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Trailing Tradition: A Horseback Adventure with Timberline
While filming Wildflowers, Meghan J. Ward and crew embarked on a two-day horsepacking adventure to see what it was like for Mary Schäffer when she explored the Canadian Rockies in the early 1900s. We set off with historic outfitter Timberline Tours, our guide Sydney Scott, and cook KC Scott. On this journey, we experienced the landscape in new ways and discovered the legacy of horse packing from a passionate steward of the tradition.
Wildflowers is filmed and produced on Treaties 6, 7 and 8 Territory, the traditional and sacred lands of the Niitsitapi from the Blackfoot Confederacy (the Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani Nations); the Stoney Nation comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney; the Tsuut’ina Nation; the homeland of the Métis and Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation of Alberta; the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc Nations; the Mountain Cree clan of Chief Peechee; the Dene; and the traditional territories of the Katzie and Kwantlen Nations. It is with gratitude that we visit these landscapes.
Filmed on location and with the permission of the Parks Canada Agency, at Jasper National Park and Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, as well as with permission of the Town of Banff.