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 VERTICAL
VENTURES specializes in small group backcountry excursions.
We offer a wide range
of excursions--varying in length, location, and activities--to fit
everyone's interests.
| BRUCE
PENINSULA GEORGIAN BAY GETAWAY |
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Coastal national
park on the northeastern tip of the Bruce Peninsula in the
Georgian Bay of Ontario, Canada. We’ll hike, backpack and
camp along scenic stretches of this internationally known
trail on the Niagara Escarpment. “The Bruce” has limestone
cliffs, mature forests, water filled grottos, caves and cobblestone
beaches which overlook the blue waters of the Georgian Bay
in Lake Huron. Come hear the Loons. The hiking on this adventure
is along rugged coast line and is rated easy to moderate.
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| SLEEPING
BEAR DUNES / MANITOU ISLANDS ESCAPE |
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northwestern coast of Michigan’s lower Peninsula, on North &
South Manitou Island. We travel to the Island by taking a ferry,
which is approximately 2 hours long. Upon arriving, we begin
the excursion by backpacking around the Island.
The North offers
wild backcountry hiking while the South Island offers a look
at the Gull Rookery, exploration of 450 ft. dunes rising from
Lake Michigan and a visit to the islands oldest inhabitants,
an ancient stand of White Cedars, some as old as 500 years.
The hiking on this
adventure is along trails and sandy beaches and is rated easy
to moderate.
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| PICTURED
ROCKS COASTAL BACKPACKING ADVENTURE |
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The Lake Superior
shoreline in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is packed full of
beautiful coastal scenery. This backpacking adventure explores
the unique sandstone outcroppings and formations, breathtaking
overlooks, cobblestone beaches, grottos, waterfalls, and Lake
Superior’s ever changing and unpredictable moods. The hiking
on this adventure is rated moderate.
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| PUKASKWA
- WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
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This coastal and
interior national park is located on the northeastern shore
of Lake Superior in northern Ontario, Canada, we’ll backpack
rugged coastal trail, cross canyons on high suspension bridges,
hike past waterfalls and explore the mysterious Pukaskwa Pits
built by the park’s ancient inhabitants around 2,000 years
ago. This park is home to Wolves, Moose, Eagles, Black Bear,
Barren Ground Caribou and ancient souls. This is the North
country as you could only imagine it! The hiking on this adventure
is rated moderate to difficult.
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| LAKE
SUPERIOR - THE WILDNESS OF THE NORTH SHORE |
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Lake Superior
Provincial Park in Northern Ontario, offers great coastal
& interior hiking. One of Ontario’s largest parks has
been sculpted and built by volcanoes, earthquakes and glaciers
to create an immensely diverse topography. This park with
its rocky shorelines, wind swept islands and canyons, pristine
lakes, rivers and bogs, boreal forests and alpine vegetation
make it a wilderness paradise for backpackers, canoeists,
rock climbers and adventurers. The hiking for this adventure
is rated moderate.
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| PORCUPINE
MOUNTAINS - WILDLIFE AND WATERFALLS |
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Visit Michigan's most hidden treasure, the Porcupine Mountains
in the Western Upper Peninsula.
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| KILLARNEY
- LAND, WATER and ART by CANOE & BACKPACK |
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On the northern
edge of the Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. This provincial
park encompasses the eastern section of the La Cloche Mountains,
glacial lake beaches, spectacular rock formations and prehistoric
native sites. We’ll hike and canoe along steep sections of
rock, through misty lakes and hike along windswept ridges
overlooking vast stretches of this amazing park. See the art
of nature on a grand scale.
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| VENEZUELA
- LOST WORLD ADVENTURE |
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This is a land
of panoramic views, exquisite peoples, geographic wonders,
and ecological and human tragedies. Caracas, the rain forests,
the Orinoco, Tepuis and the Andes are places where imagination
lives along side reality. Learn how a people and land in crisis
are truly impacted by current tourism trends.
This adventure
offers a unique perspective on the conservation of ecosystems
and cultures on the verge of collapse. See first hand what
some local people are doing on their own to effect positive
change in their country and be a part of it!
This is no Caribbean
cruise or so-called “ecotour”, its a two week course like
no other. Previous hiking and climbing experience is required.
Price includes:
- local transportation
- food
- lodging
- backcountry
and climbing guides from U.S. and Venezuela.
Tuition for this
trip is $1,800.00 US
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ALL LISTED EXCURSIONS
INCLUDE SEASONED BACKCOUNTRY GUIDES, LOCAL TRANSPORTATION, THE FINEST
IN CAMP CUISINE & ALL GROUP BACKCOUNTRY EQUIPMENT.
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