12 Tips for your best CANOE CAMPING Trip BWCA

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Exploring the BWCA can be the greatest adventure and it can also be a bit intimidating at times. My goal in sharing 12 tips for camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is to create awareness of different aspects of this type of canoe camping that may help others access this beauty. We are lucky in Minnesota to have such a wonderful Wilderness area to access. The dark sky sanctuary that is the BWCA creates world-class stargazing. There is also the possibility to see Aurora Borealis ( Northern Lights ) if you are lucky. I hope to see you camping in the BWCA this summer.
I camp and hike in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. I also guide Boundary Waters Retreats! In the Superior National Forest, in Northern Minnesota. And anywhere else I can venture to! I love sharing the journey with you all.
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@jeffreyerwin3665 11 месяцев назад

I would recommend a bear-proof food bucket. These are not heavy and they save you the trouble of having to string up your food bag, a chore that can be annoying, and in some place no trees are available.

@KBdazzled 2 года назад

Kind of along with your tip about water depth - also looking at what type of “ground” you’re stepping out into. Many of the places we came up to for portages had rocky or solid places to step (which can get slippery). But one time we came to a portage and I stepped out and my foot sunk down in mud basically up to my knee. It could have easily caused me to tip the canoe, but thankfully didn’t. If we had paid more attention to the clues (lots of tree limbs laid out across muddy areas and clearly walked on) it might’ve saved me from the scare and having mud all over. 😂

@jodimiddendorf 2 года назад

Yes! Good point. These instances make for good stories (when no one is hurt) but not so much fun in the moment. Thank you!

@macsb8r Год назад

Thanks!

@RickyVentures 2 года назад

Hello from my local Minnesota RU-vid Channel! Thanks for the tips.

@Pianolisapark315 2 года назад

Beautiful share, fantastic video, amazing camping 👍 . Thanks for your wonderful talks.

@jodimiddendorf 2 года назад

I am happy you are enjoying my videos!

@beatbox20fmj 11 месяцев назад

I actually do it backwards. Teva sandles for portaging and canoeing, then I keep a goretex Salomon trail shoes for camp and dry feet. Never had swamp foot Edit: Would not recommend sandles on portages. I've been going to the bwcaw for 12 years and guided for 3. If you don't have over a 1,000 miles out there, play it safe, protect your feet.

@markrogers6630 2 года назад

Excellent advice, a real service.

@jodimiddendorf 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@gregschuler1596 2 года назад

Stumbled onto your video today. Been canoeing over 40 years in the Adirondacks in NY and central and northern Ontario. Your point of being patient on portages is excellent. Remember the more portages, the further you get away from everything. Bill Mason said something like, if you like portaging you are insane. But they are part of a good canoe trip. Going to the Boundary Waters for first time this September.

@jodimiddendorf 2 года назад

Do you know which lake you will be entering the Boundary Waters on?

@gregschuler1596 2 года назад

@@jodimiddendorf Not yet, just starting to look at maps. Coming from western New York, so might look at east side. Open to any suggestions. Probably 5 night trip.

@g.private9101 2 года назад

You're going to fall in love with the place

@beatbox20fmj 11 месяцев назад

@gregschuler1596 gunflint to pigeon river is fun but the grand portage to get out is a lil over 9 miles so whole day of portaging to get out but very rewarding when you step out of the woods onto the shore of Lake superior and grand portage museum

@eschneider8799 Год назад

Good tips Do you have to preregister your camp sites or is it first come first serve?

@jodimiddendorf Год назад

You need to book a permit to enter the BWCA on a specific date and location of your choice. You however do not book a specific campsite. The campsites are first-come-first-serve. You can move campsites each night if you want to, or stay at the same one for a few nights. Sometimes you need to travel farther than expected to find an open campsite… other times you may be the only one camping on the entire lake you stay on.