Stories

ZenSeekers brings you stories from around Alberta and B.C., and in all seasons. We aim to inspire you to get outside and experience transformative travel, from snowshoeing through a boreal forest to kayaking a pristine mountain lake or learning about Indigenous cultures.

Cariboo Mountains BC snowshoeing spruce fir pine trees Christmas snow

Tell the difference between pine, spruce and fir

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Is it a fir? Spruce? Pine? I don’t know about you, but calling all trees with spikey green needles a...

ZenSeekers 40-day challenge

Why meditate? This ancient superpower will change your life

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My former self, a passionate juggler with constant balls in the air lived a pretty frantic life. But...

Stanley Park, Vancouver BC

What is optimism? Welcome some in to lighten it up

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In today’s world, many of us are arriving at a new understanding of what matters. The reality is we...

Stanley Park, Vancouver BC

What is Optimism?

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In today’s world, being positive just keeps getting harder. The reality is we are moving through...

Vernon

Vernon Winter Wellness

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Bob Vedan is living the active lifestyle dream in Vernon.

“My trifecta is skiing in the morning...

Kelowna

Stay and Play in Kelowna, Ski at Big White

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There’s nothing like feeling like a total rockstar when you land at a destination for a few days of...

Crowsnest Pass

Crowsnest Pass - Three Ways to Winter

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CROWSNEST PASS - Exploring the Crowsnest Pass three ways by water last spring gave us the...

Zen

Ice Fishing in Cranbrook #RockiesExploring

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CRANBROOK, B.C. – Picture a frozen lake you can have pretty much to yourself, and a place where you...

Lac La Biche Trapper

Trapper Paul carries on the traditions of his heritage

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With hands strengthened by more than 30 years of working traps, Paul Padlesky removes a small, white...

Metis Crossing

Come walk in the footsteps of the trapper's life at Métis Crossing

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Using a length of coiled wire and a dead aspen branch, Lilyrose Meyers demonstrates how to set a...

Valentines Date ideas ZenSeekers

18 unexpected Valentine's ideas better than just going for dinner

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C'est l'amour! Valentine's Day doesn’t have to be about a box of chocolates or a card. Instead of...

Gran Fondo

Happy New Year! Now let’s get into gear! Sign up for the Kootenay Gran Fondo

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Oh, oh, a few pounds crept on during the festive season of 2019. Not to worry. Today is the day you...

Fernie

Cranbrook is your Powder Highway basecamp

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If you have yet to experience the Powder Highway, it’s a trip you must put on your bucket list. It's...

Great places to find fall foliage

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When it comes to taking in the changing autumn leaves across Western Canada, aim to visit in October...

Seekers Media and Partners Win National Collaboration Marketing Award for #TakeItToTheLake Tourism Campaign

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Seekers Media and its partners have won the Marketing Canada Award by the Economic Developers...