Greetings!
We hope everyone had a great fall and is excited for the upcoming Holiday season. Turkey, pumpkin pie, green bean casserole, warm fires, red-nosed reindeer, and hot cocoa – what’s not to love! Hiking season has sadly come to a close in the UP with some recent snow, but we are looking forward to getting out the snowshoes and skis and making the best of the winter months.
But WOW – what a great 2021 hiking season we had! We want to thank everyone that joined us this year on one of our Sunset Hikes or Overnight Backpacking Trips. We had such a wonderful time meeting everyone, sharing stories, and showing you around Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Below are some pictures we snapped during our excursions this summer. Luckily, we had pretty good weather on all of our trips, with a little bit of rain on our October trip, but we made great use of the group tarp to keep everyone nice and dry! Don’t we look cozy?
As we look forward to the 2022 season, we plan to offer 2 Intro to Backpacking Tours, and 1 Intermediate Tour at Pictured Rocks. Below are the tentative dates (dates are subject to change until will secure backcountry permits on January 1st). All trips will have a group limit of 8 next year.
Intro:
- September 16th – 19th
- September 30th – October 3rd (Fall Colors)
Intermediate:
- September 2nd – 6th (Labor Day Weekend)
Reservations will go live on our website on January 2nd, 2022 at 9:00 AM EST with our concrete dates. At that time, you will be able to reserve through our on-line system or can give us a call to reserve your spot.
New next season will be the implementation of a 2-hr live virtual class on backpacking fundamentals to replace our 1-on-1 video sessions, as well as implementing more hands-on learning for our intro trip to become more similar to how we operate our intermediate trip. We want our trips to be centered around learning and will be making some changes so that our guests receive the best value possible.
Thanks again to our guests for your support. Our small little company wouldn’t exist without you!
Happy Hiking and Happy Holidays 🙂
-Domonick & Carolyn
