While Dee makes a delicious peach cobbler and Dick's macaroni salad is the best. At other campouts each individual person or family is responsible for their own meals. A wide variety of cooking methods are used by the group including charcoal grilling, box oven baking, open pit wood fire, Dutch Ovens, camp stoves, etc. Some members use their ingenuity and skills to cook an egg on a stick or boil water in paper bags. Civic Activities of the group include trail clearing in wilderness areas and campsite maintenance.
Some members teach survival skills and others are scout leaders.
Membership is open to mature adults only - under 18 must be with a family. Completion of a survival skills class is recommended. Wilderness Trekkers is a non-profit organization formed by people who enjoy hiking canoeing, camping and backpacking in the wilderness. It is organized and operated for and by its members. Wilderness Trekkers is dedicated to promotion of and education for responsible use and enjoyment of the outdoors.