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.

Indigenous Alberta BC crafts handmade goods workshops Jeremy Derksen
Posted
Fri. Dec. 3/21

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
Posted
Wed. Mar. 3/21

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
Posted
Wed. Mar. 3/21

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
Posted
Thu. Mar. 4/21

One of delightful side-effects of living in a place where the outdoor activities are endless is that...

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Posted
Tue. Nov. 16/21

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

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Posted
Wed. Nov. 3/21

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

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Posted
Thu. Oct. 14/21

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.
Posted
Wed. Oct. 6/21

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.
Posted
Wed. Oct. 6/21

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

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Posted
Tue. Sep. 28/21

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

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Posted
Thu. Sep. 23/21

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

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Wine touring at Valley of the Springs, Nakusp, BC.
Posted
Thu. Sep. 23/21

The sword is heavier than I expected. I’m at the Mithril Meadery in Nakusp, British Columbia...

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Patio at The Dunes Golf & Winter Club, Grande Prairie.
Posted
Mon. Sep. 20/21

Oil, forestry, agriculture and commerce drive the majority of the region’s economy, drawing traffic...

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Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks guardians work on forest conservation on Meares Island, BC
Posted
Thu. Sep. 16/21

We all know why trees are important to us and to the earth. But as National Tree Day approaches this...

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Posted
Thu. Sep. 16/21

Charly jumps from the car and runs to the hilltop where two green Adirondack chairs sit gilded in...

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