Minnesota Northwoods Weekend Adventure for Women
What’s on your to-do list? Connection? Joy? Awe? Wonder?
Ready to unplug and reconnect with what really matters to you? Join a us for a weekend of Outward Bound wonder this fall. We invite you, and a small crew of female-identifying new friends to embrace adventure for 4 days at our beautiful northern Minnesota basecamp, Homeplace, right on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. One million acres of wilderness, zero light pollution, fall color, sparkling lakes and deep quiet await you. This is the perfect place to recharge and get inspired in good company.
Try new things in a judgment-free, affinity zone. Female-identifying instructors facilitate this inclusive 4 day adventure program. Disconnect from routine, reconnect with nature and re-discover your growth edge. Paddle a canoe, build a fire, try rock climbing, tie knots, read a map, or choose challenge on our high ropes course. Our activities are designed to help you relocate your sense of adventure, and wonder. We invite you to rediscover YOU.
We create the conditions for learning and growth by building an emotionally and physically safe space to take risks and try new things. Participants are encouraged to practice interdependent and compassionate leadership. Support right-sized risk-taking for all, while empowering yourself and others to stretch comfort zones, embrace or decline challenge, and revel in the power of personal choice. Discover joy, connection and wonder in shared purpose.
At Outward Bound, we are crew, not passengers. We support each other and share challenge and success. Your crew becomes key to your experience on course, and beyond. While we welcome all gender identities, we understand the special value of affinity spaces too. Outward Bound’s affinity courses build community and cultivate self-efficacy. Our curriculum and instructors aim to create a safe space for those who may experience marginalization. Outward Bound is a place for all people to learn, grow, make friends and have fun. This program is for "women" –– anyone who self-identifies as a woman. Trans women and gender expansive folks are welcome. Let’s adventure together!
Please reach out to one of our course advisors to find your fit with this course, or any other.
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Our basecamp, Homeplace, is located in the Superior National Forest on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Homeplace sits on a forested peninsula, surrounded by a river and peaceful lake –– perfect for fall adventure. Canoeing is the traditional mode of transportation in this part of the world, and we're excited to introduce you to paddling –– no experience necessary! Each evening, you'll return to a rustic, cozy, wood-heated cabin on the Kawishiwi River. You'll share filling, home-cooked dinners, and partake in another Northwoods tradition –– sauna! After a day of adventure, you'll stoke the fire, sweat your worries away, then jump in the Kawishiwi to cool off. This region is a dark-sky destination –– think zero light pollution and bright stars on clear fall nights. Expect a chill in the air, and the warmth of new friendship.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota
Established in 1978, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a labyrinth of lakes and rock that has been specifically protected as a true American wilderness. No roads, power lines or motorized craft may enter its borders. Therefore, the Boundary Waters wilderness has changed little since its unveiling when the glaciers melted 10,000 years ago.
Over one million acres in size, the BWCAW extends 150 miles along the Minnesota/Canadian border. With over 1,200 miles of canoe routes, nearly 2,200 designated campsites and more than 1,000 lakes and streams, the BWCAW is a truly amazing place to experience the wilderness. It contains portage-linked lakes and streams, interspersed with islands, forests and crags. It has no piped water, prepared shelters, or signs to point the way. The Boundary Waters' paddling routes offer outstanding opportunities for solitude, remoteness, teamwork, adventure and challenge.
In the winter, the Boundary Waters transforms into an even more severe and remote wilderness. While more challenging, winter enthusiasts travel over frozen lakes and rivers by dogsled, cross-country ski and snowshoe. Winter in the Boundary Waters is mesmerizing, peaceful and exhilarating. It is a place of spectacular extremes, trackless snow, bracing cold air, glowing warm embers and powerful silence. These regions are the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) nations.
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