Beginner Backpacking Trip in Muskoka

Backpacking is taking your love of hiking and stepping it up. It means having all your equipment on your back, carrying your pack through the woods as you hike beautiful trails and observe the beauty of the surrounding area.

This trip is designed for beginners. You don't need to have all the equipment and you don't need experience. A zoom meeting will be held prior to our journey to answer any and all questions, review equipment everyone has, what is minimally required, what can be shared and if others have extras that can be loaned.

To ease you into the experience, we will hike with our backpacks on Day 1 to our camp. Then, we'll set up camp and remain there until Day 3. Day 2 we will take our day packs on go on a day hike to the rapids and cliff lookout, finishing the full trail we started on Day 1. We will have time to swim in the lake, relax by the fire and enjoy the time as you wish.

If you have any questions prior to committing to this trip please email aW5mbyB8IG1yYWN4ICEgY29t . I will also address questions collectively in the zoom meeting that will be held a couple of months before the trip date. You will be notified via email of the zoom date and the link will be provided.

This AllTrails Map will give you a basic idea of what the trail and route looks like, however, we are adding on the piece of the trail that begins at Hwy 400 & Muskoka Rd 33, making our complete journey approximately 21km over the weekend, broken down into about 8km per day.

You can visit the MRACX website to see a Beginners Guide to Backpacking, an Equipment Check List and a Food Guide to get you started. However, we will cover all that in our zoom meeting.

CARPOOLING:

Yes, we will carpool. If you require carpooling, please comment HERE.

ITINERARY:

Beginner Backpacking Trip in Muskoka Itinerary

DATES:

May 17, 2025 - May 19, 2025 inclusive

This is the May Long Weekend. We will be gone early on May 17th, returning to Toronto late evening on May 19th.

THE EVENT FEE COVERS THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.

• Fee covers guided tour, zoom meeting (which includes how to camp, how to prepare, organizing shared equipment, what to expect), some additional equipment for safety, first aid, and camping.
• Participants may be required to buy some equipment of their own - to be determined during the zoom meeting. You can always direct questions to aW5mbyB8IG1yYWN4ICEgY29t for more information at any time.

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