Borchers Au Sable Canoe and Kayak w/Riverside Bed and Breakfast will be re-opening for the 2025 Paddle Season Saturday, May 3rd!
The Riverside Bed and Breakfast is filling up fast for the busy season, so make your reservations soon! Borchers is also your premier outfitter on the Au Sable River for trips of a few hours all the way up to your muli-day camping excursions! Borchers also welcomes large group outings for some river fun as well!
Make Borchers one of your must-do destinations of 2025……..See you on the river!
Canoe Trips
Burton's
Landing
Great for families, groups and beginners, our most popular trip.
Spend the morning or afternoon exploring the historic AuSable River. The first half of your trip winds past homes and cottages dotting the scenery. As you enter the AuSable State Forest the beauty of Mother Nature surrounds you with cedars and pines.
-8 miles, mostly wadeable,
-2.5 hours paddling time.
-Picnic stop options 1.5 & 2 hours
Stephan Bridge Landing
Rated the Best Day Trip by seasoned paddlers. Extend your trip into the “Holy Water”
Enjoy the highlights of the Burton’s Trip and stop for a picnic. Then catch the increase in the current. Watch for wildlife such as deer, heron, otter, and muskrat. Look for brook trout and in deep holes the elusive browns. Follow the great blue heron as he glides down river.
-13 miles, slightly deeper
-4 hours paddling time
-Picnic stop options 1.5, 2, & 2.5 hours.
Wakeley Bridge Landing
Full day excursion. Paddling experience highly recommended.
The water gets deeper and more challenging below Stephan Bridge. Enter the Huron National Forest, where the scenery remains beautiful. Fishing lodges and cottages dispersed along this section of river give a glimpse into the rich recreation history of the area.
-18 miles, incl. “Holy Water”
-5.5 hours paddling time
-Picnic stop options 1.5, 2, & 2.5 hour
Overnight Camping Trips
Trips from overnight to 5 days.
See our recommended itineraries.
Explore all that the AuSable has to offer; shallow upper stretches, deep ponds behind the dams, rock strewn stretches with high banks, and of course the joys of portaging. Camp in the State Forest, the National Forest and/or one of the full service county parks along the way.
-26 to 126 miles
-8.5 to 49 hours paddling time
-Picnic and camping options
B & B Accommodations
Comfortable amenities, friendly guest service, family style breakfast, all overlooking the AuSable River.