Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: Help on nailing down my plan for 2018 - EP14/EP19?
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tombo131 |
I've had a few posts trying to figure out where I'm taking my group here in June 2018. Thought I had it nailed down, but now I'm second guessing it. Current plan: -I have an early June permit for EP14, 6 days on the water. Current plan to head straight north toward Fat/Gun area, then over toward Gebe, and down through Oyster and exit at EP 16. -I just noticed that EP19 Stuart still has the permit available for our entry day. I'm wondering if it would be more enjoyable for 6 days to do EP19 to Stuart, then Iron, then Boulder River/LLC, then exit through Agnes and EP16. We have 6 days, 5 nights. Any opinions on advantages/disadvantages of these two routes? |
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djwillco |
The only thing I would say is that the Stuart River is really a nice, peaceful way to start a trip. Only 1 permit a day and unlikely to see anyone the whole paddle in. Unless your group is not up for a little longer portage and navigating some beaver dams...then Stuart route is definitely not your jam. :) If you stay on Stuart, site 1824 is awesome for a group. Nice mix of fishing on both routes too. Never gotten skunked on any of those lakes. Should be a great trip either way! |
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unshavenman |
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tombo131 |
It looks like essentially any route out of EP14 that gets me up to Fat, regardless of where I loop to, is going to be between 37-40 miles single portaging. Around the same travel time estimate too (~18 hrs). A few loops out of 19 would be shorter; the one from EP19 to Iron, to LLC, to Agnes, and out EP16 would be right at 31 miles and 14 hours travel time. I think I to just stop second guessing this and go with my original plan at EP14. Something about the Stuart entry just has captured my interest. |
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fishnfreak |
You can thank me later, Consider getting the PMA permit for Sterling lake as well. |