GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — Peta Barrett, founder of Women’s Wilderness Discover in Ely, leads a workshop on lacing Ojibwe-style snowshoes. “Trekking the Wilderness” airs on Pioneer PBS Sunday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Peta Barrett sold her Minneapolis talent agency and founded Women’s Wilderness Discovery to guide Boundary Waters and Superior National Forest trips year-round. She specializes in guiding women who are new to wilderness adventures. Peta contracts with up to nine female guides who lead 25 to 30 trips in the summer and about two per month in the winter. Women’s Wilderness Discovery offers two types of guided services: scheduled trips that anyone can sign up for on the company’s website and customized trips for organizations, families and friends groups.
In January, Prairie Sportsman’s crew visited Peta at her Ely facility where she was leading a workshop on lacing Ojibwe-style snowshoes. The native people designed a shoe with a pointed toe that can part brush when trekking through northern Minnesota’s forests. The traditional snowshoes also work better in deep snow and wilderness than modern aluminum snowshoes, which work best on packed trails.
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