We’re heading to the Haliburton School of Art and Design for a week to teach winter moccasins and buckskin mittens! This course is for everyone and is filling up! Don’t miss out on this five day adventure with us. By the end of the week you will be ready to bare the winter with your new buckskin hand-made clothing which will be the warmest coziest outer wear you’ll have owned!
To register please head to their website linked below.
Squared up and ready to make boards!
Join us on Golden Pond May 13th and 14th for our first chainsaw milling workshop of 2017. Â Price includes all instruction and milling equipment, boat shuttle to and from our wilderness property and meals and accommodation for 2 nights!
Boiling Water at -42*C
We are officially finished our expedition season of 2017! Thank you so much to all of our participants for a SOLD OUT season! We are now back at the pond and have been taking a well-needed rest.
The pond ice is soon to be gone. The geese are coming back. The Robin has returned and the Sandhill Cranes are echoing through the mountains.
We will be starting to run through our big long list of improvements to the websites, our products and launching our 2018 expedition season schedule soon! So come back often, because we don’t want you to miss you!
The talented Goh Ironmoto uses his drone to caputre these amazing shadows of us.
We are now out on our Temagami Explorations Expedition for 8 days. We have a short lay over back home and then we’re back at it up on the Pontax River for 14 days.
This means that we will not be able to get any retail orders out to you unfortunately. Please know that we will be back at it as soon as we get back but that if you need something in a hurry you may not get the speedy delivery you were hoping for.
We want to thank you with all our hearts for your continued support. We are so privileged to be able to do this for a living.
Whoohoo, its winter!
Please note, we’ll be away from the office Feb 15th – 25th and again Mar 1st – 19th. Â There are some items in stock, that we can ship quickly (DIY kits, toboggans, saws) when we’re home, but custom made work (like moccasins and mittens) may be subject to long delays. Â We will be in touch when we’re in the office with an ETA on your order, and if we can’t get it to you in the time frame you require it, we will of course offer a full refund.
Happy Trails!
“Did this trip after having completed the training camp. An excellent introduction to Winter Camping. Dave and Kie are great teachers and leaders. The experience was tough which made it all the more rewarding. The summit of Mount Ararat would have looked impossible to me if I had not been with Dave and Kie. Definitely made me want to go on a longer expedition. The experience was all the more richer having made all my own gear from their DIY kits. I never would have thought that I could sew my own moccasins that would keep my feet warm and dry. I highly recommend making at least some of your own gear.” – Malcolm Savage
We had an amazing group of people come out on our first expedition of the year. Thank you to all of you who came out and enjoyed the beauty that is the winter with us. To view our photos from the Training Camp portion of the trip view them by clicking the hyper link SNOWSHOE EXPEDITION.
We are now open for registration for our 2018 Training Camp and Vast Horizons Expedition. Please follow the hyper link to register  or for more information.
Our first trip of the season runs Jan 13th – 19th. Â We’ll spend the 11th and 12th focused on preparation and then enjoy the adventure! Â Purchases made during this time will be added to the queue and we will start filling them in order once we return on the 19th. Â Same goes for emails. Â Thank you for your patience!
Our 2017 workshop schedule is live! With some new and exciting workshops offered you’ll want to register early since the workshops are already filling up!
We’ve got a couple of workshops being hosted right here at the Pond including chainsaw milling and summer moccasins. We are also back in full colours at the Canadian Canoe Museum offering 3 new workshops including toboggan making, anorak sewing and mitten making!
We are also teaming up with the Haliburton School of Art and Design for an exciting week in July you won’t want to miss.
“…I have been looking for moccasins for a while now- but all the ready made moccasins just weren’t right….
…I watched many videos on YouTube, read many other website instructions. I have tried other methods… But yours was the best one I found, with clear, easy to understand and follow instructions. Kielyn did an awesome job explaining and showing how to make them….
…I made a pair and I LOVE them. So, THANK YOU!!!!!!! Thank you for the video’s, thank you for providing the instruction book and patterns for free and thank you for being awesome.
-Christina Llyod
Guest Tent Exterior
We are very pleased to be enjoying the remainder of the holidays at home at the pond. We have been catching up on sleep and orders while winter settles into its wonderful rhythm.
We want to thank each and every one of you for your support throughout the years. Without you, we truly couldn’t live the life that we’ve chosen. May your 2017 bring you much love, laughter and energy to get you to where you want to be.
All news, no fluff! We have only ever sent out 4 - 6 newsletters a year, and always when we have a major bit of news we want to share. You know, like one of us is going to be on a fancy TV show, or we're releasing our upcoming trip or workshop schedule. Plus we also offer the occasional newsletter-only special deal!
