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October 13 2025

Entry Point 23 - Mudro Lake

Mudro Lake entry point allows overnight paddle only. This entry point is supported by Kawishiwi Ranger Station near the city of Ely, MN. The distance from ranger station to entry point is 19 miles. Three accesses into Mudro Lake involve portages ranging from 20–185 rods.Easiest access is from private la nd with parking fee.

Number of Permits per Day: 5
Elevation: 1166 feet
Latitude: 48.0356
Longitude: -91.8301
On the Water- Monday July 20th-
On the water late considering how far we need to go today. Up the Horse river to the falls by 6pm. Started raining and NO campsites available. Mudrow-Alruss-Tin can Mike-Horse Lake-Horse River-Basswood. 13 miles by water. (not counting portages)

Tuesday July 21st-
Rain all night, all morning and all day. Went north by petroglyphs, table rock and the the Crocked Lake Narrows across Thursday bay to campsite. Basswood-Crooked Lake-Wednesday Bay-Thursday Bay. 11 miles in the rain.

Wednesday July 22nd-
Up early and calm winds to take advantage of, considering the big water we have to cross. Found beaver dam to lift over and did a portage from hell between Pandos lake and Chippewa Lake. VERY steep and slippery after rain. Many mud holes. Then the mile portage after Wagosh Lake to Gun Lake. Never saw another soul in a canoe or campsite the entire day! Thursday bay-Friday Bay-Pandos Lake-Chippewa Lake-Wagosh lake-Gun Lake. 11 miles by water.

Thursday July 23rd-
Finally had a dry night. got everything dry!!! A few portages today to Fourtown Lake campsite. Easy day by comparison. Gun Lake-Fairy Lake-Boot Lake-Fourtown Lake. 6 miles. Put the long miles at the first of the week for a buffer for contingencies!

Friday July 24th-
Last day. Stormed last night bad. A few portages today with one bad one between Fourtown Lake and Mudrow lake. To entry point by 1pm. Ready for a hot shower! 4 miles

Total-
45 miles by water
13 miles by portage (3 trips each)
58 miles total.

Wind base camp

by GMECSWAN
Trip Report

Entry Date: July 21, 2024
Entry Point: Moose Lake
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 2

Trip Introduction:
Moose entry to Wind and base Camping.

Report


While vacationing in Florida in February I shared some of my love of going on trips into the BWCA. My friend was interested so we grabbed a permit before we headed home. We did some long distance planning as we live 5 hours apart. Our outfitter got us all set and had a bunkhouse room for us. We went through our gear and paired down duplicates and non essentials. After dinner at the Boathouse we hit the sack. We drove ourselves to entry point 25 and unloaded everything at the beginning of the short path to Moose Lake. The paddle over to the entry point was easy and very beautiful. The portage heads up right away and my newbie friend wanted to carry the canoe. We did not take time to adjust the shoulder pads and it was a mistake, poor Ken just could not get the canoe comfortable. We made it in 2 trips and started our paddle over to the far south west campsite. We picked it from the map as it is away from through traffic and Moose Lake motor boat noise. It was not in use when we paddled up to it for our 3 nights on Wind Lake. We landed parallel to the long rock slope and landed easily and just slid the canoe up off the water for unloading. It was evident that the camp had not been used for awhile, I am guessing at least a month maybe more. The path, once we found it, to the latrine was over grown and loaded with mosquitoes. The last campers did not leave a supply of fire wood for the first fire, a kindness we have received every other trip and left every time for the next camper. The site had 3-4 very small tent spots, but we had one 4 person tent and struggled to find a large level spot. The spot we selected was right on the edge of a rock. We were only able to get 2 stakes in the tent base. We use the abundance of rocks to secure the base and rain fly. The location on fire grate offered great views of the lake and a really nice breeze. We fished that south west bay and caught an estimated 30 pike and 20 small mouth. We had planned to go over to the islands and jig for walleye but we were having too much fun throwing wopper ploppers and getting top water action. We did not see another person until the end of our third day. We did not have any black flies but plenty of mosquitoes. Only one real sunny day and that was our worst fishing day and the best fishing day was the worst weather. Great trip!  

 


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