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Category: Hiking
Let’s celebrate Daylight Savings time this Monday, March 9 at 6:00 pm by meeting at the Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Parkway, Mpls, MN, for a approximate 6 mile loop hike at a moderate pace of approximately 3.25 miles/hr (unless I talk to much then I slow down). Bring water and a headlamp/flashlight for possible …
Category: Hiking, Camping, Paddling
Visit the Upper Buffalo National Scenic River in April! The main focus is paddling the river one day, supplemented by lots of other activities in this beautiful area. This is the nation’s first national scenic river, and it does not disappoint. We will drive down to Ponca, Arkansas, and camp along the river. Thursday or …
Paddling, Hiking, and Camping — Buffalo National River, Ponca, ARView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
Description: An 11-night canal boat trip starting in Bath, through the counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire in southern England, west of London. Each day we will explore 8-10 hours through scenic villages, ancient castles and churches, and dramatic overlooks, with 4-5 hours spent cruising through the lovely English countryside. We’ll take short rail or bus …
Canal Boating, Hiking, Sightseeing — Kennet & Avon Canal, EnglandView trip details »
Category: Trail Maintenance
Spring is approaching quickly and so are the trail maintenance trips on the Border Route Trail (a unit of the National Park Service’s North Country National Scenic Trail). This trip will focus on the non-wilderness west end which is a 17 mile section near Gunflint Lake. The non-wilderness section of trail maintenance is done with …
Category: Camping, Paddling, Trail Maintenance
Meeting at Entry Point 62 Clearwater Lake Friday May 8 at 1:30 PM Canoe to most eastern campsite on Clearwater Lake (Clearwater #9) and set up basecamp. Saturday and Sunday we will clear the trail of dead fall and brush using hand tool starting at Gogebec Lake and work our way west 3.6 miles to …
Border Route Trail Clearing — Clearwater Lake, MinnesotaView trip details »
Category: Trail Maintenance
A spring maintenance trip is planned on the east end of the Border Route Trail Friday, May 15 thru Sunday, May 17. This is hiking and trail maintenance on the Border Route Trail, a segment of the North Country National Scenic Trail, on the eastern edge of the BWCA Wilderness area. We will car camp …
Category: Hiking, Camping, Paddling, Trail Maintenance
We will meet at the Lake McFarland car camping area (at the end of the Arrowhead Trail) on Thursday night, May 21. On Friday morning, we will canoe across Lake McFarland toward Pine Lake. We will set up a base camp either at the campsite on the spit of land between McFarland and Pine Lake …
Border Route Trail Clearing — Lake McFarland, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Hello Rovers! Join us for this year’s Rovers Astronomy Weekend trip to Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC)! This year, we’ll take advantage of Juneteenth and extend our trip an extra day! It will be from Thurs. 6/18 thru Sun. 6/21. During the day we’ll hike, paddle and do other Roverish activities, and then stargaze at night, peering at …
Astronomy, Hiking, Paddling — Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC), MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Camping, Paddling
The Wabakimi Boreal Caribou Citizen Monitoring Project is a three year research effort that relies on volunteer citizen scientists. Qualified individual and groups are assigned a research area within the Provincial Park to survey for signs of the threatened woodland caribou. The typical survey trip involves five days of survey work, a couple days paddling …
Caribou tracking — Wabikimi Provincial Park, Ontario, CanadaView trip details »