Skills
How To Stay Safe From a Thunderstorm When Camping
Camping is not something most of us would choose to do during a thunderstorm, and for good reason.
Editors' Picks, Health and Wellness, Skills
Let the Delicious Recipes from Habit Fire Up Your Wonderful Adventures
Habit perfectly lives up to its tagline “Inspired. West Coast. Gluten Free” and offers a wide range of beginner healthy recipes.
Solo Adventures: How to Embrace Solitude in the Outdoors
Solo adventuring is a skill that, like any other, requires practice. Here are some tips to help you stay safe and build confidence.
Camping, Editors' Picks, Skills
How to Clean Your Tent After a Rainy Camping Trip
Our tent was dirty, muddy and covered in little pieces of tree bark after a rainy night at a campground in BC.
Adventure, environment, Skills
Dangerous Trees: How to Spot and Avoid Them
Outdoor communities often discuss bear awareness, with hikers and campers equipping themselves with preventative tools, knowledge and strategies to ward …
What Is Scrambling: Take Your Hiking to the Next Level
No, I’m not talking about how you like your eggs in the morning or the word game you play on your phone. Scrambling is the outdoor pursuit in between the world of hiking and rock climbing.
How to Take Better Photos Outside
The best camera is the one you always have in your pocket.
Adventure, Partner Content, Skills
How to Adventure With Your Dog
Here’s how to start planning safe and successful adventures with your pup.
Partner Content, Skills, Wildlife
Why Bats Aren’t Bad—They Are Vital
Bats’ futures matters because they play a silent, underappreciated, key role in our environment.
Manitoba, Partner Content, Skills
Frozen Field of Dreams: A Crash Course in ODR Hockey
Winnipeg is a winter wonderland, to put it mildly. The city’s frigid climate and 113 centimetres of average annual snowfall …
10 Winter Adventures Perfect for Complete Beginners
Here are 10 winter activities for beginners, listed in order from most relaxing and easily accessible to most strenuous and complicated.
5 Places to Enjoy Winter in Canada Without Skis
There is more to winter in Canada than the slopes and hills. From tobogganing to dog sledding, explore epic winter activities that you need to add to your winter bucket list.
10 Tips for a Comfortable and Snug Winter Campsite
Thinking about going camping this winter? Winter camping is cold and wet if you don’t know how to do it right. Read this article for 10 tips on having a cozy, safe trip.
Reconciliation Through Recreation: Forging a Deeper Connection to the Land With Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Read about how explore contributor Jennifer Malloy discovers the connection between recreation and reconciliation on a hike with Buffalo Stone Woman.
Trains to Trails: Hiking in Utah
Writer Jonny Bierman finds beauty in nature along the train tracks and hiking trails in the USA.
Learning About World Rivers Day While Paddling
What if there were no more rivers? No place to paddle, fish, nothing to transport goods along, no rivers to drink from? It’s a pretty unappealing thought.
Why Sailing Should Be Your Next Outdoor Adventure
Have you ever dreamed of gliding effortlessly across open water? Spotting seabirds, marine life and being one with the waves? Then you need to check out Steve and Doris Colgate’s Offshore Sailing School.
Hiking Trail Reviews, Skills, Trails, Travel, Wildlife
What to Do When You See a Bear: Tips for Surviving Encounters
As great as it is to be outdoors, it’s imperative to have a healthy respect for the dangers that lurk in Canada’s wilderness. We share this land with black bears, polar bears and grizzly bears. The following tips will help us all enjoy the trails in peace.
How Your Gear Can Help You Get Rescued in the Outdoors
These small and lightweight passive transponders increase any adventurer’s chances of survival by directing rescue professionals to the wearer’s location in case of an emergency, whether on the mountain, atop a glacier or deep in the valley.
How to Repair Your Outdoor Adventure Gear
Knowing how to do simple repairs to extend the use of expensive gear is an essential, yet easily overlooked skill for outdoor explorers. Let’s keep our favourite pieces out of the landfill for as long as possible.