Thank you to everyone who took a moccasin workshop with us this year. It seems as though moccasins will soon rule the world! We taught over 60 people to make winter moccasins this fall!! Of those 60 people a third of them went home with enough materials to make moccasins for their better halves and children.

Along with our custom orders and DIY kits we are nearing 100 moccasins this year alone that will be scampering and tromping in the snow!!

These toboggans don’t make themselves folks!

Last Call for all products before Christmas! We are heading down to visit family and won’t be available to fill orders from December 19th- January 6th.

I know this seems like an awfully long vacation for two people running a WINTER-based company BUT 8 of those days we are actually on trip scouting a route that we are running this year as one of expeditions. So we thought it be the responsible thing to make sure that it is the greatest route ever before we bring you fine people out on the trail!

Hopefully you’re not too upset with us. We did warn you though in July that winter was indeed coming and that you should start getting prepared then!

There’s still hope though! You still have one week. So make your move soon or you’ll have to wait until next year!

Thank you Dave and Deb with The Planet D for this amazing blog post. We can’t wait for our adventure on the Missinaibi. There’s still room if anyone would like to join us for an intense adventure! For information about the Missinaibi click here.

To View Dave and Deb’s Blog click on the photo.

THANK YOU!!!!

What a great event on Wednesday. Despite the glare ice roads over 100 people showed up to watch the premiere of Snowwalkers! A special thanks to all who donated door prizes and silent auction items. In no special order we would like to publicly thank:

Jennifer Haddow of Wild Women Expeditions who donated an Ultimate Wild Women’s Weekend which was claimed by Michelle Moore!

Martin Bertrand of Horizon X Rafting who donated two day passes for rafting on the Ottawa. This prize went unclaimed but hopefully that leaves us with an open invitation to hit some big waves with you this summer!!!

Darren R. Kleven of DRK Light who donated a stunning tile compilation of his iconic “Lonesome Pine” which was claimed by Matthew Guenther!

Bob Henderson who donated 3 signed books of his: ” Nature First,” “Pike’s Portage,” and “Every Trail Has a Story,” which were claimed by Drew Bursey and Marilyn Halls!

Garrett Conover who donated a signed copy of his latest novel, “Kristen’s Wilderness,” which was claimed by Pauline Sutherland!

Village International for donating a fancy handmade scarf which was claimed by Leah Macseain who also won the 50/50 draw of $89!!

And Judith LaPush won the bid for our 3-day Gateway to the North expedition in Killarney Provincial Park!

Thank you again to all who participated and supported this event. In our eyes this was a great success!

Join us December 4th at 7PM for the premiere of the Snowwalker documentary! For tickets and more information CLICK HERE!

We still have toboggans that need someone to haul them! Register and pay your deposit for any of this winter’s expeditions before December 8th and receive a 5% discount on the price of the expedition.

http://lureofthenorth.com/shop/product-category/expeditions/

Gerard is a very special person. With a heart of gold and a brain of neurons, Gerard for the love of winter trekking has agreed to come along and teach us a little something about winter! On our 9-day Eco-Explorer expedition in the Wolf Lake region of Temagami we will explore the little things like where does a bunting spend a night, are coniferous tree actually better suited for winter than deciduous and more! To find out more about Gerard click here! There are only 3 spots left for this expedition so don’t wait! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity (unless he agrees to do it again next year!!). Eco-Explorer information here.

For those that want a great trail toboggan at an even better price, we’ve created our “Bare Bones ‘Boggans“.  We’ve stripped the outfitting to get you a functional toboggan at the best price possible.  You add:

• a leather, cotton or nylon tump;
• rope or strap lashing; and
• an optional brake line.

to complete this package.  Enjoy!