Wildlife Tracking in Canada's Wilderness
At Wilderness Trails, you’ll live by our Six Principle Philosophy, including nature connection, nature conservation, self-sufficiency, personal development, empowerment, and conscious & aware. Today, we’re excited to share how conscious & aware will be part of your experience with us.
In the remote wilderness, being conscious and aware isn’t just a philosophy—it’s essential for survival. Being conscious of animal behaviour, understanding wildlife patterns and knowing how to track their movements helps you to avoid potential dangers in the wilderness. The ability to locate essential resources such as food and water, requires you to be conscious of your environment and prepares you for the unpredictable challenges nature presents.
Awareness of your thoughts, emotions, and needs ensures you can manage your energy and make necessary decisions in challenging environments. By developing these skills, you learn to read the land and foster a deeper connection to nature and yourself. Equipping you with the ability to thrive independently in the wild and develop skills you can continue to apply long after you return home.
The following opportunities provide you with unique ways to increase your consciousness and awareness, tailored to suit your level of experience and personal interests.
1. Ranch-Based Wildlife Tracking Trips:
These 5 or 7 day experiences offer the perfect introduction to wildlife tracking. You will learn how to identify and scout for wildlife, including grizzly and black bears, mountain goats, moose and mule deer while exploring their habitats. You will contribute towards conservation projects by collecting grizzly bear hair for DNA Analysis and filling out wildlife sighting forms.
Embark on this journey by horseback, hiking or truck. Each day you will return to the comfort of the ranch house, increasing your self-awareness by reflecting on your challenges and celebrating your successes with our community.
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2. Conservation Trip Specials
Ready to take your consciousness and awareness to the next level? These unique 7-day conservation pack trip specials are a limited opportunity where you will learn how to track California Bighorn sheep lambs or mountain goat kids. You will ride the mountain tops, record their location, age and sex, and contribute towards conserving their populations.
These animals are difficult to spot in the wild, making it essential to be conscious and aware when tracking them. You need to stay fully present, using all of your senses, listening to your horse and scanning the terrain for subtle movements or shapes that blend into the rocky slopes and grassy meadows.
Mountain Goat Kid Count – July 13th – 19th
California Bighorn Sheep Lamb Count – August 10th – 16th
3. Hands On Bushcraft & Survival Training
This one-week training is the ultimate conscious and aware survival course. Learn to use nature’s resources, turning everything around you into useful, life-giving material. Develop valuable skills like in-depth wildlife tracking and behaviour, safe knife use, edible plant identification, mountain navigation, wilderness shelter selection, and campfire building.
After completing this program, you’ll have the bushcraft skills, knowledge, and solution-oriented mindset to survive and thrive in nature, along with the confidence to embark on your own wilderness adventures.
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Ready to Kickstart your Journey?
Sign up for our online conscious and aware course with our training partner, the Wilderness Training Academy.
Discover the skills and mindsets required to increase your consciousness and awareness, providing you with self-reflection prompts, exercises and actionable takeaways that you can apply today.
Donate Towards Conservation
Becoming more conscious and aware involves being more conscious of the impact we leave on our environment.
Contribute towards conservation by donating to our partner, the Chilcotin Ark Institute, to help leave the Chilcotin Ark better than we found it.
Are you to ready to experience a wilderness adventure and increase your consciousness & awareness? Fill in our Wilderness Readiness Survey.
Our Six Principles are timeless concepts that can be studied, practiced and implemented by everyone who wants to join our community. Stay up to date with what’s going on by following Wilderness Trails on Facebook or our partner Trails to Empowerment on Instagram.
We look forward to sharing a Six Principle wilderness experience with you,
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