Elderhostel at the
Black Cat Guest Ranch

Elderhostel is an educational adventure for older adults looking for something different. The later years should be a time of new beginnings, opportunities and challenges. Elderhostel offers you a way to keep on expanding your horizons with people who are interested in the same things. Elderhostel, a non-profit educational organization, offers inexpensive, short-term academic programs hosted by 1800 educational institutions and private facilities around the world. Individuals 55 years of age and older are eligible. Participant's spouses of any age are welcome. You'll study college level courses in liberal arts or science, but courses are not for credit. There is no homework or preparatory work. There are no exams or grades.

Elderhostel Programs - 2008 Cultural & Natural History of the Canadian Rockies May 6 - 16, 2008 September 2 - 12, 2008 September 16 - 26, 2008 This is a joint program held in conjunction with the Banff Y Mountain Lodge. The first 5 days are spent in Banff with intensive instruction in the ecology of the wolf, plus wildlife and landscape photography. Interesting facts about Banff history and colourful characters of the Canadian west will be learned at the Whyte Museam. A sight-seeing bus takes participants up the scenic Banff-Jasper highway to the Black Cat Guest Ranch for the second portion of the program. Horse Lore and geology/ecology of the Canadian Rockies will be featured, as well as classes in journal & memoir writing. A field trip to Maligne Canyon rounds out the week, then it's back to Banff on the last day of the program.

You can contact the Black Cat Guest Ranch for more information. For registration, please contact Elderhostel direct: Elderhostel Home Page Find our listing under Solomon Valley Eco Discoveries Elderhostel 75 Federal St Boston, MA 02110