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The 8.1-kilometre Frozen Toad loop snowshoe trail is one of the newest snowshoe trails in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and a great introduction to snowshoeing in Kananaskis. It’s an easy, mostly flat, and kid-friendly outing (ages 6 and up) between the Boulton Creek and Elkwood Campgrounds by way of Marl Lake. You’ll enjoy Kananaskis mountain …

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Escape the crowds and experience Ontario’s backcountry at its quietest. Frontenac Provincial Park, just 40 km north of Kingston, offers peaceful lakes, scenic hiking trails, and canoe routes where you can truly enjoy nature – loons, whip-poor-wills, turtles, and more. In May, John and I spent a week canoeing and hiking through its chain of …

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Original content owned & copyrighted by Green Global Travel. Christmas in Germany offers a special sort of magical European charm that feels warm, traditional, and deeply inviting. Nearly every street in every German town fills with soft colorful lights, the festive music of the season, and the enticing scents of roasted nuts and fresh-baked pastries. …

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As much as I love the wild outdoors and all the hiking, backpacking, biking, and cross-country skiing I do, I’m also a big fan of relaxing in Nordic-style spas, especially those within two hours of my home base in Calgary. My first Nordic spa experience was over a decade ago at the phenomenal Nordik Spa …

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Original content owned & copyrighted by Green Global Travel. It feels weird to acknowledge that, nearly 30 years since I started writing about travel professionally, Mary and I are traveling less than we ever have before.  It’s partly because of the economy, partly because airlines stuff passengers onto planes like sardines, partly because of the …

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