About field
Blink and you might miss it. That would be a mistake.
Tucked beneath some fairly ridiculous mountains in the heart of Yoho National Park, Field is home to just over 200 people — give or take a few climbers, skiers, railway folk, wandering seasonal workers and people who came for a weekend and never quite got around to leaving. Winters here are long and meaningful. Summers bring the world to our doorstep, drawn by turquoise lakes, enormous waterfalls, mountain trails and scenery that frankly doesn't need our help to sell itself.
Life in a tiny mountain town is a little different. Golden is an hour-long round trip, Banff even further. The environment in Field occasionally dictates our day, but it shouldn't steal all the spoils and simply popping out for milk shouldn't require an expedition. A good general store therefore needs to be a few things at once: somewhere to grab the essentials, pick up something delicious, get a proper coffee, feed the family, provision an adventure or simply bump into someone you know.
And for the millions who travel through Yoho every year, we reckon it should offer a little taste of Field too.
That's what we're here for!
Local Products
Being a little removed from the rest of the world has its advantages. You learn to do things properly yourself.
Around here, that means baking in-house, sourcing good produce as close to home as we can, making real food from scratch and continuing a coffee tradition that's been keeping Field caffeinated for decades. Some of it is necessity. Most of it is because things simply taste better that way.
And that's part of the fun of stopping here. You're travelling through one of the world's great national parks, surrounded by enormous mountains, ancient ice and scenery you've probably already taken far too many photos of. The last thing you expect to find in a tiny general store is something genuinely memorable to eat.
We rather like that surprise.
The shop
The essentials. The unexpected. And a few things you definitely didn't come in for.
Yes, we're a general store, so you'll find the practical stuff. But where's the fun in stopping there?
Our shelves wander a little further afield, with wines from around the world, good things to throw into a picnic basket, pocket-sized fuel for the trail and plenty worth taking back to wherever you came from.
Alongside it you'll find local art, handmade pieces, Field-made finds and souvenirs with a little more story behind them — the sort of things you won't stumble across in every gift shop between here and Vancouver.
Whether you're stocking the cabin, packing for the day's adventure, hunting down a bottle for dinner or looking for something that actually reminds you of this wonderfully peculiar little corner of the Rockies, have a rummage.
You came in for milk. We know how this goes.
