have packrafts and paddles available for rent for the packrafting course with Wild Blue Yonder Grande Cache $75
There is a limited supply of rafts so book right away!
Packraft Sales
We have the following models for special order while supplies last: ALL COURSE REGISTRANTS RECEIVE 20% OFF THE PRICES LISTED BELOW
1. Nirvana Self Bailing T-Zip $2455
The Nirvana’s are classed for up to Class 3 whitewater. The T-Zip allows storing of gear in the chambers and the self-bailing feature allows wave splashes to drain out quickly so your boat never fills with water. This model does require you to wear a wet or drysuit as you will always be wet. Total weight Approx 9.2lbs. Great for the hike/raft combo.
2. Nirvana Spray Deck $2200
A whitewater boat up to Class 3 with a splash guard to keep you dry. Optional skirt attachment to guarantee dry gear. No chamber storage. 12lbs and reinforced floor.
3. Nirvana Spray Deck T-Zip $2455
The same boat as above but with chamber storage.
4. Recon Self Bailing $1693
Indestructible boat with 1,000d reinforced PVC and self bailing features for serious whitewater up to Class 4. 18lbs, perfect for road-to-river whitewater, after-work laps, long mulit-day raft trips.
5. Recon Spray Deck Without T-Zip $1945 WITH T-ZIP $2200
Designed to be indestructible, with 1,000d reinforced PVC, this raft not only bounces off rocks but holds more pressure. This ensures the raft won’t flex while plugging bigger features on the river and allows the paddler to maintain momentum. 19.2lbs - not designed for backpacking trips.
6. Rodeo Self-bailing with T-Zip $3385 - we also have a used once model on for $2150
The Rodeo is rated for class IV+ whitewater and is the most advanced packraft on the market. It's the closest you can get in performance to a traditional hard sided whitewater kayak as possible, but at 1/4 the weight. Brand new to the packrafting world, the Rodeo features space age ultralight, 210D, Kevlar™ reinforced TPU sidewalls. Kevlar brand fibers help offer puncture, abrasion, and tear resistance. The Rodeo floor is made of industry leading 840D Kevlar ™ TPU. All kitted out, the Rodeo weighs in at an impressive 12.6lbs (5.7kg)
Raft add-ons include thigh straps and the feather lite pump (both highly recommended by Dee!)
Thigh straps - currently not available
Feather Lite Pump $65
Poudre 4 piece carbon shaft paddle $465
To order please email, call or text Dee with your selection choice or questions. Stock is always moving so we will check if the unit is in stock and get back to you.
hello@untamedtours.com
780-882-4475
Learn to Sport Lead
Learn to Sport Lead Rock with ACMG Rock Guide, Tom Herbert.
Our Learn to Sport Lead Rock Climbing course is designed for those who are looking to progress to lead climbing in an outdoor setting. Participants enrolling in this program have taken our Outdoor Rock Intro Program or are active gym climbers, familiar with top-rope belays systems and who have passed a belay test at their local gym. This class focuses on the skills needed to become a confident sport climbing leader.
Using the local crags around Tumbler Ridge, we will develop the technical skills required to belay, lead and clean single pitch sport climbs. We will also help you develop your climbing skills to be able to efficiently move across the rock while leading. Many rock climbers have completed their first lead in this outdoor climbing class. Outdoor lead climbing requires an entirely different focus than seconding or top roping and this course will cover the curriculum to develop your lead climbing skills.
Course Agenda
9:00 am at the Classroom and Local Climbing Area
Welcome, introduction, goals, agenda, and issue gear
Review of hazard evaluation and risk management at the crag
Review climbing equipment fit and strengths/weaknesses
Introduction to the ‘Lead Climbing’ system
Instruction and practice with quickdraw use (clipping bolts, direction, efficient clipping)
Simulated leads to practice the lead climbing system
Introduce anchor cleaning (‘switchovers’) and practice in a controlled setting
Leading techniques for sport climbs
Managing high first bolts (stick clipping)
Simulated or real leads (dependent on both you and your guides comfort level)
Anchor cleaning and anchor threading (‘switchovers’) practice at height
Rappelling
Debrief and instruction for further progressions for rock climbing
Intro to Outdoor Rock Climbing
Learn to outdoor rock climb with ACMG Rock Guide, Tom Herbert.
Our Intro to Outdoor Rock-Climbing course is designed for those who have never climbed before or who have done some basic climbing either in the gym or outdoors. During this course, you will learn essential climbing skills, hazard awareness and risk mitigation for top rope climbing venues. You will also learn how to be a valuable climbing partner when climbing with more experienced climbers.
Topics covered on this course include hazard management at the crag, the basics of movement on outdoor rock, effective belay techniques in an outdoor environment, top rope rock climbing belays and lowers.
We require a minimum four registrants for the program to run
Hike Nights Tumbler Ridge
Join a group of local friends for a different hike each week for 6 weeks
Close to town
Local history and interpretation
Meet other hikers
Nobody gets left behind
Mine shift options for attending
Option to join a challenging hike at the end of the program
Learn The Trails GP - SOLD OUT for 2025 - thank you GP!
Learn The Trails within a 10 min drive of Grande Prairie
A different trail each week
Local history and interpretation
Meet other hikers
Nobody gets left behind
Option to join a challenging hike at the end of the program
Art & The Outdoors Winter Women’s Festival
Celebrate Winter at Our Art & The Outdoors Festival!
Embrace the beauty of the Northern winter with us at Cameron Lakes Lodge! This one-of-a-kind festival combines outdoor adventure and artistic creativity, offering a truly magical experience.
Outdoor Adventures Await!
Bundle up and enjoy the snowy outdoors with activities like snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, winter hiking, and the exhilarating Polar Dip—a refreshing way to feel alive in the crisp winter air!
Create Art in Cozy Comfort
Step inside the warm and inviting lodge, where talented art instructors will guide you through their unique creative processes. Craft your very own masterpiece while soaking up the cozy atmosphere and artistic inspiration.
Join us for a celebration of winter, creativity, and connection at Cameron Lakes Lodge. There's something for everyone to enjoy!
Forage For Fungi
arn skills for mushroom hunting in Tumbler Ridge, BC with Ryan Sullivan.
Hike into the forest with professional guide, Danielle Roscher and mycologist Ryan Sullivan to forage for mushrooms. August is the perfect time to look for fungi, especially after a burn year. Our mushroom man, Ryan will teach you a variety of skills for choosing shrooms that will tantalize your taste buds. Each guest will get the opportunity to forage for themselves and then add to a back country mushroom inspired appetizer over a cook stove in the field.
Intro to Rock Climbing
Untamed Outdoor Education
Rock Climbing has been a passion of ours, but without proper certified guides to teach in the North, we haven’t been able to offer climbing courses…until now! We have teamed up with ACMG Rock Climbing Guide, Thomas Herbert. Tom is an accomplished climber from Golden who loves to explore and is excited about spending some time in the North.
Intro to Rock Climbing, 1 Day, Tumbler Ridge, BC
Learn skills needed to Top Rope outdoors
Tying in and belaying.
Climbing techniques
Anchor building as time permits
SUP Social & Skills at Musreau Lake
SUP Social & Skills at Musreau Lake
We have booked the Musreau Lake Group Campsite and plan to enjoy and Friday night, Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon at the lake.
Participate in a few ways:
Get out for a social paddle with a group Friday Night (must have SUP experience)
Take a Basic Flatwater Course Friday night or Saturday morning
Camp overnight Friday
Why take a SUP course, isn’t SUP pretty easy?
Leisure SUP can be relaxing for SOME people. We cover the very basics of leisure SUP’ing and then move on to more technical skills.
These skills are part of a PROGRESSION:
Basic Flatwater Skills
Advanced Flatwater Skills
River Skills 1
River Skills 2
You must have the basic flatwater skills to add on more advanced skills
Our Flat 2 Flow River SUP Course in August is based off of the principles in the Basic Flatwater Course. This is where we start!
What we cover:
Board anatomy and terminology, including options for purchasing boards based on your goals
Safety considerations
Gear for cooler temps and extending your season
Standing, sitting, turning, draw stroke, front stroke and braking
If you have paddled for years, but want to UP your game, start here, a proper draw stroke and front stroke is a game changer.
Itinerary
Friday Night:
Meet at Group Camp Spot 4pm or later. Set up camp if you are spending the night and join us for optional “food on the fire” for 5:30pm
6:30 Basic Flatwater Skills at the Lake
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Paddle Social begins at 6:45pm
8:30 back to camp for hot drinks, fireside chats, and late-night snacks
Saturday Morning
Breakfast 7:30am
Basic Flatwater 8am -10am
Beach Lounging, free time
1:00 must leave group site
Navigation Skills
Navigation - Don’t Get Lost in the Woods
Learn the most important tool in navigation on this weekend course!
Observation
Maps
Compass
Gadgets
Tech
& PRACTICE
We are bringing in Sean and Joy Prockter from Jasper Hikes and Tours to help us run a full Navigation Course.
This course includes the use of some of the best navigation apps being used by guides, hands-on fieldwork, map and compass skills and practice leading. Over two days you will have classroom training and field practice. Take a look at all the information and skills we are packing into a weekend in Grande Cache!
DAY 1: CLASSROOM DAY
AM: Trip Planning
Resources for picking suitable hikes (books, apps, map books, etc.)
Mapping tools (Gaia, Fatmap, Caltopo, etc.)
Wx forecasting (SpotWx, Env’t Canada, etc.)
Map & Compass work
PM: Route Planning
Create a route plan
Whiteout Navigation
Discuss average paces in kms/elev. gain/loss
Hazards to identify using previously discussed resources
Brief discussion of avalanche hazard during the early season (“Recipe for an avalanche”) using photo examples
Est. time vs Actual time
Go outside and practice using a compass with a small course laid out
Back inside and talk about gear
Discus tomorrow’s plans
DAY 2: FIELD DAY
Full-day hike, incorporating skills discussed in classroom
Pacing
Use of hiking poles
Each student, if interested, will lead a portion of the hike, learning along the way
GEAR NEEDED:
Compass with a mirror
Purchase here from a local GP Store, Trekkers Outdoor: Silva Compass
Topo map of GC area 14
Purchase in the webshop at booking
Day hiking equipment
Weatherproof shoes
Packed lunch 2 days
WHERE TO STAY IN GRANDE CACHE
GRANDE CACHE IN AND SUITES – ASK THE FRONT DESK FOR THE UNTAMED TOURS NAVIGATION COURSE DISCOUNT
780-827-3303
https://www.grandecacheinn.com/
ALPINE INN – CHEAP WITH A GREAT JAPANESE RESTAURANT ATTACHED
780-827-2450
CAMPGROUND _ OPENS MAY 17TH