The Canadian Rockies have been among the most famous mountain landscapes in the world for than a century. To the Stoney Indians who live in their foothills. these 'shinning mountains' have always been sacred places. The young men went alone for vision quests in the peaks, fasting and waiting for days and nights for wisdom in the eagle's view of the white-capped stone ocean chopping to the sunset horizon. Among the spirts of these brooding giants, they could feel part of the infinite whole. Many of today's visitors are on their own kind of vision quest. These mountains rejuvenate tired souls. You can still feel the peace, hear the quiet and watch clouds and bighorn sheep drift across wild valleys. Protected by our conviction to the national parks that shelter them, these primeval experiences may survive to inspire the future.