Reaching Elk Ridge Golf begins with a flight into Saskatoon's John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXS), the gateway to Saskatchewan's northern lake country, followed by a two-and-a-half-hour drive north through the province's transition zone - where prairie farmland gradually surrenders to boreal forest. The route traces Highway 2 and then Highway 264 into Prince Albert National Park, a protected wilderness where the road narrows and the canopy thickens, offering fleeting glimpses of elk and the occasional black bear. As you enter the resort community of Waskesiu Lake, the final approach winds past crystalline waters and dense stands of spruce and aspen, delivering you to a golfing sanctuary that feels wonderfully removed from the everyday world.