Using a method developed by his father and perfected at home in the Canadian Rockies, Wheeler was able to create the first map of Everest and one that is still in use today. Watch Wheeler’s Everest.

To enter the peaks and valleys of the Canadian Rockies is to enter a land of artistic wonder. From the rich heritage of the First Nations peoples who have inhabited the region for more than 11,000 ...

and a consummate mountain climber who introduced the Canadian Photo-Survey Topographical Mapping technique – developed in the Rockies by his father – to the British elite. This Canadian way of ...

“Heli-hiking gives you the opportunity to reach high places in comfort,” says Dave Butler, Canadian Mountain Holidays’ director of summer adventures. “You can walk all day in terrain that ...