Our home for the next 10 days!

We’re heading out to spend 10 days travelling 100km of the historic Missinaibi Headwaters region.  Our route will take us over the height of land from the Great Lakes to the Arctic watershed.  This is our “Explorer’s Club” expedition of 2013 – so we  will all be prepared for whatever challenges and surprises the environment presents to us.  We have a strong team, including the legendary Garrett Conover, and feel poised for a wonderful adventure. We will try to post an update every night to the Lure Facebook page, which will include a photo, link to our location and a description of the day’s events.  The best way to get these daily updates is to “Like” Lure of the North on FB.  If you would prefer to have a simple map update without the photo or text, you can check out our SPOT page here.

We’re very excited to publish our first video from Lure – Season 2!  An 8 day journey on the Pontax River in northern Quebec.  Hope you enjoy!

En route to Ishpatina Ridge!

We have changed our photos page.  All photos will now be store off-site at Facebook or Jalbum.  This will allow us to get our photos up faster, manage them more easily, and allows you to comment and share!

Find the new photos page here.

A beautiful sight out in the cold!

We are back from another successful week-long journey to the top of Ontario… during the coldest week we’ve ever experienced out.  Our little sheet stove was really put to the test and performed admirably.  Likewise every participant was tested by the rigors of the trip and the challenges of the environment.  As a team we worked together to reach the highest point in our province.

Check out all the photos here.

The view from the top!

It’s snowing in Sudbury like crazy, and we’re heading out to one of our favourite places in Ontario: Ishpatina Ridge!  It looks like Old Man Winter will keep us on our toes this trip with lots of snow over the next couple of days and plummeting temperatures beyond that, but we’re all outfitted and raring to go!

You can follow our progress via SPOT satellite messenger starting Jan 19th.

Hendrix cozy in our quinzhee

We’re back from a fantastic 8 days up on the Pontax River in Northern Quebec.  The river and surrounding Spruce Bogs threw a lot of obstacles at us, but that all served to make this year’s staff training all the more meaningful.  We can’t wait to head back in the future and see what other travel secrets the river might reveal.

Check out all the photos here.

It’s all fun and games until somebody gets wet! Hopefully the Pontax will be more solidly frozen than this March, 2010 waterway!

Northward Ho!  We are heading up to the Pontax River in northern Quebec for the best staff training a couple could ask for!  We will walk the lower section of the Pontax River, and a short section of Arctic Ocean ice to the town of Waskaganish, QC.  We think this 100+ KM, 11-day journey could be a fantastic public Lure offering in years to come – so stayed tuned for photos and video!

If you are unfamiliar with the Pontax River, you can find a map of its location here.

You can also follow our nightly progress via our public SPOT page here.  We will send a satellite message each night updating our position on the river.

We are heading on the road to visit family for the holiday season.  We will return to the office on Dec 27th, but then will be out on trip over New Years.  Responses may be a bit slower over the next couple of weeks.  Thanks for your patience and Merry Christmas!

Garrett Conover in his element – we can’t wait!

We are pleased as punch to be welcoming the Legendary Maine Guide, co-author of “Snow Walker’s Companion“, and one of our personal role models, Garrett Conover on trip with us this year!  For over three decades Garrett and Alexandra Conover ran North Woods Ways, offering traditional guided canoe and snowshoe trips in Maine, Quebec and Labrador.  Their writing, expeditions and way of life have been an inspiration to Kielyn and I.  I can say without any sense of exaggeration, that we would not be doing what we are doing today if we had not come across the teachings of Garrett and Alexandra.  Garrett will be joining us on our Explorer’s Club Expedition this year: Missinaibi Headwaters (10d).  This should prove to be a very special treat for ourselves and all of this year’s Explorers!