Welcome to the Willmore Wilderness Foundation — a Canadian registered charity based in Grande Cache, Alberta, since 2002. Our purpose is clear: to advance health and education, and to preserve and share the heritage of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes through nature-based wellness, cultural learning, and community-led 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. Culture lives on the land here: 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 — keeping this wilderness accessible, respectfully and 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.