BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
January 08 2025
Entry Point 49 - Skipper & Portage Lakes
Skipper and Portage Lakes entry point allows overnight paddle only. This entry point is supported by Gunflint Ranger Station near the city of Grand Marais, MN. The distance from ranger station to entry point is 28 miles. Access is a 320-rod portage from Poplar Lake or a 230-rod portage from Iron Lake. This area was affected by blowdown in 1999.
Number of Permits per Day: 2
Elevation: 1865 feet
Latitude: 48.0517
Longitude: -90.5366
Little Indian Sioux River South - 9
Number of Permits per Day: 2
Elevation: 1865 feet
Latitude: 48.0517
Longitude: -90.5366
Little Indian Sioux River South - 9
Warpaint Lake
by RJB
Trip Report
Entry Date:
July 20, 2014
Entry Point:
Little Indian Sioux River (north)
Exit Point:
Little Indian Sioux River (north) (14)
Number of Days:
1
Group Size:
3
Trip Introduction:
Since I could not find anyone who had been to Warpaint Lake (including portagekeeper) I decided to see if we could get there. This represents one day of a week long trip. I will post another report relative to our group trip. On that trip we base camped on Lynx Lake and bushwacked to Yodeler/Achundo and on to Rangeline. We camped there on the night of the wild storm and were preserved from death only by the grace of God. We exited Rangeline from the Sioux Hustler Trail. It took over 4 hours to bushwack the trail to Hustler Lake. Again that will be detailed with pictures on a separate report.
Report
We had Ram lake to ourselves, with the exception of a couple of canoes that came in to fish for the day. The fishing was not as fast as I would have liked and the lakers we caught were all fairly small. The rainbows we caught were nice sized but there were harder to catch. I regret not bringing my fly rod; the rainbows rose after dinner every night.
A couple of guys from our group paddled over to Little Trout one rainy day and just got one nice laker. I've read that there is a good population of lakers in that lake though. I've done the portage from Little Trout to Misquah, which is a killer. It goes up and down a few times and is really buddy in the summer.