Canoe Trips from Ely Minnesota specializing in Boundary Waters, BWCAW and Quetico Park canoeing trips. Canoe Trip outfitting and canoeing vacations, from Piragis Northwoods Canoe Trip Outfitters and the Boundary Waters Catalog.
Piragis Northwoods Outfitters
Boundary Waters Canoe Trips
105 North Central Avenue
Ely, Minnesota 55731
info@piragis.com
1-800-223-6565


Why we do what we do:
Canoe Trips from Ely Minnesota specializing in Boundary Waters, BWCAW and Quetico Park canoeing trips. Canoe Trip outfitting and canoeing vacations, from Piragis Northwoods Canoe Trip Outfitters and the Boundary Waters Catalog.
These Forms must be filled out for each trip:

Reservation Form

Medical Form

Participation Agreement


Guided Wilderness Fully Outfitted Canoe Trip Vacations

Maximum size for each group is 7 clients

Fall in the Boundary Waters means no bugs, fewer people, warm days, cool nights, and great vistas of saturated yellows, reds, and green. Travel the BWCAW during the quiet season and see the boreal forest in all its vibrant splendor. The colors start early in September with the maples and peak with the great forests of aspen and birch in late September and early October. These reds and yellows are all offset by the beautiful dark green of the balsam, spruce, and pine with a backdrop of incredibly blue sky. With wildlife on the move in fall, chances of seeing moose, bear, otter and beaver are optimal. With some luck the howl of the wolf will sing you to sleep
Autumn Colors & Wilderness Wildlife
September 22 - 28
2012
$1195 plus tax

At the peak of the smallmouth spawn our seasoned fishing guides will guide you into lakes where the action is fast and furious.
Smallmouth Fishing
Canoe Trip
June 2 - 8
2012
$1195 plus tax

The Boundary Waters Wilderness has been home to wolves since the retreat of the glaciers. From your campsites, you can still hear wolves lonely howls or catch a glimpse of one along the lakeshore or portage. We’ll start our week by studying captive wolves at the International Wolf Center and visit sites where wild wolves are known to rendezvous. Our 5-day canoe trip in the wilderness puts us in intimate contact with the wolves’ habitat, where signs of their presence are common. We’ll paddle through wild country where man is just a visitor. We’ll camp on lakes where visitors are rare and with some luck we’ll hear or maybe even see a wolf. If wolves fascinate you please call and join us in wolf country
Howling with Wolves Canoe Camping
August 25 - 31
2012
$1195 plus tax


Quetico Kayaking Trip
with Dave Maynard
August 11 - 17
2012
$1495 plus tax

Join new friends on a wilderness experience this summer. Paddle, portage and camp in America’s canoe country with other women who share your spirit of adventure. This is our most highly rated trip by past participants, and judging by the laugh meter it must be the most fun, too. Take a break from the humdrum and discover a pristine wilderness and maybe a little about yourself at the same time
Women
Exploring Wilderness
TBA
2012
$1195 plus tax


Quetico Canoe Trip
with Dave Maynard
August 4 - 10
2012
$1495 plus tax

 

We are currently booking 3 Special Trips this year:

Fire Ecology Canoe Camping Trip June 23 -29, September 1 - 7, 2012
$1195 plus tax

Lazy on the Lake Canoe Base Camping Trip July 21 - 27, 2012
$1195 plus tax

Canoe Camping with Cliff Jacobson and Steve Johnson
August 18 - 24, 2012
$1495 plus tax

Please Note: Final payment for our guided group trips is due 30 days before the trip begins.

We also provide Guided, fully outfitted, fully customized trips for your group. If the dates above don't fit or you want to plan and reserve an exclusive Guided Trip for your group of 4 - 7 for 6 days/5 nights: $995 per person.

If you have interest, please contact Drew Brockett or Adam Macht at
1-800-223-6565 and let them know. We'll keep planning new trips.

Guided Group Trips for 2012. Give the Gift of a Fantastic Guided Trip

Each year we offer several Guided Group Canoe Trips throughout the paddling season. These trips are Guided and Fully Outfitted. This means all you have to bring is your clothing, personal toiletries, fishing gear, and we do the rest. We provide lodging in Ely at the beginning and the end of the trip, permits, shuttles, guides, and all of your equipment.

We get great people from all over the country and it makes for a great group dynamic.

If one of these trips sounds right for you, give Drew Brockett or Adam Macht a call at 800-223-6565 to get more details and to sign up.

Planning Your Canoe Camping Trip Starts Here at Piragis.Com. Please contact our Outfitting Department -- Drew Brockett or Adam Macht (1 - 800 - 223 - 6565) for more information. We are canoe trip outfitters in Ely, Minnesota. We rent canoes and camping gear to paddlers who love to canoe and camp in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Canada's Quetico Provincial Park. We'll plan your BWCA trip and get your camping permits with efficiency and expertise. We also offer guided Wilderness Trips in the Boundary Waters and beyond!

THE BOUNDARY WATERS (BWCAW) and QUETICO PROVINCIAL PARK... The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, when combined with Canada's Quetico Provincial Park, just across the border, offers over two million acres of island-studded lakes and pine-covered forests that are accessible only to canoeists. The Boundary Waters Wilderness a place of intriguing interest and unparalleled beauty. Hundreds of miles of water routes wind through hundreds of lakes, past dozens of cascading waterfalls and around scores of rushing rapids. The only way to see it is from a canoe. Motorboats are prohibited from all of the interior lakes and from most of the fringe lakes. No one is permitted to live in the BWCA and no man-made structures are allowed there. Created by glaciers and protected by the Federal Government, the BWCAW is a very special, natural place.

These Forms must be filled out for each trip:

Reservation Form

Medical Form

Participation Agreement