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Can you believe it?! We’re already sending out the last trips of the summer and, WOW, we’ve got some good ones! The first trip left at midnight on Sunday and the last trip left this morning (Wednesday). Everybody will be back by Friday afternoon to share their tales from the trails but we won’t leave […]

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This week we have a great mix of paddling trips with a biking adventure thrown in there! Our four and five-day trips are filled by our four-week campers while our new two-weekers embark on three-day-long adventures! The first trip left on Monday and the last trips left this morning (Wednesday). Everybody will return on Friday […]

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This week we have a lot of epic wilderness trips in motion! Each camper had the opportunity to choose which of the six trips he wanted to sign up for. The first trip left on Monday and the fourth trip left this morning (Wednesday). Everybody will return on Friday afternoon to share their tales from […]

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This morning, a new session of 46 campers put canoes in the Seagull River and paddled off on their first trips of the summer into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness! Each cabin group is going on a two-night/three-day trip (returning Friday afternoon) together to bond as a cabin group. Read more about each cabin […]

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This week have a wide variety of trips! Fishing, Paddling, Rock Climbing! The first trip left on Monday and the fifth trip left this morning (Wednesday). Everybody will return on Friday afternoon to share their tales from the trails but we won’t leave you hanging that long! Keep reading to discover which adventures our Birchwood […]

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This week we have one hiking trip and five paddling trips spanning from the end of the Gunflint Trail all the way to the Tofte, MN area off the north shore of Lake Superior. Some groups are in search of the biggest fish while others are looking for waterfalls to sit under and rapids to […]

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This week we have some big wilderness trips in motion! Each camper had the opportunity to choose which of the five trips they wanted to sign up for. The first trip left on Monday and the fourth trip left this morning (Wednesday). Everybody will return on Friday afternoon to share their tales from the trails […]

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This morning, our first campers of the summer put canoes in the Seagull River and paddled off on their first trips in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness! Spirits were high and we could feel a sense of excitement in the air (and a drizzle of rain)! Each cabin group is going on a two-night/three-day […]

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This morning, our staff put canoes in the Seagull River and paddled off on their first trip of the summer! They’ll be paddling the BWCAW Alpine Loop, beginning in Seagull Lake and ending through Saganaga. Today, both teams will paddle the majority of this classic loop and plan to camp on Clark Island, which is […]

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