[Please note that this was originally posted on 5.14.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore was established in 1966 and while it encompasses about 115 square miles, people new to the area may not be aware of all it has to offer! While leading kayak tours along the […]
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 5.8.2019 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Enjoy this short video we took backpacking the Pictured Rocks Lakeshore Trail this past weekend (May 4-5th)! The snow is almost gone, the trees are just beginning to bud, and the next few weeks should be beautiful. Looking forward
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 4.24.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] From 2004 to 2010, I wasn’t very physically fit. I had finished high school, went to college, got a master’s degree, and got a job. Regular exercise just wasn’t on my radar. I would have considered myself fairly
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 4.4.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Old School In days of yore, the popular trend was to throw on a pair of hiking boots before hitting the trail. Many people subscribe to that trend today. REI’s shoe department is inundated with hiking boots. Boots
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 3.23.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] With the number of RV super-centers seemingly on the rise, the art of bipedal motion and cycling is not always on the forefront of people’s minds. Before people sat in their cars and pressed levers to get from point
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 3.17.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] I wish everyday out on the trail was sunny with pleasant temperatures, but unfortunately Mother Nature often has different plans. If you spend a lot of time hiking outside, there will inevitably become a time where you have to
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 3.8.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Recipe for (Mis)Adventure Oftentimes when I mention to someone that I thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016-2017 with my husband, Domonick, they ask if we were married at the time. I can’t help but smile and say,
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 2.14.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Disbelief “Is this Highway 178?”, I ask a 20-something year old guy who was getting water from a creek with his male hiking partner. He says to me, “You’re hiking by yourself?” I respond, “Yeah… I don’t feel like
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Greetings! 2020 reservations are now available for our beginner backpacking trips at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore! Learn the fundamentals of overnight trekking in one of the Midwest’s premiere wilderness locations. Trips are 2-nights and 3-days over 27 miles, with views of Lake Superior, sandstone cliffs, sandy beaches, waterfalls, inland lakes, and a variety of wonderful
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