Once autumn hits people start thinking about winterizing their wardrobe and packing away any remaining vestiges of summer – gear that they feel they will no longer need during the snowy, cold and somewhat dark months ahead. That could mean swapping t-shirts for wool sweaters, hiking boots for skis or snowshoes and tucking away the camping gear […]

Vancouver has been getting a lot of attention for all the new craft breweries that have opened there in recent years (see Leah Poulton’s excellent series of posts about them), but several new breweries have also opened in the immediate suburbs around the city. The first wave started in North Vancouver, which is now home […]

Vancouver may not be able to guarantee its residents and visitors a snowy white Winter Wonderland but it does have the next best thing: the Robson Square Ice Rink. Located downtown at 800 Robson Street, the Robson Square Ice Rink provides people the chance to skate in an open-air rink with the lights of the […]

Introducing our next BC Instagrammer of the week, @westwaynd. Starla is an engineer & physicist who enjoys climbing, skiing and photographing friends in the outdoors. Follow along this week as she takes us ice climbing in BC! “Frozen waterfalls provide aesthetic and challenging lines for climbing. Vertical, blue ice surrounded by limestone can be found along […]

Introducing our next BC Instagrammer of the week, @santiagodehoyos! A Vancouver photographer, he’s inspired by the area’s diverse geography and loves nothing more than waking up in a tent surrounded by sprawling wilderness. This week he shares winter adventures along BC’s Sea to Sky Highway. “Travelling to Whistler and the surrounding backcountry requires a drive up […]

Have you ever been somewhere where you felt the sensation that you truly do not belong and yet you feel utterly compelled to stay? This is exactly how we felt during our first experiences with canyoneering in southwest British Columbia. The otherworldly beauty surrounding you in the canyons invites you to linger, yet the roar […]