Outdoor Journey

Introduction to Winter Camping

The focus of this program is building comfort in wintertime travel and group cohesion while learning introductory knowledge and technical skills.  You will spend the first 1-2 nights in cabins preparing with your group and instructors with a focus on learning about winter clothing systems and gear, winter-specific skills such as snowshoeing, firewood processing, and tracking, on day hikes. You will then head out on a 2-3 night overnight excursion on snowshoes, pulling all of your gear on pulks (sleds) to a basecamp location where you will be staying with your group in a winter canvas tent with a stove. You will also have the option to make and sleep in snow shelters. 

Flatwater or Whitewater Canoeing

This program starts with four days of technical and relational skills development at a basecamp or outdoor centre site in preparation for a 12 day whitewater or flatwater canoe journey. Following our pre-journey programming, you will either be heading out on a 12 day flatwater canoe journey through beautiful lakes or whitewater canoeing along a river filled with history whose shore will serve as our learning classroom for the 12 day journey.

Outdoor Journeys will start at the Kinark Outdoor Centre, but Flatwater Joureys will take place in Algonquin Park or Temagami Lakes. Whitewater Journeys are dependent on water level and will be confirmed closer to the date. However, areas we have traveled to previously include: The Spanish River, Temagami River and the Noire River. Introductory level certification through Paddle Canada and the Outdoor Council of Canada is included in the journey.