Women's
Summer Trips
Boreal Explorations EcoAdventures believes that gender specific experiences
are an important aspect to the human experience. We believe that
the art of living, working, communicating, and laughing together
is of utmost priority to the positive advancement of our environmental
and social culture. Women’s trips are a vital component to
our goal of creating local and global awareness and ultimately fulfilling
both an individuals and a cultures need for sustainability, healing,
and change. Women, on an individual and group basis, forge special
connections with the landscape and each other. We believe these creative
connections are an integral part of our history and the future of
worldwide human endeavor. Boreal Explorations designs creative trips
that celebrate women at all levels of outdoor experience and wilderness
travel.
Women’s introduction to kayaking and outdoor living weekend.This is a weekend devoted to kayak instruction. Our course is based on
the American Canoe Association’s “Fundamentals of Coastal
Kayaking Curriculum.” On Day 1, learn the fundamentals of paddle
strokes, equipment and gear selection and use, open water rescues, and
navigation. Day 2 culminates in a day trip (lunch provided) around Beautiful
Dryweed Island and its many coves and cliffs. Lodging and meals are up
to the individual. Call for more information and we can give you a list
of suggested resorts, hotels, and bed and breakfasts. Boreal Explorations
provides all kayaking equipment and gear. Please let us know in advance
if you will be bringing your own equipment.
Cost: $165
Maximum group size: 8
Call for reservations: 218.286.1342
Overnight Trips
Our overnight women’s trips range from 1 to 6 nights and are a
wonderful way to learn about and experience the wilderness of Voyageurs
National Park. All trips are geared toward beginning paddlers, and involve
basic paddling instruction and open water rescue training. Call for information
on designing an advanced paddling trip. All our trips are customizable
and can be tailored to fit your groups particular interests and experience
levels.
Cranberry Bay Erratic
A 3-day/2 night paddle adventure into the solitude of Cranberry Bay
on Rainy Lake. We camp the first night (wind direction dependent)
within
view of the famous Cranberry Bay erratic, a house sized granite block
deposited by melting ice at the culmination of the last great ice age.
On day 2, we paddle up Cranberry Creek, through a landscape of waving
bulrushes and wild rice – a place we call the Serengeti of the
Voyageurs.
Cost: $325 - This includes an experienced guide, all equipment and
paddling gear, including instruction, drybags, and food. You supply
your own sleeping
bag and sleeping pad, and are welcome to bring your own tent.
East
into the Sunrise Trip Series
These trips range from 4 to six days and allow groups to visit the
remote east end of Rainy lake in Voyageurs National Park. Most trips
begin and
end at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center.
Cost:
4 days/3 night: $425
5 days/4 night: $525
6 days/5 night: $625
Rainy Lake Visitor Center to Ash River Visitor Center
This is the same trip we offer in our summer trips section. We also
offer it as a women’s only trip. A 4 day/3 night adventure
across the park. You drop your vehicles at the Ash River Visitor
Center on
Namakan
Lake. A shuttle vehicle takes you to the Rainy Lake Visitor Center
where you embark on a partial circumnavigation of the Kabetogama
Peninsula. The third day we arrive at the historic Kettle Falls
Hotel, where dinner
and a soft bed are waiting. A half-day paddle on day four brings
you back to your vehicles, and off for home.
Cost: $550 - This includes an experienced guide, all equipment
and paddling gear, including instruction, drybags, and food. You
supply
your own sleeping
bag and sleeping pad, and are welcome to bring your own tent.
Women’s
Circumnavigation
of the Kabetogama Peninsula
This is our classic 7 day/6night expedition around the Kabetogama
Peninsula. Each trip is unique yet always centered upon working
as a group, living
as a group, and laughing as a group…plus the food is positively
defining. You experience the waters of Rainy, Namakan, and Kabetogama
Lakes, as you paddle around the Kabetogama peninsula that forms the
central spine of Voyageurs National Park. After 4 days of beautiful
paddling
and camping, night 4 finds you snug in a bed at the historic Kettle
Falls Hotel. Three more days are spent exploring the waters of Namakan
and
Kabetogama lakes. You reach Gold Portage at noon on day seven. This
is the only portage of the trip and is quite short. Afterward a short
paddle
brings you back to the Rainy Lake visitor center.
Cost: $800 - This includes an experienced guide, all equipment
and paddling gear, including instruction, drybags, and food. You
supply
your own sleeping
bag and sleeping pad, and are welcome to bring your own tent.
Winter Trips for Women
Wintertime Eco-Adventure in the Heart of
Voyageurs National Park
Winter is the time for travel in these northern climes. Frozen
lakes and Frozen bogs make trekking in the winter a dream. Most
people
think Voyageurs National Park is only accessible by snowmobile
in the winter.
In fact, Snowmobiles are only allowed on the big lakes. Boreal
Explorations can take you into the seldom (almost never in the
winter) visited
interior of the park on a human powered, eco-friendly traditional
winter camping
adventure. Snowshoe or ski through stands of massive white and
red pine, across glittering beaver ponds and along meandering
creeks. In the afternoon
learn how to set up a traditional 12 x 12 canvas wall tent and
prepare
the camp for a warm evening in front of the wood stove, enjoying
delicious food, stories and friends. During the night, don’t
be surprised to wake to the mysterious singing of wolves. The
next morning, after
a scrumptiously warm breakfast, you may want to explore on snowshoes
or x-country ski or possibly try a bit of ice fishing. Voyageurs
National Park is a winter paradise and bursting with life. Moose
and deer wander
through the snowy woodlands, black-capped chickadees, nuthatches,
whiskey jacks, and ravens rustle the quiet air while the shy
pine marten and
fischer quietly watch from treetop haunts. There are boundless
possibilities of discovery. Join us and celebrate this great
season we call winter.
We supply all the equipment and gear. You supply a winter rated
sleeping bag and sleeping pad and winter clothing. For more information
on our
trips, pre- and post trip lodging options, and what to bring
please give us a call at 218.286.1342.
Cost: 4 day/3 nights - $425.
Group size limit of 6. Please give us a call to enquire about 1-7 night
options for this trip.
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