Western Canada provides some of the best opportunities for outdoors activities related to backpacking, hiking, orienteering and just plain old walking. In summer, trekking is the best ways to take in scenery, explore nature, meet people and take-in the wonderful towns at your destination.

If you're properly trained, prepared, planned, equipped and dressed hiking and backpacking are an excellent way to explore the backcountry. Here are some tips for enjoying your trekking:

• Always be aware of bear warning and changing weather conditions!
• Practice safe food storage and bear avoidance!
• Carry or know how to find clean safe water!
• Let people know where you are going and when you plan to return!
• Have good map and compass skills!
• Carry first aide and emergency supplies!
• If you're not experienced, travel with a guide, or qualified person!

Some of the best western Canadian adventure tourism destinations for hiking and backpacking are in the Rocky Mountains at Banff/Lake Louise and Jasper.

You can go trekking at great wilderness locations in Alberta's north, like Lesser Slave Lake, Hinton, Lesser Slave Lake, Grand Cache, or Alberta's central and southern routes though the mountains in the David Thompson and Crowsnest passes.

There also great opportunities for hiking and backpacking at any of the locations in Saskatchewan, the province located east of Alberta. The best would be in the north of the province using Prince Albert, as a tourism base.

All of our feature destinations, that Ya'Gotta visit, all have a wide range of accommodations, campgrounds and professional guides to help you find your way around the area.

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