Help celebrate Alberta Wilderness Association’s 60th Anniversary by committing to a nature-based challenge centred around the number 60!

All participants will have their own webpage to share with friends where they can sponsor your adventure. Everyone who completes their 60 challenge will receive a special piece to commemorate your achievement and AWA’s 60th anniversary. There will also be a chance to win prizes at various fundraising goals. As you go on your adventure journey don’t forget to post on your favourite socials and tag us @albertawildernessassociation and @adventures4wild .

Need some inspiration? Check out our 2025 Mindful Movement Calendar and use it to help you be active in Wild Alberta 60 days next year. Or, come up with your own goal based around the number 60 and Wild Alberta! You can gain some inspiration by seeing what other participants are doing here or check out our suggestions below! Thank you to our event sponsor Bowness Soapworks+Seto Pottery!

Want to join the fun but need some inspiration?

Here are just a few ideas, but What’s Your 60 can be anything that challenges you personally and connects you to nature. It’s only limited by YOUR imagination!

For the kids

• Raise and donate $60 to AWA
• Interview and write about 6 friends/family members about why nature is important to them
• Pick up 60 pieces of litter at a local park
• Sleep in a tent 60 nights in 2025 (it could even count in your backyard!)

For the creative

• Create 60 nature-based paintings or sketches
• Create a post about nature 60 times on social media #whatsyour60, and tag AWA
• Identify and take photos/sketch of 60 different types of birds or plants

For the athletic (or those striving to be!)

• Walk or run 60 km every month this year
• Canoe 60 km in one day
• Cross Country Ski 60 km in a day
• Cycle 600 km of your city’s pathways in 2025
• Ski or bike on 60 different trails in 2025
• 60 hikes/trail runs in 2025
• Trail run 60 kilometres
• Hike the Great Divide Trail in 60 days

For everyone

• Be active in nature 60 days in 2025 (use our mindful movement calendar to help you track it!)
• Donate 60 hours of volunteer time to an environmental non-profit in 2025
• Write 60 letters to a politician about environmental issues
• Visit 60 parks near you (did you know Calgary has 75?!) in 2025
• Pick up 60 kg of litter in 2025
• Spend 60 hours in 2025 meditating in nature