If you're a beginner, you have no real experience in canoes or kayaks. You might have paddled when you're a kid, but you have had no formal instruction. Camp Rutabaga may be one of your first times in a canoe or kayak; and that's awesome. You may not know what you don't know.
Canoeing for the Kayaker
Kayaking for the Canoeist
Recreational Kayak - Basics
Sea Kayak - Introduction
Solo Canoe - Basics
Tandem Canoe Basics
An introduction to paddling on lakes, rivers, or streams that anyone with basic skills can handle. Use fundamental skills at a relaxed pace. Distance 4-6 miles.
Tour - Big Lake & Round Lake (Relaxed Tour)
Tour - Allequash Lake Natural History
Tour - Crab Lake
Tour - Fish Trap Dam to Camp Manito-wish (Relaxed Pace)
Tour - Frank Lake Historical Paddle
Tour - Manitowish Lake Historical Paddle
Tour - Nixon Lake
Tour - Tenderfoot Natural Area (Relaxed Pace)
Build on the fundamentals. For paddlers with some sea kayaking experience or formal instruction.
Canoe (Solo or Tandem) - Boat Control
Canoe - Forward Stroke
Canoe - Rescues and Towing
Kayak - Rescues and Towing
Tandem Canoe - Combining Strokes
Kayak - Boat Control
Kayak - Boat Control 2
Kayak - Forward Stroke
Kayak - Bracing
Kayak - Combining Strokes
Kayak - Greenland Paddling Intro
If you're an intermediate paddler: You've been paddling on day trips or even longer, and feel comfortable in a canoe or kayak, but you lack some skills to make your paddling more efficient and easier. You are fine when conditions are mild, but you might be uncomfortable in some situations. You know what you know, and with concentration, you can perform most skills.
Canoe - Efficiency and Stroke Refinement
Canoe - Intro to Moving Water
Canoe - Poling
Recreational Kayak - Intro to Moving Water
Kayak - Greenland Paddling 2
Sea Kayak - Intro to Kayak Rolling
Sea Kayak - Kayak Rolling 2
Kayak - Advanced Rescues and Towing
Good fundamental skills required to handle distances of 8-10 miles and variable conditions.
Tour - Camp Manito-wish YMCA to Island Lake
Turtle Flambeau Skillbuilder
If you're an advanced paddler, you have a lot of time in a boat, canoe or kayak. You're comfortable in strong wind and waves, strong current or whitewater, and generally don't have to think about things too much, and reactions are natural, just like breathing.
Canoe - Canadian Style Canoeing
Canoe - Introduction to Freestyle Canoeing
Canoe - Wind & Waves
Sea Kayak - Lake Superior Skillbuilder Tour
Solo Canoe - Advanced Strokes
Tandem Canoe - Advanced Strokes
Kayak - Wind & Waves
Full day tours putting solid technical skills to use covering 12-15 miles at a 3-4 mile/hour pace.
Moving Water Skillbuilder Tour
