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Miniwanca Four Trails Adventure Trips
Trips for
campers entering grades 9 - 12
If it’s new adventures
you seek, join these single gender and co-ed groups to
explore Michigan from waterways and roadways, discover the wilderness
and beauty
of Canada from a kayak, or journey through New England from the seat of
a bike.
Four Trails adventure trips challenge campers in grades 9-12 to gain
new strengths
while
developing lifelong skills of leadership, cooperation, and respect for
self, others, and the world.
Trailblazer: Entering grades 7-8
Register Now!
- Session A
- Hike/Canoe: June 17- July 5, 2012
Session B
Hike/Canoe: July 8-July 27, 2012
Explorer: Entering grade 9
Register Now!
- Session A
- Canoe/Bike: June 17 - July 5, 2012
Session B
Hike/Bike: July 8-July 27, 2012
Develop your biking, canoeing, or
hiking skills as you meet the challenges of the Explorer trips. The Explorer
Canoe/Bike will take you on a 5-day trip on the Manistee River
practicing basic paddling and camping skills. Groups will also head
north of Miniwanca to bike and explore the scenic coast of Lake
Michigan for 6 days. The Explorer Hike/Bike will take you
for 5 days through the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
along the North Country Trail,
while the biking segment also heads north of Miniwanca for a 6-day ride.
 Adventurer:
Entering grade 10
Register Now!
- Session A
- 3 week Bike: June 17 - July 5, 2012
- 3 week Kayak for Boys: June 17-July 5,2012
Session B
3 week Bike: July 8-July 27, 2012
- 3 week Kayak for Girls: July 8-July 27, 2012
Adventurers take to the roadways of
Michigan or Wisconsin for a 13-14 day bike trip. Campers
will either journey on a pedal-powered tour of Wisconsin returning to
Miniwanca on a Cross Lake Ferry, or explore the roadways, National
Forests, and shoreline of northern Michigan. New for 2011 we are offering kayak
trips for our 10th grade campers-- no prior paddling experience necessary!
Voyageur: Entering grades 11-12
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6 weeks, including in-camp training days: June 17- July 27, 2012
Dedicate your time as a Voyageur on this 20-day kayaking trip. You'll
develop your kayaking skills at Miniwanca on Stony Lake and Lake
Michigan. Then take to open water on Lake Huron as you wind your
way around the islands of the beautiful Georgian
Bay.
 Odyssey: Entering
grades 11-12
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6 weeks, including in-camp training days: June 17- July 27, 2012
Odyssey bikers
will meet at Miniwanca, have a training week, then travel in a van to New
Hampshire, where they will begin the bike trip back to Michigan.
Our Odyssey bike trip will take you on a 23-day tour beginning
in the mountains of New Hampshire and ending on the shores of Lake
Michigan. As an intrepid Odyssey cycler, you will pedal through four
states and the Canadian province of Ontario. You will work as a team to
navigate over 1,100 miles of roadway, cultures, and terrain.
Trip Packing Lists:
Trailblazer Packing List
Explorer Packing List
Adventurer Packing List
Voyageur Packing List
Odyssey Packing
List
Handbook:
Pre-Summer Fitness Training:
FIT document 2010
Camp Miniwanca
miniwancacamps@ayf.com
8845 West Garfield Road
Shelby, Michigan 49455
(231) 861-2262
(231) 861-5244 fax
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