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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Backpacking Key Swap

Friday, Oct 12, 2018 - 12:00 pm through Sunday, Oct 14, 2018 - 6:00 pm

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Leaders: Mitchell Weinberg-Kinsey
Joe Foye
Emma Hudson

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Drumroll please... This is the trip you have all been waiting for: PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE KEY SWAP!

We will be doing a key swap with one group led by Joe Foye and Mitchell Weinberg-Kinsey and the other led by Emma Hudson and Anna Rossmeisl.

The trip deposit is $60 and can be paid in cash or Venmo to Emma Hudson. This deposit will be due by October 1st otherwise you may be removed from the participant list.

This is a beginner trip (BP2) and no prior ratings or backpacking experience is necessary, but we will be hiking about 12 miles with full packs so participants must be physically capable.

Please fill out the survey as well as registering for the trip below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrEuH00curH1DKVYTi1FAMF6IxZq9LLEjcvYmpHdB3qFguMw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Itinerary:

Friday: Meet at noon at Mendota Lodge with fully packed bags ready to go. Have a lunch with you to eat in the car or eat before. We will leave prior to 1PM and begin the just over 5 hour drive to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior in Upper Michigan. We will arrive and park and then hike in about 1-2 miles to the first campsite (either Potato Patch or Lowney Creek).

Saturday: Hike in opposite directions and meet up near chapel rock for lunch, swap keys and then continue hiking in opposite directions to campsites.

Sunday: Wake up and hike back out to vehicles and then meet up for the drive back down to Madison. We will stop for lunch somewhere on the way back and will be back in Madison around 4PM. Then we will put gear away and disperse. (Note: On the calendar, it states that the trip will go until 6, this is just to account for unforeseen circumstances such as traffic on the way home. We should be done before then.)

The total distance of the hike will be about 12 miles along beautiful Lake Superior.

We will be having a mandatory pre-trip meeting prior to the trip to discuss packing and further trip details. Date and location TBD

If the trip is full, feel free to signup on the waitlist in case someone drops out, you will have first dibs.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at ultimatefoye@gmail.com or ehudson4@wisc.edu.

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