Volunteer opportunities, local hikes, backpacking trips, canoe trips and more.
Come spend some time with BWAC on April 21 while you scope out some new gear for the upcoming paddling, hiking and backpacking season! We will be tabling at REI Roseville from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and would love to chat about what we do and what we are up to. Swing by!
Most people know that you can canoe in the BWCAW. But, the best kept secret is that there are "Hidden Gems" beyond the canoe that can only be found on foot!
Join us for a presentation on how these "Hidden Gems" are preserved by volunteers. Martin Kubik will share photos, maps, stories and more about the Kekekabic, Powwow, Sioux Hustler and Eagle Mountain/Brule Lake trails.
Looking for a BWCA Adventure after the Snow is gone?
Join us for a presentation on how the BWCA Eagle Mountain and other BWCA hiking trails are preserved by volunteers. Did you know that Eagle Mountain was not found to be the highest point in Minnesota until the 1960's? Martin Kubik will share photos, maps, stories and more about the Kekekabic, Powwow, Sioux Hustler and Eagle Mountain/Brule Lake trails.
Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWAC) is hosting a Kickoff to the 2023 hiking and backpacking season with BWCAW trail partner organizations:
Kekekabic Trail Chapter of the North Country Trail Association
Border Route Trail Association
Boundary Waters Advisory Committee
Come join us for an afternoon of discovery and discussion about the various BWCA wilderness trails, as well as the shared challenges, opportunities, and missions of these BWCAW trail partner organizations.
Come spend some time with Boundary Waters Advisory Commitee at Afton State Park to learn more about:
Who we are
What we do
Boundary Waters wilderness trails
How to get involved
And most importantly to have fun with like-minded outdoor enthusiasts!
Join us for a presentation on how the Powwow Trail built in passing the BWCA Wilderness Act of 1978 was saved for the hikers and backpackers by tireless work of hundreds of volunteers, many of them from Duluth area. Martin Kubik will show photos of the aftermath of the Pagami Creek Mega Fire that burned down 95% of the 30-mile-long Powwow Trail as well as newborn-like looking trail in the present day. Information about trail condition from Labor Day weekend circumnavigation trip with treefalls will be given out.
This presentation will introduce resources for hiking, backpacking, and trail conservancy across the BWCAW; an overview of how volunteers have kept wilderness trails on the map; and the recent Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWAC) focus of bringing back the BWCAW Powwow Trail from the ashes of the 2011 Pagami Creek megafire.
Program
• Wilderness Trails Advocacy
• BWAC Board of Directors 2021 slate
• Plans for spring clearing trips/Trail Committee Report
• Founder's Message, Martin Kubik
• Keynote speaker, Carl Skustad, U.S. Forest Service
• Door prize raffle
Join us for the 2020 Boundary Waters Advisory Committee Annual Meeting and Dinner.
• Dinner catered by Prima; locally-sourced, rustic Italian cuisine
• Keynote Speaker: Cary Griffith, "Surviving the Powwow Trail”
• BWAC board member announcement
• 2020 Vision, mission and trip plans
• BWCAW trail advocacy progress
• Door prizes
Boundary Waters Advisory Committee Northern MN Chapter Volunteer Appreciation Event Please join us!
Monday January 27, 2020 Sammy’s Pizza- West Duluth 403 N. Central Ave. 6:00- 8:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner: pizza, pasta, salad bar, soups, wings, desert
Celebrate 2019 Accomplishments Visioning for 2020
Powwow Trail is a miracle story that almost did not happen. The trail burned in the 2011 Pagami Creek Fire that destroyed 148 square miles in the BWCAW and Superior National Forest and cost 22 million dollars to put out. Several years after the fire, maintenance on the Powwow was stopped. Thousands of dead trees fell across the tread. Meantime, newly sprouted jack pines shot skyward and completely obscured the path. The trail was almost lost to future generations.
Plan on supporting our mission of opening the Pow Wow Trail by attending a presentation at Midwest Mountaineering's Fall Outdoor Adventure EXPO by BWAC member, Rod Markin.
