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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Winter Camping and Activities Sawbill to Hub...would you carry ice chisel?? |
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02/19/2024 12:03PM
Starting this Thursday I'm going from sawbill to hub and back. Prepared to carry everything on the portages. When I was through there couple of years ago in late April in a canoe there wasn't much current through that area. With the present conditions would you bring an ice chisel (extra 6 lbs.) or just a trekking pole, or will it be so obvious where the thin ice will be that you bring nothing to check for thin ice?
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02/20/2024 02:48PM
Dave,
There is a lot of ice up north. The lake are still pretty safe to walk on. There are 4-wheelers and side by sides on northern lakes.
I was on Gunflint lakes this weekend and yeah, the portages need snow, but we were able to pull our toboggans across-there were rocks that we had to be careful of.
Some lakes have snow, some do not so make sure you bring some ice gippers.
A couple of ski poles to stab the ice would give you a piece of mind around narrows and flowage areas.
There is a lot of ice up north. The lake are still pretty safe to walk on. There are 4-wheelers and side by sides on northern lakes.
I was on Gunflint lakes this weekend and yeah, the portages need snow, but we were able to pull our toboggans across-there were rocks that we had to be careful of.
Some lakes have snow, some do not so make sure you bring some ice gippers.
A couple of ski poles to stab the ice would give you a piece of mind around narrows and flowage areas.
02/21/2024 10:29AM
One area to be careful is the swamp/creek between Zenith and Frederick. In January of 2015 we broke through in a that area and it was a much colder year than this year. We had no issues anywhere else but only went as far as Wine.
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