BACK COUNTRY Girls Canoe
A Canoe trip for fathers and daughters
June 23-27, 2025
IT FEELS LIKE THE CARDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU.
Your daughter is bombarded with messages telling her what to be. Helping her navigate this onslaught feels impossible.
Her need for an engaged dad has never been greater, and this expedition is designed to help you be just that.
Affirm her identity
Equip her for the journey
Deepen your relationship
DADS & 13-15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS
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QUALITY TIME
Bucket list experience for dads and their 13-15-year-old daughters
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LIFELONG MEMORIES
5 day-4 night canoe trip on the Gunnison River in Colorado
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What's Included
Your registration fee covers canoe equipment, meals, wilderness guides, facilitators & materials
LEAVE BACK COUNTRY CANOE WITH
Hours of connection with your daughter through free time, activity, and teaching
A deeper understanding of your unique and powerful role as a dad
A daughter who knows the goodness that she offers the world
Memories you'll treasure for a lifetime
We are excited to announce that this trip will be in partnership with Noah’s Ark, who for the last 40 years has been known for providing extraordinary recreation and educational opportunities for families and youth from all over the world. Noah’s Ark will be serving as our outfitters, rafting guides, and friends.
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Early bird price: $2,355
Per father-daughter pair
Registration includes canoe, paddles, safety gear, all meals, wilderness guides, and more!
Deposits of $400 are accepted to reserve your space. Final payment is due 60 days before the trip.
Early Bird rate valid 10/1-10/31 only.
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Regular price: $2,565
per father-daughter pair
Registration includes canoe, paddles, safety gear, all meals, wilderness guides, and more!
Deposits of $400 are accepted to reserve your space. Final payment is due 60 days before the trip.
FAQs
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In a daughter’s life, there is no man more important than her father. As she emerges from the little girl into the young woman, she needs your presence, your strength, your guidance and your intention. While you cannot be the one to lead her into womanhood (that is her mother’s role), God designed you to be her security, safety, and strength from which she will take wing and fly.
As a 13-15 year old young woman, she needs your time, attention, and intention. And she needs to experience your affection for both her loveliness and her fierceness. What better place is there to encounter these in her than the back country
Back County Canoe truly is an epic adventure as we canoe down the Gunnison River in Colorado. We’ll make our way through the wilderness, navigate rapids, and enjoy the stunning beauty of the river and surrounding area. We have no doubt this will be one of the most memorable trips you’ve ever experienced.
Join a small group of other fathers as they seek to see, love, and launch their daughters. We have crafted an experience that will invite you to step away from the grind and enter the holy space of offering her life and love for a lifetime.
This is not just a canoe trip. God the Father used the wilderness as the context for Jesus’s preparation for ministry, and we believe there is no better place to help your daughter discover how she reflects God’s strength and beauty to the world. All the while, we will be hiking, camping, and climbing mountains away from civilization and enjoying the fierce beauty of Colorado.
Building on the categories presented in Base Camp Girls, we will deepen our exploration of what it means to be a young woman strongly supported by a kind father. [Specific activities intentionally kept secret!]
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This expedition will begin in the afternoon on June 23 near Delta, Colorado. The specific location will be revealed a few weeks before the trip. Vehicles will be shuttled to the take out point near Grand Junction, CO, where we should return to by 1:00 pm on June 27. Please plan travel accordingly.
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No outdoor experience is necessary, through all participants must be physically able to paddle a canoe for 5-6 hours a day, and do some moderate hiking. There will be other physical challenges included in this experience as well, though participants may opt out if needed.
We provide all river gear, all meals, and our guides have decades of river guiding experience, creating the space for any father-daughter pair to participate.
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You’ll be led by experienced river guides as well as facilitators who will walk you and your daughter through the relational content of the weekend.
We provide all canoes, life vests, gear related to canoeing, and group gear. All meals are also provided from dinner on Monday to breakfast on Friday.
You are responsible for personal clothing and camping gear. A limited number of tents, sleeping bags, and sleeping pads are available to rent.
Upon registration you will receive a packing list which will outline everything you need for a great trip.
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We’d love to chat more with you if you have any questions. Please email Michael at michael@restorationproject.net
