WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

Series produced by WTIP

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This podcast is all about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It is a place to hear stories from the people who visit this amazing outdoor playground. It is also a venue to learn more about the gear that helps adventuring in this unique setting be all the more enjoyable.

On this podcast, we invite you to join the adventures as well.

If you have a story you would like to share on the Boundary Waters Podcast, email us at bwcapodcast@gmail.com


97 Pieces

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FROM JUNE 2023: A large section of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will be closed near the end of the Gunflint Trail due to the ongoing t...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 13:06
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January 25 was the first day to secure a 2023 overnight paddle trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 15:57
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In this very special, one-hour episode, you’ll meet Lindsey Gau and Bill Hansen, part of our new, rotating crew of podcast hosts. They each share m...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:17
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It’s been a journey. 100 episodes. In this milestone episode, it goes back to the beginning, with Gaby, the German paddler who was featured on Ep...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 48:32
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Life can be hard. It’s almost always busy. There are responsibilities, tasks, and to-do lists abundant. Anyone who listens to this podcast regularl...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 33:40
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Ernest Oberholtzer is a name that will forever be connected to the Boundary Waters. And yet, far too many paddlers of the canoe-country know neithe...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 35:54
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There are new rangers at the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 31:40
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The Paddler Profile Series continues on the podcast with the inspiring story of one incredible human’s walk across the wilderness.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 32:15
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There are unexplainable things that can happen to people in the Boundary Waters.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
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The Barefoot Paddler returns to the podcast, this time to share stories of walking every portage in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 37:05
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For many paddlers, the BWCA is the ultimate destination for all trips. For others, its the training ground for trips further north.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 27:08
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It's all about hammocks in Episode 92.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 26:09
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Episode 90 proved to be a pivotal moment in the history of the podcast. A capsized canoe on the Temperance River in the BWCA just days after ice ou...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 32:48
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The WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast duo of Matthew Baxley and Joe Friedrichs met up with Kevin “The K-man” Kramer and “Omaha” Erik Dickes for the 2023...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 30:20
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The sights of the Boundary Waters are what many people think of when asked what they appreciate about the canoe-country wilderness.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 30:08
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Mushing is the fastest way to travel across the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness during the winter. Sled dogs love to run, and the open flats ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 35:50
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The Paddler Profile series continues in this episode. The featured paddler is Wendy Paulsen, a dedicated paddler of the BWCA and other waters acros...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 33:49
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Canoecopia 2023 took place in Madison, Wisc., from March 10-12.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 25:31
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For the first time in several years, there will be a park ranger at the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park for the full season in ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 31:17
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Climate change isn’t something most BWCA enthusiasts think of in early January.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 40:12