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Big Nature, Bears & Betterment. Our Guides' Journal

Photo: Jeff Bartlett

Insight into the Canadian Rockies written by Big Nature's expert guides.

Why Everyone is Obsessed with Lake O'Hara

Meg Thompson

What's all the fuss about?

Improve Your Photography Skills with Photographer Lee Nordbye's signature S.T.O.P. Method

This fall, join award-winning and published photographer, speaker and teacher Lee Nordbye and Big Nature for the Capturing the Canadian Rockies: BIG Photography Workshop & Guided Hiking Adventure.

Why Everyone is Obsessed with Lake O'Hara

What's all the fuss about?

Avalanche Safety

A story about the unsatiated self.

Stories of Ice

Adventure, Commerce, and Creativity on Canada’s Glaciers. An Interview with Author Lynn Martel

Artists in the Canadian Rockies

We don’t know where exploration might lead us or the growth we will incur along the way, but what we do find is change and an abundance of imagination.

Larch Trees

All about the Golden Larch

Trekking Poles

Tips and Tricks on Hiking Poles

Bison

A modern success story in Banff National Park

Why You Need a Guide

The Importance of Protecting Headwaters

We will never stop exploring this Big world

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