Alberta & BC Travel Stories & Outdoor Adventures

Discover authentic outdoor travel stories across Alberta and British Columbia for every season. ZenSeekers aims to inspire you to get outside and experience transformative travel, from snowshoeing through a tranquil boreal forest to kayaking a pristine mountain lake or learning about rich Indigenous cultures.
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Summit Lake Ski and Snowboard Area near Nakusp, British Columbia, isn’t your typical downhill...

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Learning how to downhill ski or cross-country ski, or just making new connections in a winter city...

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Western Canada’s forests are a perfect place to recharge and restore yourself. If you need a little...

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Rocky Mountain House Alberta Ice Fishing
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Getting outside on a gorgeous Alberta blue sky winter day for a bit of ice fishing is so much better...

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Indigenous Alberta BC crafts handmade goods workshops Jeremy Derksen
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Make this the winter you learn something new—a craft, a skill or even taking a course on a topic you...

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Drayton Valley Alberta SkiNorthAB Nordic Cross Country Skiing
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It’s a little-known fact - except to perhaps hard-core Nordic skiers – that Drayton Valley ranks...

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Whitecourt Alberta Eastlink Park Snowboarding Skiing
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Natanya Gunderson has been a life-long skier – and took up snowboarding at the age of 30 – but she...

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Hinton Alberta William A Switzer Provincial Park Nordic Cross Country Skiing
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One of delightful side-effects of living in a place where the outdoor activities are endless is that...

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It’s been said that Port Alberni is the heart of Vancouver Island and when it comes to the holiday...

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Worlds away from the typical "office job", oceanside Tin Wis Resort, within Tla-o-qui-aht First...

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It all starts in Castlegar, where highways intertwine over the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, and...

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Biking at Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park, Vernon BC.
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Vibrant blues, vivid yellows and deep greens paint the landscape of the Syilx Okanagan Nation’s...

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View from Middleton Mountain, Vernon BC.
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At the top of Middleton Mountain in Vernon sits a bench that reads: “Life is like a mountain...

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When I think about my happy places, what often comes to mind is the smile on the faces of friends...

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There aren’t too many places in Canada where you can sip craft beer on a patio and watch rock...

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