Hello all! I am looking for my next pair of water boots for my trips in the BWCA. I'm struggling to find what I'm looking for online and thought maybe reddit might have some ideas.

For context, I am a canoe guide so I abuse my shoes a bit. I don't want anything 'waterproof', I get my feet wet am I prefer it that way. I also need something that goes up past my ankles for at least bit of support.

My current shoes are canvas boots from Chacos 10+years ago. I love them but they don't make them anymore, nor anything really similar. Things I love about my current shoes:

• they are made out of canvas, so although they let water in easily they dry out super quick
• wide toe box
• height goes past my ankles, although there isn't any additional ankle support besides the canvas
• durable
• comfortable
• fun colors- they are bright blue with bright green laces

If anyone has any recommendations of boots that have some of these features that would be great! I would love a canvas boot, but am struggling to find one online that doesn't have a waterproof lining. TIA

Would need at least 20-25 thousand mAh to survive 6 days, I would probably not use it outside of camp but it would still need to be durable and may receive some water unintentionally, thanks for all the help!

I am attempting to canoe from my house in Missouri 600 miles to the confluence with the Mississippi (mostly down the white river) I think it will take me 24 days and there are a few stops with groceries throughout the trip but more than one section I will have to go a week. I am in college and on a fairly tight budget right now on long trips I eat the Knorr meals and bagels for breakfast but I think over 3 weeks of that and I will be very sick of it. Any other recommendations maybe recommendations for shorter food sections as well.

Hey all, on my last four person trip to Algonquin we had the following water-related equipment:

• 7 1L nalgenes
• Aquatabs
• large lidded cooking pot
• gas stove for boiling
• 20L collapsible rubber bucket with handles

We had the following approach to drinking/cooking/other water, but it wound up leaving us with a bit less than the amount of drinking water we desired for our night/morning at the campaite:

• fill all nalgenes + Aquatab before getting to campsite
• once unpacked, fill 20L bucket at shoreline, to be used for bathing, dishes, and putting out fire later.
• around dusk, do a canoe run to deep water to fill all nalgenes. If dinner needs water, fill billy pot too.
• in morning, make oatmeal and tea using nalgene water

As I mentioned earlier, we were often a little short on drinking water by morning, I guess we were big water drinkers, or maybe some people were using their purified water for other stuff.

Curious if people have a recommendation for how to adjust our system for more drinking water? An easy solution is to add an eighth 1L nalgene, which maybe would have just got us to the right place. But wondering if people have other solutions they like?

Some other ideas I had:

• collapsible water jug with spigot, fill with center-of-lake water, purify / boil as needed. Hard to find one with great reviews though.
• gravity filter like platypus. Downside is expensive and maybe redundant given our aquatabs and stove.

Thanks for any ideas!

I’m about to get into canoeing, with my Esquif Prospecteur 15 arriving in Australia end of December.

I’m trying to decide on some quality gear to use from the get go, specifically some pants. These will be used for canoe fitness/skills training, as well as general hiking, camping and hunting. Want something rugged/long lasting, reinforced bum and knees, flexible/adaptable, comfortable in hot and cold conditions and ideally incorporating knee pads. Current contenders are:

Fjallraven - Keb Fjallraven - Vidal Pro Ventilated First Lite - Corrugated Foundry

Anyway, I’d be grateful for any thoughts/observations/suggestions on these/other options.

Re: Bear safety, should camping cookware be stored in the blue food barrel commonly used on canoe trips along with the food and any other scented items? I guess im thinking about lingering smells even after washing that a bear could detect. Thanks

Hey fellow paddlers and campers!

As someone who loves exploring the outdoors, I found it challenging to plan multi-day canoe camping trips with unpredictable weather. So, I created a tool called Outland Agenda to make trip planning easier. You can find it on Google or Bing, or at outlandagenda.com.

With Outland Agenda, you can:

• Save your favorite canoe routes and camping spots.
• Set your ideal weather conditions, like temperature, wind, rainfall, humidity, cloud cover, and more.
• Get notifications when the forecast matches your criteria.
• Easily monitor single-day or multi-day weather along your route.

One more thing: Outland Agenda prioritizes your privacy. We only use essential cookies for functionality, like session management. We don’t store personal data or track users, and no cookies are used for ads or shared with third parties. You can find all the details in the privacy-policy section.

Happy paddling and safe adventures!

I'm going on a 5 day canoe trip in Sweden for my gold DofE next June/July in groups of 4 and I am completely inexperienced, I'm ok with the actual camping part as I have gone on many multi day hikes before but am wondering what I will need that is different, like different clothing or equipment? Any help is appreciated, thanks, I'd be happy to provide any info if I have left any out accidentally

If you want to make your next camping trip a more authentic experience you should try this out. My cousin makes these pocket sized durable foraging guides, small enough to slip in your wallet. It has 55 of the most commonly found edible plants, trees, nuts and fruits in North America. It goes over what parts of the plant are edible, how to prepare them and any medicinal benefits they have. So you can give foraging a try on your next camping trip and spice up your meals whilst developing a useful skill. They're super cheap too, you can get 4 of them for just $39.95 so you can equip the whole family and make an activity out of it. Plus it's just handy to have if you frequently go camping or hiking, you never know when you might find yourself in a dire situation with no reception. It provides some peace of mind knowing you and your family can find food anywhere.

Here's the link if you're interested - https://thepocketprepper.com

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I have heard it's 10 dollars to park here and is accessed through a gate that one of the farmers opens. Anyone know if its open past October?

Just got this email from Ontario Parks. I get the advantages of knowing ahead of time where you'll be sleeping, but there's something really nice of being able to meander at will. Find a great site? Spend two nights there. Rain coming down soon? Pull over at the next available spot.

What does everyone else think?

He finished in July I believe and I cant wait until he releases this documentary.

Any ideas when and or if maybe he will release it in chunks?

I cant imagine how he will edit/release it considering it was almost a year long trip.

Hi I need help choosing my next tent. Can you guys please help? I am looking for a tent, that will be used for canoeing with grown ups and also short trips with my wife, a toddler and a baby. When the family is camping, we will travel by cargo-bike. Also my wife is new to camping in a tent.

So I guess I am looking for a 4 person tent, that packs down quite small, weight is not as important as space. I am wondering if it is important to have good height in the tent, when having a baby? It is not an option to buy multiple tents.

Do you guys have any suggestions for a good tent, that has a ok small packed size, is comfortable for a small family?

https://youtu.be/e0QgkViy-rY

Four hour video, should be a blast!

Back from my first backcountry trip a few weeks ago and figured I should look into some sort of emergency communicator. Will a next-gen smartphone do the trick? I've heard most of them have satellite coverage for calls in case of emergency (at least in North America).

I know these are deadly and to be avoided at all costs. Is there an authoritative source on American rivers and the locations of their dams? I looking to paddle the Dan River from just downstream of Danville, VA to our lake house some 80 miles away. It doesn’t look like there are any dams along the way, but I’d love some reassurance.

Recently an aramid pay 16’ came up for sale second hand in my area. I’ve done several back country trips over the last few years and want to get deeper into the area. This means portages. The lake I’m travelling on can get quite rough and while I have some experience in a canoe I’m no expert. I would like a canoe that can handle taking 2 people into this kind of 3 day trip. But also that I can solo by myself on occasion for days on a lake.

Would an aramid be durable enough for this type of trip?

Is the Pal a good design for what I intend to use it for?

Or should I just wait for the spring and aim for a tuff stuff prospector?