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Catherine
 
  Catherine D'Aoust, owner/operator of Gaia Adventures for Women,
in the fitness business for 25 years, exercise therapist for ICBC, personal trainer, kinesiologist, she is planning new adventures for women.
More about Catherine...
 
     
     
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Adventures for Women

"An Invitation to Love Your Life"
 

  Adventures - Winter 2010

 Learn to Snowshoe on Mt Seymour  Sat, January 9  Easy
 Snowshoe Black Mountain  Sat, February 13  Moderate

  Adventures - Summer 2010

 Hike Mount Gardner  Sat, March 13  Moderate
 Hike the Grand Canyon
 A Gaia "Princess Adventure"
 May 13 to 19  Challenging
 Kayak Deep Cove  Sat, July 10 - new date!  Easy/Moderate
 Hike Elfin Lakes  Sat, Sep. 11  Moderate
 

Year-round: Personal Fitness Training on demand
Customized to any level - in a gym or the privacy of your home
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Learn to Snowshoe on Mt Seymour - w/Women

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Easy, Introduction to Winter Hiking with Snowshoes
3 to 5 km, 2.5 hours, 255 m (895 ft)
Saturday, January 9
Half day, 8:00 to 11:00 AM
$60 + taxes/person
Price includes: Training, guide.
Snowshoe rentals extra.
Making fresh tracks in winter wonderland
Snowshoe the most popular trails of the North Shore. Learn how to fit and select your snowshoe, how to hike efficiently, up and down the trails safely, and get the insider info on where to go for spectacular views. This is a great way to start your winter training.
 
   
 

Snowshoe Black Mountain - w/Women

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Moderate; Winter Hiking with Snowshoes
Saturday, February 13
Full day, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
$90 + taxes/person
Price includes: Transportation, guide, healthy lunch. Snowshoe rentals extra.
Making fresh tracks in winter wonderland
Strap on your snowshoes and get lean and slinky in this adventure guaranteed to be like no other winter experience that you've ever had. Starting at Cypress downhill ski area (north end of the lot near the information boards), a prominent outdoors-woman with decades of experience in the wilds will lead you on a snowshoe hike up this Coast Mountain trail with fabulous views through snow-capped old-growth forest.
   
 
   
 

Hike Mt Gardner (Bowen Island) - w/Women

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Moderate; Alpine Hiking
Saturday, March 13
Full day, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
16 km, 6 hours, 710 m (8.5% grade)
$95 + taxes/person
Price includes: ground transportation and ferry, trained guide, healthy lunch
Enjoying the view on the hike
Hike the highest mountain on Bowen Island and reach unsurpassed views of Howe Sound and its encircling peaks. Take the Horseshoe Bay ferry to Snug Cove and head through Crippen Regional Park. Following the Killarney Lake trailhead up Mount Gardner Road and begin hiking up a winding steep treed trail. The views are spectacular and well worth your efforts.
 
 
   
 

 Live your dreams! (max. 9 women!)
        Hike the GRAND CANYON w/Women
        A Gaia "Princess Adventure"

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"...some incredibly strong bonds were made with the
other women who
experienced the same challenges
and that we all contributed our own strengths in various ways to help each other out..."
-K.T.

"My greatest
adventure ever. Thank you!"
-Toni

Very Challenging; Desert Hiking
and Backpacking
May 13 to 19
2 days travel, 5 days hiking
US$2,280/person, double occupancy.
Single supplement add US$300/person for resort nights in Vegas, North and South Rim Lodge for your own room.
Airfare available upon request.
Price includes:
hotel and camp accommodation for 7 nights, all meals, all ground transportation and land transfers, park permits, guiding.
Price excludes camp gear.
$300 deposit required, non-refundable.

IMAGINE YOURSELF...
... in a hot, ancient, wildly exotic and strikingly beautiful place. You are with vital, intelligent, capable women sharing and connecting with your spirit and the world around you. We are again backpacking in one of the most sublime and awesome natural arenas on Earth.

Gaia "Princess Adventure"

You travel light & loose on this Gaia Women "Princess Adventure" backpacking trip. You overnight comfortably at the North and South Rim Lodge and enjoy meals at the Phantom Ranch, an authentic ranch in the center of the canyon. - That's what "Gaia's princess treatment" is about.

Feeling awesome in the Grand Canyon
 
Unforgettable impressions
 
   
 

Kayak Deep Cove - July 10 - w/Women

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Easy/Moderate; no experience required
Saturday, July 10 - new date!
Half day, 8 AM to 12 PM
3.5 hours, rest stop on islands
$105 + taxes/person
Price includes: kayak and equipment rentals, the guide, a healthy lunch
Enjoy kayaking with Gaia women
Learn how to kayak and enjoy paddling in Deep Cove, south end of Indian Arm. Indian Arm is a spectacular fjord with countless destinations for glorious day trips. Deep Cove Kayaking provides kayaks, paddles, spray skirts, life jacket and pumps. Wetsuits, paddling rain jackets and rain hats may be rented.
Pre-registration is required. Sorry, no refunds.
   
   
 
   
 

Hike Elfin Lakes - September 11 - w/Women

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Moderate; Alpine Hiking
Saturday, September 11
Full day, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
22 km, 6.5 hours, elevation gain 1000m
$80 + taxes/person
Price includes: transportation, a guide, healthy lunch
Hiking Elfin Lakes with Gaia women
Hike Squamish-Cheakamus Elfin Lakes trail leading you to breathtaking views of Mount Garibaldi, Mamquam and the Habrich and Sky Pilot summits, and the Squamish valley. This is one of the easiest ascents into the alpine. Once on the ridge, the view of Diamond Head is truly awe-inspiring.

The first 3.5 to 4 km from the trail-head are the steepest until you get to Red Heather Meadows (1,450m). A great waterfall on the way provides a fresh cold drink. In another 2.5 km the high point of Paul Ridge (1,660m) is reached. The vistas open up and you can see your destination another 5 kilometres in the distance. Mt. Atwell can be seen as the diamond shaped peak to the north, the areas namesake. On the north the spire in behind is the actual summit of Mt. Garibaldi (2,678m). The route is completely surrounded by mountains: the Tantalus Range to the west, Mt. Garibaldi and Diamond Head to the north, Mt. Mamquam to the east. All have glaciers which cascade to tree line.

Before and during the last ice age about 15,000-20,000 years ago Garibaldi Provincial Park was one of the premier volcanic areas of the Cascades. The Garibaldi Massif is in fact an old volcano. The sides have eroded away leaving a lava plug that still stands today. Mt. Atwell (Diamond Head) is mostly composed of compressed unstable muds. Black Tusk in Northern Garibaldi Park is another example of this volcanic geology. Come join us on this classic hike.
   
   
 
   
 
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