Hiking In The Kipwaw Lodge or Alwaki lodge area

[Hodgey1]

Hello All, I have a Daughter and son-in-law, with a 6 YO son "My Grand Son XO" who love the outdoors and hiking. I was talking about my love for the area and my daughter expressed interest. They're interests are not so much about fishing, but I'm wondering, are there good hiking trails, in the camp boat ride area, of Alwaki or Kipawa Lodge?

Maybe I could spring for part of the cost for a Christmas gift and book them the week after I'm there and leave them my boat, tube and fishing gear for lots of options, not to mention the hiking?

[RHYBAK]

LOL.

How do you get your boat back home:)?

At 3SeasonsCamp, there a vast series of hunting trails behind the camp.

The bush is so full of bugs, you would need a case of bug spray and two bug suits on .

Just my observation

[T-Bone]

Mr. Rhybak has some good points, but mine would be this.

Of all the things to enjoy about the Kipawa region, I would assess there are abundantly more suitable and beautiful hiking destinations within 500 miles of, say, Erie PA. Abundantly more. It's a cool place for fishing and nature in general, not so much for hiking. Personally, I'd be too afraid to run into a bear or something. And endless miles of staring at the deep bush of Quebec while hiking may get boring after a bit...it all looks the same "inside" the bush.

[crackers42]

Agree with Tbone

Hiking up in kipawa is not a good idea for many reasons including general safety

For all ages

[Hodgey1]

All good points @RHYBAK and @T-Bone , I will have to think it through some more. I saw 2 families together at Alwaki last July, spend an entire week, cooking out, swimming off the dock, camp fires and chilling and never fish. I wish I'd know about such a place 25 years ago.

On the getting the boat back home, I would drive their vehicle back home and they my truck towing my boat.

[Hodgey1]

Agree with Tbone

Hiking up in kipawa is not a good idea for many reasons including general safety

For all ages

Sasquatch? Or are we talking about the Black Bear Population? I've heard the Canadian Black Bear is more aggressive than ours here in PA. I have them in my back yard every now and again and I've never heard of a Bear attack recently in PA and the population is pretty high.

[RHYBAK]

LOL

Bears in PA smell humans and yearn to eating their tasty garbage.

Bears in Quebec bush smell humans and yearn to eat those tasty humans

[Hodgey1]

Bears in PA smell humans and yearn to eating their tasty garbage.

Bears in Quebec bush smell humans and yearn to eat those tasty humans

LOL 

Yea, makes sense.

[puckster_guy]

 I often walk to the bridge at Red pine from my camp, It's about 2.5km walk one way. Or sometimes drive to the bridge and walk the main road. Sometimes hazardous as the trucks using the road aren't used to seeing idiots walking that road. As above not much to see but rocks and trees. I do it for the excersize and only when the bugs let me lol.

[crackers42]

Not to sound smart but I would not trust some guys up that way in the back country

I wouldn’t let my wife or daughters out of my sight when we are off the beaten path

[T-Bone]

Not to sound smart but I would not trust some guys up that way in the back country

I wouldn’t let my wife or daughters out of my sight when we are off the beaten path

Yikes.

[smitty55]

Bears in PA smell humans and yearn to eating their tasty garbage.
Bears in Quebec bush smell humans and yearn to eat those tasty humans

LOL 

Yea, makes sense.

He's pulling your chain Chris...
Black bears are by nature timid and do their best to avoid humans, specially in the deep wild. Attacks are rare, and would involve someone somehow getting between a sow and her cubs and her feeling threatened. Brown bear can be a different story depending on circumstances, and for Polar bear humans are definitely on the menu.

As for hiking safety, pepper spray has been proven to be very effective at thwarting potential bear attacks, even more so than firearms.

Cheers

[Rico]

On the back side of Alwaki, in the bay with the mini lighthouse, there is a trail going up to the logging road. It has been about 30 years since I have been up there so it might be overgrown. Ask Brian or Rob if it is still accessible.

[Mattie]

Years back me and one of the guys that used to come with us went on a hike behind the dead bear bear outpost cabin when staying there.

It was a little ATV trail and we maybe hiked a few miles in the woods following moose tracks looking for a pike lake that we thought was somewhere back there. Never found it.  Probably not the smartest thing I've done considering all we had was a knife and no bear spray. Its a weird feeling that far back in the bush. I'm sure there was some large animal at some point that had its eyes on us.

Still to this day have never seen a bear on Kipawa.  I've always wanted to but in the safety of the boat. Maybe this trip!

[Hodgey1]

Still to this day have never seen a bear on Kipawa.  I've always wanted to but in the safety of the boat. Maybe this trip!

Hey Mattie, I was fishing in between North River Dam and Grant pass last year, and on the way back to camp Chad and I watched a bear for 5-10minutes hanging out on shore foraging just North of Grant Pass in a narrow section. It was cool experience.

Looking forward to cracking a cold one with you and T next week!

Now that I have a great map to refer to https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i0q7_FP8SmDyGalN6TGk9qZ1u8gHmX-I&usp=sharing I can type intelligently about those place by name