UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Official Launch January 1, 2023
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Athabasca River |
Dale & Scott - Bow River near Banff |
Peanut Lake Lean-to |
Drum Circle - 55 plus Alberta Games |
Winter Toboggan Camp -Cartright Sny |
Lakeland Canoe Circuit - Alberta |
Martin Lakes Survival Course
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Drumming in Hard Luck Canyon Whitecourt, AB |
Bright Sun Selfie - Athabasca River |
Master Woodsman - Mors Kochanski Teaching with Dale at Marten Lakes |
Scott, Dale, and Kelly Harlton Karamat Winter Course |
Canoeing the Vermillion River Kootenay National Park - BC |
Moose Hunting Camp 2017 Brian's awesome Wall Tent |
High Energy Drum Circle with 100 Youth at Camp Encounter |
Voyageur Canoe - Athabasca River |
Base Camp - Karamat Course 2014 |
Brazeau River Expedition Alberta Foothills |
Brazeau River Canyon Expedition 2016 |
Dale Week Long Survival Solo - 1999 |
Youth Drum Circle 2006 |
Beaver Creek at our Winter Camp |
Isegone Lake Waterfront Canoe Course |
Winter Camp 2014 - It's -18 Celsius |
Baptiste Lake Root Ball Shelter Just add a long fire - Dale 2001 |
Nameless Falls Brazeau Canyon |
Hillcrest Lodge Senior Drum Circle |
Boiling water in Deer Hide using hot rocks |
Youth Survival Camp - Muskeg Creek 2002 |
Backwoods Winter Expedition |
Tough Portage on the Wildhay river |
Twig Fire Lighting Method |
Winter Twig Bundle |
Covered Wagon Super Shelter, long fire, and wall backing |
Kicking Horse River - BC |
Our Family Super Shelter at -20 Celsius |
Experience the splendor of Winter Camping
Consider the Themes below, then choose your adventure:
Winter Hot Tent Camping - Build your confidence with snowshoe trekking, canvas tents with stoves, navigating frozen rivers and lakes, and all the gear to be comfortable in winter.
Animal Tracks and Sign - Learn to read animal tracks and sign, and gain deep knowledge of the intimate lives of boreal animals.
Life on the Trap Line - Experience how to set traps, harvest animals, process hides, and travel the trap line.
Winter Survival/Bushcraft Skills - Focussed on outdoor skills for winter such as: sawcraft, axecraft, winter shelters, processing firewood, firelays for winter, knife skills, snowshoes, winter clothing selection, and more.
Winter Hot Tenting/ Camping Introduction
February 3-5, 2023
Cost $200
Learn about clothing, footwear, tents, stoves, snowshoes, cookwear, and freight toboggons. Comfortable base camp at Nature Alive Adventure Centre.
Animal Tracking Workshop - Winter
February 25 & March 11, 2023
Cost $120
Learn to read and understand animal tracks, trails, and signs.
Life on the Trap Line
January 2024
Cost - $1100
Understand animal tracks, trails, and signs. Discover how to set traps for various animals, locate prime areas for trapping success, process animals and prepare hides for a multitude of uses.
Custom Adventures
Nearly 90% of our courses and trips arise from groups and individuals contacting us, and hiring us specifically for their needs.
We would like to build a custom adventure for your group