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Go Wild!

Go Wild!

March 5
Go Wild! challenges youth through a six-day wilderness backpacking trip into the spectacular Kootenay backcountry. Go Wild! isn’t just a backpacking trip: it’s an education in backcountry camping and hiking that teaches students the wilderness skills needed to safely plan and undertake mountain explorations. Starting a fire, reading a topographic map, planning a route without relying on…

Upcoming Invermere Events

Columbia Lake Weed Pull

Invermere
Saturday, June 14
Led by the fun and knowledgeable weed-busting folk from East Kootenay Invasive Species Council, we'll head out on trails, shoreline or access tracks around the East side of Columbia Lake, hunting for invasive species like knapweed to pull…

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    May 20
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