Camp Menogyn

★★★★★Bear Tortorello

Have had some of my greatest experiences and have met some amazing people at Menogyn and I could not recommend it more. Except for please make the feedback forms slightly more anonymous it is so much harder to give actual feedback when you know your guide is sitting down and reading them. Especially if you want to go back again. I love all my guides so much and they have all been amazing, except for Ben, he was a miserable guide. Thank you for all the memories Menogyn.

★★★★★Linc H

I think it was about 1959 and I was 14. Long time ago but a life changing experience I still remember (I think). My dad tricked me and a couple of friends into going to Menogyn. We thought it would be a lark. By the second day outbound I thought I was nearly dead. Things got better and better. I was so proud of portaging the canoe. I remember drinking the lake water out of a tin cup. Somebody told me there is a dangerous moose parasite that makes that not good. I remember the parchment lake maps and that there was no lake where the map said there was one. It was a mud flat to trudge across. I remember the sauna on the dock at base camp and jumping into the lake. Keep on trudging cross that border trail son's of camp Menogyn

★★★★★Cathlin Hess

At age 15 I first was sent by my Mum to Menogyn. We lived in Duluth, MN, and Mum had been a champion paddler at the U of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Being a petulant teen, I resented being "sent" there that first summer. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. I went again the next year and was a "work camper" for 4 weeks, three of which were taken off my parents' bill, the fourth week I stayed because I loved it. I've no doubt it has changed quite a bit, but at 56 yrs old now, I cannot say enough good things about my experiences in the BWCA and the things I learned, and the work I did, at Camp Menogyn. I hope you continue your good work for decades ~ Cathlin

★★★★★Michael L

im 26 now and went to many YMCA camps growing up. I hiked in montana, i spent countless weeks in the BWCA with guides who honored the land and instilled a level of grit in me that i still carry. Incredible memories that I now make with my friends heading our own expeditions.

★★★★★Joshua Finkelstein

Took several trips through the Boundary Waters and Quetico throughout high school. Great being totally isolated in true wilderness without any signs of human interference. Truly beautiful and wild. Everyone should be able to experience true nature and the outdoors in places like this through organizations like the YMCA.