
EVENTS
2025 Boundary Waters Trails Kickoff
Join us for connection over our shared passions for the outdoors and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Gather with us and hear from each trail partner to learn trail updates, needs, challenges, and more. Lunch will be served, followed by an afternoon of outdoor skills clinics on orienteering, knots and tarps, and backcountry water and food.

Hike with BWAC!
Join Us for a Hike at Crosby Farm Regional Park! This 3.3-mile adventure will take us to a hidden slot canyon, winding through beautiful woods along a river and a serene small lake. During our hike, we'll chat about the Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWAC), all things Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), and share insights about our mission. It's a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow nature enthusiasts!

How Volunteers Saved the BWCAW Powwow Trail (and You Can Too and Hike It)
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, in addition to being a canoeists’ heaven, also has more than 200 miles of hiking and backpacking trails. These trails offer unparalleled solitude and freedom from busy city life. Most of these trails are maintained by volunteers. BWA Committee volunteers have an incredible story to tell about saving the 30 mile long BWCAW Powwow Hiking Trail, burned almost entirely in the 2011 Pagami Creek Fire. Now, eight years later, the Powwow has been saved thanks to hundreds of volunteers, both novice and experienced wilderness trippers, who ventured and camped on the trail sawing dead falls and new jack pine growth. Hear their story and learn what needs to be done to completely rehabilitate the Powwow for backpackers like you, and how to hike it in 2020.

How Volunteers Saved the BWCAW Powwow Trail (and You Can Too)
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, in addition to being a canoeists’ heaven, also has more than 200 miles of hiking and backpacking trails. These trails offer unparalleled solitude and freedom from busy city life. Most of these trails are maintained by volunteers. BWA Committee volunteers have an incredible story to tell about saving the 30 mile long BWCAW Powwow Hiking Trail, burned almost entirely in the 2011 Pagami Creek Fire. Now, eight years later, the Powwow has been saved thanks to hundreds of volunteers, both novice and experienced wilderness trippers, who ventured and camped on the trail sawing dead falls and new jack pine growth. Hear their story and learn what needs to be done to completely rehabilitate the Powwow for backpackers like you, and how to hike it in 2020.

See Yourself Hiking in the Boundary Waters - Fall Trips & Meet the Crew Leaders
Are you looking to discover the wilderness and what you are made of? Consider becoming a conservation volunteer on Boundary Waters Powwow Trail. The BWA Committee (BWAC) presentation is about affordable opportunities to help the US Forest Service maintain a wilderness trail.

No time off? Not sure about gear? No problem! Powwow Day Trip (interest sheet)
Express interest to join a day-trip crew to clear a section of the Powwow Trail. The resulting work will ease the way for future overnight clearing crews.

Lost City of Z and Recovery of North Frontier on Powwow Trail (Interest Sheet)
Express interest to join a 4-person crew to flag a two mile section of the Powwow Trail. The trip will be demanding but rewarding. The resulting marked path will permit trail clearing crews in May to focus on the trail clearing instead of trail finding.