Guided Overnight Adventures

2 days on the water
1 nights camping
Night before trip in our comfortable bunkhouse/lodge Only have the weekend? Both first time and experienced paddlers will appreciate the trip we built for those with limited time to get a way. Based on your experience we will work with your group to balance a personal BWCA camping adventure and learning experience. Travel will be light with more of an emphasis on hiking and relaxing.

Itinerary
Day 1: Group welcome, gear and route orientation, spend night in bunkhouse/lodge.
Day 2: Breakfast in the lodge, paddling and portaging orientation, shuttle to entry point if necessary and spend a day on the water paddling and portaging before teaching more skills in setting up camp and gathering wood.
Day 3: Breakfast in camp, break down camp and spend the morning paddling back to Clearwater Lodge. Shower and depart.

3 days on the water
2 nights camping
Night before and after trip in our comfortable bunkhouse/lodge

This trip is designed for first time paddlers and campers looking to balance a personal BWCA camping adventure and learning experience; it is for those looking to ease into wilderness camping. Our guides will work with you to develop your paddling and portaging skills and help you set up a weather proof campsite at the end of the day. We will travel through some of the most unique wilderness waters and terrain in the country, cook over an open flame and pitch our tents under the darkest skies imaginable.

Itinerary
Day 1: Group welcome, gear and route orientation, spend night in bunkhouse/lodge.
Day 2: Breakfast in the lodge, paddling and portaging orientation, shuttle to entry point if necessary and spend a day on the water paddling and portaging before teaching more skills in setting up camp and gathering wood.
Day 3: Breakfast, break down camp and spend the day paddling and portaging to before settling in for the night at a different campsite.
Day 4: Breakfast, break down camp and spend the day paddling back to Clearwater Lodge, dinner in the lodge, spend night in bunkhouse/lodge.
Day 5: Breakfast in the lodge and depart.

4 days on the water
3 nights camping
Night before and after trip in our comfortable bunkhouse/lodge

This trip is designed for first time paddlers and campers looking to balance a personal BWCA camping adventure and learning experience; it is for those looking to ease into wilderness camping. Our guides will work with you to develop your paddling and portaging skills and help you set up a weather proof campsite at the end of the day. We will travel through some of the most unique wilderness waters and terrain in the country, cook over an open flame and pitch our tents under the darkest skies imaginable.
Itinerary
Day 1: Group welcome, gear and route orientation, spend night in bunkhouse/lodge.
Day 2: Breakfast in the lodge, paddling and portaging orientation, shuttle to entry point if necessary and spend a day on the water paddling and portaging before teaching more skills in setting up camp and gathering wood.
Day 3: Travel day exploring the Boundary Waters.
Day 4: Travel day exploring the Boundary Waters.
Day 5: Breakfast, break down camp and spend the day paddling back to Clearwater Lodge, dinner in the lodge, spend night in bunkhouse/lodge.
Day 6: Breakfast in the lodge and depart.

5 days on the water
4 nights camping
Night before and after trip in our comfortable bunkhouse/lodge

This is a Boundary Waters camping trip for those seeking high adventure. Whether it is your first trip or your last into the BWCA there is always something to learn. We will spend 5 days working our way through the heart of the wilderness searching out seclusion. Whether it’s burning your arms up paddling across wind-swept lakes, navigating meandering creeks, or sweating across rugged portages it will all be worth it when at the end of the day you find yourself sitting next to a crackling fire at a campsite that is miles from another human under a milky way that stretches from one horizon to the other. The fresh perspective that comes with truly being away from it all is what this trip is all about.

Itinerary
Day 1: Group welcome, gear and route orientation, spend night in bunkhouse/lodge.
Day 2: Breakfast in the lodge, paddling and portaging orientation, shuttle to entry point if necessary and spend a day on the water paddling and portaging before teaching more skills in setting up camp and gathering wood.
Day 3: Travel day exploring the Boundary Waters.
Day 4: Travel day exploring the Boundary Waters.
Day 5: Travel day exploring the Boundary Waters.
Day 6: Breakfast, break down camp and spend the day paddling back to Clearwater Lodge, dinner in the lodge, spend night in bunkhouse/lodge.
Day 7: Breakfast in the lodge and depart.

This is the shortest guided day trip and is a great option for beginners or for people with limited time. With a one-mile paddle, a short hike and stunning views from the top of a 400-foot cliff, this trip offers a little bit of everything that makes the Boundary Waters a special place. Though the trail does ascend steeply right away the views into Canada and Clearwater Lake are worth every step.

After a brief introduction and paddling tutorial this trip leaves right from the dock in front of the historic lodge and rarely takes more than 2 hours to get out to the top and back.

Trip Length: 2 Hours | Trip Start Time: Noon | Trip Dates: Every Saturday and Sunday

Trip Difficulty: Easy | Trip Cost: $30/adult | $10/child(12 and under)

This four to five hour guided day trip is a great option for people looking to work a little harder to visit a wilderness waterfall and climb up to some spectacular vistas of one of the most beautiful lakes in the state. This trip will give beginners a taste of paddling and portaging. After a brief introduction and as much paddling and portaging instruction as necessary you will be shuttled and dropped at the east end of West Bearskin Lake where your adventure will begin. Three miles of paddling and one short portage one way make this a moderate trip.

Trip Length: 4-5 Hours | Trip Start Time: 10am | Trip Dates: Every Friday

Trip Difficulty: Moderate | Trip Cost: $50/adult | $15/child(12 and under)

This is the longest guided day trip we offer out to a lush two-tiered wilderness waterfall in the heart of the Boundary Waters; in the summer it makes for an excellent swimming spot. Four miles of paddling and three portages in one direction makes for a full day on the water; this trip typically takes eight to nine hours. The extra time and work involved in this trip is paid off by accessing a remote location most visitors never see.

Trip Length: 8-9 Hours | Trip Start Time: 9am | Trip Dates: Every Wednesday

Trip Difficulty: Rugged | Trip Cost: $125/adult