BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
January 08 2025
Entry Point 23 - Mudro Lake
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.
Pine Lake base camping, Aug. 2016
Entry Date:
August 02, 2016
Entry Point:
Trout Lake
Number of Days:
7
Group Size:
7
Everything after Day 1 and 2 seemed "not so bad" including the notorious "wall" from Muskeg to Kiskadinna and the Misquah - Little Trout portage. However, we also hit each of the difficult portages on short days, well fed, and rested. The state of your mind has a lot to do with how you remember a difficult section of trail. We stayed away from Winchell and followed Omega-Henson-Allen-Horseshoe to get back to Ram. I loved the small chain of lakes and I have no regrets about the path we selected.
The big negative about this loop was the constant encounters with "new entry points" as you loop around. Basically you never move away from being in close proximity to entry points (with the obvious exception of the start and finish). Actually we did not see many people at all. But from the looks of the camps, the country around Brule Lake and Poplar Lake gets hit hard. We also tripped late season and that has a lot to do with encountering other travelers. The big plus for this loop was the diversity of the country, beautiful hills, very pretty lakes, maintained portages, and solitude. My favorite day was Karl to Omega. My favorite camps were on Karl and Little-Trout.