Timberline Canadian Alpine Academy is an outdoor adventure college based in Banff National Park, Alberta. We strive to deliver educational programming that will prepare our students to be both leaders and educators in the adventure tourism industry. Timberline operates on three core teaching principles.

Team-based technical skills training to give our students the physical skills and certifications required for meaningful employment in the adventure tourism industry.

Theory courses taught to unlock an understanding of the ecology & human history of the Canadian Rockies, contemporary and historical knowledge of Canada's Indigenous peoples and effective risk management & leadership techniques. The best guides are also great teachers.

Finally, all of our programming ultimately revolves around our incredible community here in Banff and the Canadian Rockies. It is essential that our students be engaged in the community through our many team events and excursions. The arts also play a large role in our programming through our Self-Directed Learning program and Wilderness Film & Photography programs.

Timberline Academy graduates are the highly skilled, confident, thoughtful and well rounded leaders of the Adventure Tourism Industry of tomorrow