Welcome to the Willmore Wilderness Foundation — a Canadian registered charity based in Grande Cache and established in 2002. Our renewed mandate is clear: to advance health and education, and to preserve and share the heritage of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes through nature-based wellness programs, cultural learning, and community-driven stewardship.

Willmore Wilderness Park is one of Canada’s last great frontiers—4,597 km² of wild country where historic pack trails still follow the routes of the fur trade, outfitting, trapping, and mountain families. This is a place where culture lives on the land: in horse camps, trail work, stories passed down, and the deep calm that only wilderness can teach.

We bring people into that experience through land-based wellness and mentorship, youth programming, heritage research, and hands-on education rooted in Rocky Mountain traditions. We also restore and maintain historic pack trails, backcountry campsites, and heritage sites, helping keep this wilderness accessible—responsibly—for Albertans and visitors alike.

Through books, film, and digital media, we share the stories of the Eastern Slopes and invite you to be part of something lasting: healing, learning, and heritage—carried forward on the trail..