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| Fargo Resident |
06/22/2018 05:23PM Thank you so much for your replies everyone! We decided to change routes after the advice on here and from our Duluth friend, we switched to the Clearwater entry to caribou to pine, or to west pike lake. Also under the advice that there may be less mosquito activity in that area. I appreciate the time put into answering my question! |
| ducks |
06/22/2018 08:11AM If you are looking for remote I would switch from Snowbank to any one of the above suggested routes. Or if you stick to Snowbank extend your trip much further to get away from the crowds. Kawishiwi Lake to Malberg can be busy, but it gets remote after that. The Lady Chain suggestion is usually quiet after Polly and before Alton. I haven't been to these areas...... but Sawbill to Wine/Mesaba area is known to be quiet. As mentioned above Little Sag is known to be quiet. You could get there from Brant EP 52 or Missing Link EP 51 from Round Lake or even loop around entering at one of those and exiting at the other. |
| pswith5 |
06/22/2018 05:48AMRetiredDave: "You might consider a tow to Prairie Portage and enter Quetico. You will be traveling during a busy time and Quetico offers the greater possibility of feeling remote. Up Agnes and down the S chain would fit your time frame. There will still be other paddlers, but not so many as in the BW.not enough time to switch it to a Quetico trip. Being as how you have to go to duluth for gear i would suggest the gunflint trail. How about a seagull entry then try to make west end of ogish or even kekakabic. If you are young and want to get more remote. Travel early! |
| Atb |
06/21/2018 09:53PM If you don’t mind some longer portages, you might consider entering at crab, through Cummings and buck, and loop back to the south. If you put in a hard day one you might find some solitude. |
| lindylair |
06/21/2018 09:30PM Kawishiwi Lake is a good entry but I would propose heading up to Malberg Lake. Really cool lake with good fishing and some very nice campsites. Can get there with a 6-7 hour push double portaging. From there you could check out River Lake(great campsite on southern end of island and good walleye fishing) and the pitographs on Fishdance Lake. Or detour to the very nice sand beach site on Amber. If you get to Fishdance you could go on to Alice for more sand beach sites. Or go a different direction up towards Boulder and Adams if you want that remote feeling. Not a lot of people head up that way, very nice lakes. It wouldn't really be a complete loop but you could cover a lot of different lakes and only retrace from Malberg back to Kawishiwi. It looks different on the way back...here's proof:  We portaged right past this on the way north to Malberg and didn's see it until our return trip south.  Sand Beach site on Malberg  View from the southern island site on River Lake Wherever you go, have a great trip |
| Northwoodsman |
06/21/2018 09:08PM The Lady Lake Chain. Start at #37 Kawishiwi and end at #38 Sawbill. Spend a night on Polly, a night or two on Grace, a night on Beth, and a couple nights on Alton or Kelso. I have done this route the exact same week and didn't see a lot of people. Campsites were not a problem, but try to get one by 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. just in case. |
| boonie |
06/21/2018 07:27PM Without knowing you - your experience, capabilities, desires, etc., it's hard to give advice, but . . . As AmarilloJim said, the route you are wondering if you can do in 5 days is one I'd plan to complete in 1.5 not too hard days, including double portaging. That would take about 8 hours of travel. I'm old and I usually travel 5 +/- hours a day at 2 mph (including the miles for the 2 extra trips across portages) or 8-12 miles on a travel day. Every few days I take a day off. If you single portage, you'd do it in a day. You need to have a weather day in there or some wiggle room, so if you have 5 days, I'd figure 4 days worth of moderate travel. That's assuming you want to travel most days and not just sit one campsite for 4 nights. Assuming you'd travel 6 hours a day (say 8AM - 2PM) at 2 mph for 4 days, you'd travel 3X that distance. Farther if you single portage. Will you travel that far that fast? I don't know, but you'll have a pretty good idea after the first day. If so, you could loop N into Kekekabic and down through Fraser and Thomas and out. Or one of many possibilities. Just get your maps out and start looking at the possibilities. If you have a question, just ask. |
| RetiredDave |
06/21/2018 06:40PM You might consider a tow to Prairie Portage and enter Quetico. You will be traveling during a busy time and Quetico offers the greater possibility of feeling remote. Up Agnes and down the S chain would fit your time frame. There will still be other paddlers, but not so many as in the BW. Good luck and have fun! Dave |
| ducks |
06/21/2018 05:04PM I've done about 20 bwca trips and Disappointment to Ima area was about the busiest area I've been to. We wanted to stay on Disappointment our last night but found it full as well as Parent so we ended up exiting a day early. |
| AmarilloJim |
06/21/2018 02:57PM That entire route is only about 15 miles. Should not be a problem at all. If you had any experience paddling and camping I would suggest pushing it out to 40 or 50 miles. People have entered Disappointment unable to find an open camp site so yes this is a BUSY area. |
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06/21/2018 02:42PM Fishing is not a priority, and that's okay about the remote thing thanks for the honesty. We just decided on a route going north from Snowbank Lake entry point and getting to cattyman falls and looping back down through Dissapointment lake back to Snowbank. Do you think this route is do-able in 5 days? Also is that a pretty busy section of the area would you say? |
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| Fargo Resident |
06/21/2018 02:42PM Sorry, it should be 15-20 |
| AmarilloJim |
06/21/2018 02:20PM I don't know if you can get a "remote" feeling in the BW during that time. Maybe Little Sag. Is fishing a priority? |
| Fargo Resident |
06/21/2018 01:31PM I should add, we plan to be there July 22-27 |
| Fargo Resident |
06/21/2018 01:22PM Hi everyone, I am trying to plan a boundary waters trip kind of last minute and would really appreciate some help/advice! I've been looking at routes, but there are so many to choose from it's really hard having never been there. We are aiming for a 6 day trip (6 days, 5 nights) this is somewhat flexible We would like to be remote We would like 2-3 heavy days and the rest "average" paced (both young and healthy) We are able to borrow all needed gear from friends in Duluth I'm not sure what other info would be pertinent but would really appreciate any suggested routes! Thank you! |
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