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Bay of Treasures $99 Explore the labyrinth of channels running through the Bark Bay Slough until you reach the open waters of Lake Superior. |
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Pikes Creek Paddle $49 Explore the fertile estuary at the mouth of Pikes' Creek and perhaps see some of the wildlife that make their home there. |
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Intro to Sea Kayaking $30 This session will give you some very basic instruction, and then you'll paddle around the sheltered waters of Bayfield's harbors. |
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Apostle Island Overnight |
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Paddle Through Time $389 You become a part of Lake Superior's richness as we paddle out for two nights of camping. We will hike wilderness trails, and explore rugged sandstone shorelines. This three-day trip typically covers 25-30 miles of paddling. |
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Island Base Camp $465 During this 4-day trip, there are plenty of opportunities for hiking, learning about Ojibwa history, kayak instruction, fishing as well as fun and relaxation. Sand, Oak and Stockton Islands. |
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Wild Island Escape
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Devil's Island Rendezvous $695 Circumnavigate the Apostle Islands while stopping at all the best spots: the expansive sea caves at Devils Island, the sand spit and lagoon on Outer Island, the lighthouse on Michigan Island, the fish camp on Manitou Island, the quarries on Hermit Island, and the beaches and singing sands on Stockton Island.. |
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Apostle Island Photo Workshop
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Basic Safety Course |
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Paddlers Expedition Course (BCU 3 star) $379 A natural follow-up to the Confidence Course, this course is geared to prepare paddlers to join expeditions and extended trips, and to access more challenging paddling terrain. |
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Rescue Paddlers Course (BCU Canoe Safety) $119 A one day course in the fundamentals of kayak to kayak, kayak to swimmer, and swimmer to kayak safety management. Course includes: tx rescue, eskimo rescues, all-in-rescue, swimmer tows, contact tows and basic towing, |
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Coach II Training (BCU)
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Confidence Course
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The Paddler's Paddle Shop
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Cabin #4 Cabin #4 has a large kitchen and living room with a seperate bedroom. This cabin also has a beautiful old stone fireplace. |
Trek & Trail's cabins are located on the north edge of Bayfield. They are only four blocks from down town, and ofter a great view of Lake Superior. They are all kitchenettes with everything you will need to prepare a small dinner. They have double beds, pull out couches, and YES they have A/C.
For reservations or information please call us at: 800-354-8735, or email: lodging@trek-trail.com
Employment Opportunities
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During our summer season, Memorial Day through Labor Day, our staff grows to 18 full-time staff members. The average tenure for seasonal staff is 2.5 years. Year round positions are usually chosen from seasonal staff members.
The positions listed below represent approximately 8 new openings that will be filled for the summer season of 2008.
The Hiring Process: Our hiring process is ongoing with the largest thrust happening between January through April. We accept resumes year round. You will receive a notice of receipt when we receive you application.
Because of potential employees changing their minds, and other uncontrollable circumstances, there inevitably is some hiring that takes place between April 15th And May 1st. The priority in which we select staff positions is more or less as follows: reservationists, outfitting specialists/drivers, cabin maintenance and then guides.
Position Openings for Summer 2008
Reservations/Retail Assistant: works with customer information and trip/course bookings.
Pay min. to 10.00/hour d.o.e. Plus employee purchase benefits and an opportunity to live and play in the northwoods environment on the shores of Lake Superior.
Requirements: 17 year old minimum, sales or customer relations experience, detail oriented, computer literate, good phone skills, keen interest in the outdoors & in people. Outfitting Specialist: Assists customers & guides with the checkout of equipment, maintenance and repair of equipment, and shuttling clients to put-in and take-out sites.
Pay-min. - 10.00/ hour d.o.e. Plus employee purchase benefits and an opportunity to live and play in the northwoods environment on the shores of Lake Superior.
Requirements: Applicants must be 16 years old, have current drivers license, clean driving record, ability to do medium physical labor, and excellent attention to detail. Good mechanical skills with experience in fiberglass repair, vehicle and bicycle maintenance are a plus. Outfitting/driver: See above description, responsible for the safe transport of customers and clients to and from put-in and take-out sites.
Pay min. - 10.00/ hour d.o.e. Plus employee purchase benefits and an opportunity to live and play in the northwoods environment on the shores of Lake Superior.
Requirements: Same as above, but must be 21 years old and have a clean driving record.
Housekeeping and Maintenance: We have four cabins that we rent by the night. It is housekeepings responsibility to clean these cabins, do laundry, and mow the grass.
Pay-min. - 10.00/ hour d.o.e. Plus employee purchase benefits and an opportunity to live and play in the northwoods environment on the shores of Lake Superior.
Requirements: 15 year old minimum, housekeeping experience prefered.
Sea Kayak Guides: Instruct 1/2 - 6 day sea kayaking trips/courses in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
Pay: $55-120/day depending on experience, plus employee purchase benefits and opportunities for high level training and internationally recognized certifications.
Requirements: 18 years old, wilderness skills, paddling, and camping history, 1st Aid & CPR. kayak certification, and/or guiding experience. Guides are required to have excellent leadership, communication, and people skills. Assistant Sea Kayak Guides: Assist/Instruct 1/2 - 6 day sea kayaking trips/courses in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
Pay: $55-100/day depending on experience, plus employee purchase benefits and opportunities for high level training and internationally recognized certifications.
Requirements: 16 years old, wilderness skills, paddling, and camping history, 1st Aid & CPR. Guides are required to have excellent leadership, communication, and people skills. TO APPLY: either fill out the form below, or send us a cover letter and resume at: Trek & Trail, PO Box 906, Bayfield, WI 54814, or trek@trek-trail.com |
Over the past 20 years we have established a quality reputation with a diverse range of colleges, universities, schools, camps and scout groups. Through these relationships we have learned that individual groups have their own unique needs, focuses, finances, and schedules.
At Trek & Trail we understand your needs and welcome the opportunity to custom design a program that will help your group reach its desired objectives. Group activities may include sea kayaking, dog sledding, climbing, mountain biking, or camping. Initiative games and low ropes elements can be incorporated along with outdoor adventure activities to help groups obtain desired objectives. Trips may be gender specific, involve adjudicated youth, or other special populations. Most courses can be universally accessible, and many of our educational trips and courses are custom designed to meet specific goals and utilize resources available through the organizations we work with. They can be designed for people who have little or no experience in the outdoors and for experienced outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen who want to increase their technical skills or prepare to lead groups into wilderness areas. To make the most of our outdoor experiences, each course or trip has a unique focus that will reinforce our philosophy of "learning by doing." These programs require both individual and team effort and will build teamwork, leadership, and communication.
Please fill out this form completely to get full information on Trek & Trail's wholesale and educational programs.
We Invite You to Explore
While you browse through our web site, we hope you’ll eagerly anticipate becoming a part of our domestic and international exploratory learning adventures. Trek & Trail has been running adventure travel programs for over 20 years. All of our employees are eager to share their intimate knowledge and enthusiasm for our areas of travel with you, as well as their technical expertise. Our guides and instructors are highly trained in First-Aid and CPR. Some instructors are certified by the American Canoe Association, British Canoe Union, and Wilderness Medical Associates. We are committed to ensuring a safe, quality experience for you, as well as preserving the natural history and culture of each region we explore. Trek & Trail works closely with the Inland Sea Society to preserve Lake Superior’s pristine waters, and the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve to encourage the protection of vulnerable international areas. We incorporate our philosophy of preservation into our extended forays to exotic environments: the Apostle Islands, Alaska’s Kenai Fjords, Siberia’s Lake Baikal, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Ireland’s Blasket Islands, and Scotland’s West Coast. We invite you to join us in our explorations
Trek & Trail's business headquarters are located at
7 Washington Ave., Bayfield, WI.
Company Statements
Mission: It is the mission of Trek & Trail to create economic value in the pristine natural resources that sustain our communities, through profitable recreational and educational business activities.
Purpose: To provide integrated access to those seeking outdoor experiences by offering quality outfitting, education, guiding and retail services.
Philosophy: To do business that provides a healthy livelihood for employees while maintaining a sense of commitment to the earth. More is not necessarily better. Quality, farsighted, responsible, caring and simple are words to be thought of as we make decisions and carry out our jobs.
Value priorities:
1. Interact with the planet with respect for its present and future capacity to care for human kind.
2. Maintain a work environment that enhances the quality of life for our customers and ourselves while respecting the carrying capacity of the areas in which we work.
3. Maintain a healthy profit that will provide for and sustain the above.
Trek & Trail History
Trek & Trail was founded in November 1978. It began as a small retail x-c ski shop in Bessemer Michigan that also provided outdoor winter adventure. It operated as a Sole Proprietorship until 1986 when it incorporated as a Class C Michigan Corporation. During its first ten years of business, Trek & Trail was at the leading edge of outdoor trends in X-C skiing, Mt. Biking and Kayaking. In 1986 it opened a retail store and sea kayaking center in Bayfield, WI. Since that time Trek & Trail has grown and switched from a predominantly retail based company to a purveyor of Adventure Travel and experiential programming, running trips throughout the Apostle Islands, Alaska, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the British Isles and Siberia's Lake Baikal. In 1988 Trek & Trail founded the Inland Sea Society, a 501-C3 not-for-profit corporation that is involved in watershed management of Lake Superior's basin. The Inland Sea Symposium, an annual event, brings recreational users together to kayak and learn more about management issues facing Lake Superior. In 1991, Trek & Trail opened a sea kayaking outpost at Rowley Bay in Wisconsin's Door Country and a second outpost in Duluth, MN the following year. In 1992 the company ran its first dog sledding program in the Apostle Islands. The company sold its ski business in Bessemer, MI in 1993, and in the same year a license to use the Trek & Trail trademark to Dave & Terry Johnson. Dave and Terry recently built a new building in Ironwood, MI and operate the first Trek & Trail license. To better serve educational institutions, camps and other nonprofit organizations, the company established a special educational program with special terms and pricing in 1994. This program now accounts for over 50% of the company's user days.
To better concentrate on Trek & Trail's growing adventure travel business, the company closed its Door County Outpost in 1995 and its Duluth Outpost in 1996. Most recently, Trek & Trail formed a Mexican Corporation based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico and is expanding its Mexico-based program offerings and services to replicate its Bayfield operation. To augment Trek & Trail's international expansion, the company has initiated a dealership program which offers tour operators, travel agents, and outdoor retailers opportunities to enter the growing Adventure Travel Business.
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Trek & Trail currently has eight year-round employees of which four are full-time and four are part-time. During our summer season, Memorial Day through Labor Day, our staff grows to 30 full-time staff members. The average tenure for seasonal staff is 2.5 years. Year-round positions are usually chosen from seasonal staff members. Mary Sweval - Owner. She has provided balance and restraint to many wild ideas. Her integrity and straightforward style provide direction and stability in a sometime hectic work environment. She is a fiercely committed mother and is dedicated to the long-term success of the company. She is the one who keeps everyone's account straight, and makes sure that the bills are paid. If you have a legitimate problem she will take care of it -- but whiners beware. Mary enjoys the tropics and likes to assist our guides with obtaining food and other essential concerns. In Mary's spare time she likes to practice yoga, sew, quilt and garden.
Scott Nesvold - Head Guide. He has proved to be one of Trek & Trail's greatest assets and most active employees. His prime task is training and supervising guides. His attention to detail and ability to grasp the overall picture makes his time much in demand from all areas of the company. He graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in Geology then spent 8 years pursuing his outdoor interests in Paddle sports and XC-skiing. The strong competitor in him encouraged him to invest thirteen years in canoe racing; he is able to boast several national titles and is a two time USCA Junior National Canoeing Marathon Champion. Scott is also a highly accredited British Canoe Union Instructor (Coach 3). His other interests include: reading, mountain and dog biking, making banana chocolate chip pancakes, and playing with his dog Mukluk. |
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