Join us for a 3 mile hike through gently rolling prairie and oak forest and get ready for your first snow camping trip (later in winter)! Bring a training pack, 1 qt of hot beverage, TP, and dress for the weather. After brief safety talk at visitor center we will hike at about 2 MPH pace. During or after the hike there will be demonstration of white gas stoves: vintage Optimus 111B (expedition stove), Optimus NOVA, Primus Omnilite Ti, and compressed gas MSR Reactor along with a tutorial of pros and cons of each.

Curious about a trail clearing trip but would like to meet some people and ask questions first? Already signed up and training for a trip? Or maybe you'd just like to go for a walk and enjoy the wildflowers? This in an evening hike through Afton State Park, open to anyone who is interested.

Hi! If you have interest in Boundary Waters trails, and especially in volunteering to work on them, please join Lynn and Mel, who are active volunteers with Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWAC), for some time outside!

Bring your ski equipment and weather-appropriate gear as well as water and snacks (if needed). Free coffee, cocoa or tea at the Wolfski warming house!

Come out for a few hours of snowshoeing at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove/Dayton. We'll meet at the Eastman Nature Center and spend time on part of the almost 8 miles of snowshoe trails. Bring a light snack, water, and apparel appropriate to the weather. No pets please.

Join us for an afternoon of adventure close to Duluth. The Knife River loop is about 5.7 miles long. A spur of the trail comes to a scenic overlook of Lake Superior. Depending on conditions we might snowshoe part of the trail on the frozen Knife River itself. The terrain is a mix of rising slopes with level hiking most of the time. Just a few weeks ago we spotted a porcupine in the trees on the trail.

Come spend some time with Boundary Waters Advisory Commitee at Afton State Park to learn more about:

1. Who we are

2. What we do

3. Boundary Waters wilderness trails

4. How to get involved

And most importantly to have fun with like-minded outdoor enthusiasts!

Join winter walkers and BWAC volunteers for a scenic St. Croix River Crossing hike. This loop trail crosses both the new St Croix Crossing Bridge and the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge.

We will social distance hike 5.4 miles on both the Minnesota and Wisconsin side of the St. Croix River. Have a mask with you. If you have developed a fever, or a cough, or have known exposure to Covid-19 please stay home per CDC guidelines.

Join BWAC members and friends on a Minneapolis lake Fall hike. We can talk about the POWWOW trail this past season and talk about future meetings and maintenance of the trail.

Join us for a hike on the Coon Rapids Dam Regional park trails. I will share information about the upcoming volunteer opportunities on the Powwow trail, and answer any questions about our organization and ways we could use your help. Trips for this fall are already being planned.
All members and guests are welcome.

Join us on a Saturday morning hike and hear about the incredible progress BWAC volunteers made on the PWT in the spring. And along the way pick up a few tips on backpacking gear, and what it is like to volunteer.

Join us for a walk through some of the less busy trails of Hyland Lakes Park Reserve. This is a great opportunity to just get out and hike, or to learn more about helping maintain trails in the BWCAW. This hike will pass through hilly sections of oak with mixed prairie and ponds throughout in a less developed northern loop of the park.

This will be the required training hike for the North Wilder Labor Day Weekend trail clearing trip. For those attending the North Wilder Labor Day weekend trip please bring your full pack. We will be having a gear check. All others Bring trail shoes, a snack, and at least one liter of water.
All members and guests are welcome.

Boundary Waters Advisory Committee volunteers invite you to think about visiting--and being a part of stewarding--Minnesota's gift of the BWCAW. Neighbors and friends and people like you who are reading this posting, are volunteering for a long weekend to transform a fire-damaged wilderness trail into the destination hike it once was.

Banning State Park - the little gem with Kettle runs through it. Join us first for a social breakfast at Peggy Sue's cafe at Willow River (exit 205 off I-35). After breakfast we will drive and meet at the picnic parking lot at Banning State Park. A brief safety talk and we will depart on a challenging hike along the precipices, under the overhangs carved from sandstone dotted with miniature fern and moss gardens kept green and glistening by droplets of water tricking from cracks in stone. After a mile we will climb up on trail hike along the river in hope of reaching Wolfe Creek water falls and then return via old rail road bed to the parking lot.

This is the required meet & greet and gear check hike for:
April 25-29 "Early season backpack trip: Powwow Trail Restoration" led by Susan Pollock and Siobhan Quinn
May 9-13 "Powwow Trail Clearing by Backpacking and Canoe," led by Paul Stelter and Susan Pollock.

Join BWAC members and friends on a Minneapolis lake winter hike. Lets get out after the rain on what is hopefully a slightly drier place for a hike.