Whether your personal adrenalin trigger is tearing downhill by bike on a mountain trail, rafting through white water wilderness, or walking among wolves, get your fix this summer in Golden, B.C. At Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre, you can walk through wolf habitat or view them from strategically positioned viewing platforms. Prefer the company of bears? Visit nearby Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, the world’s largest protected, enclosed grizzly bear habitat.

Bird and nature enthusiasts can take advantage of Golden’s location — surrounded by Yoho, Glacier and Kootenay National Parks, it’s a haven for more than 200 species, many of them viewable from the water. Paddle your own canoe, or relax on a Columbia Wetlands boat tour. Move faster while navigating the Class 3 and 4 white-water rapids on Kicking Horse River, or try out a stretch of the 100-km Mountain Shadow trail system. You can recover later in Golden’s Spirit Square while enjoying the live performances taking place through the end of the summer. Scheduled artists include Ziggy Marley and Bruce Cockburn.