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Designed for younger, first-time campers. Enjoy learning and building friendships in a nurturing, fun environment. Round-trip transportation from the Twin Cities and Duluth available.
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Located in Finland, Minnesota, the Wolf Ridge campus is bordered by rivers, lakes, and streams, with spectacular views of Lake Superior and the Sawmill Valley.
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Founded in 1971, Wolf Ridge hosts 12,000+ visitors annually, many for multi-day immersive outdoor experiences on our 2,000-acre campus.
About OverviewDesigned for younger, first-time campers. Enjoy learning and building friendships in a nurturing, fun environment. Round-trip transportation from the Twin Cities and Duluth available.
Entering grades 6-7: Multiple dates available. Discover and explore the natural world while building outdoor skills at Wolf Ridge. Transportation from the Twin Cities and Duluth available.
Women make up less than 5% of US carpenters by trade. The purpose of this course is to provide a supportive learning environment for women to work with their hands, using traditional and modern tools to learn the craft of timber frame building. The women who take this class may use these skills to pursue personal building projects or continue to develop their skills in pursuit of a career working with wood.
Do you look for interesting rocks on every beach or gravel road and want to discover their story? Are you an agate or Thomsonite seeker? Do you wonder about all those rock faces you see as you drive heading north on Highway 61?
Galls, burls, and brooms! Oh my! This workshop will focus on exploring the Lilliputian world of galls, burls, and brooms as well as the plants they grow on.
This workshop is a hands-on introduction to fall raptor banding migrating down the Lake Superior corridor. The emphasis will be on Northern Saw-whet owls.
We plan to teach you about the many different kinds of agates found on our near the shores of Lake Superior. Have you heard of eye agates? Skip an Atom Agates? How about Water Level or Paint Agates?
Have you ever wondered why some wood turns blue when it rots? Or where all the dead leaves go after each autumn? Or what the moldy cheese in the back corner of your fridge drawer has to do with climate change?
This weekend at Wolf Ridge, spend time with experienced yoga instructors, Rewa Giroux-Dumas and Dawn Perras in a relaxing and rejuvenating setting.