BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
January 13 2025
Entry Point 16 - Moose/Portage River (North of Echo Trail)
Number of Permits per Day: 5
Elevation: 1348 feet
Latitude: 48.1230
Longitude: -92.0991
A favorite route offering many trip options and memorable things to see including;
World Class fishing for all four BWCA Species
Pictographs
Soaring granite hills and cliffs
Small lakes
Small rivers
Tumbling rapids and waterfalls
Wildlife, including Moose
Vistas from high points across the region if you're willing to climb. Rating Easy to Moderate. Day One. Get to EP16 off of the Echo Trail early. The initial portage is long, but well worn and smooth, sloping gently downgrade to the launch area. Load your canoe and head North. You'll be paddling with the slight current on this narrow winding river. The water is clear and make sure to tell the bowperson to watch for looming rocks!
Entry point 23: Iron Lake Loop
Entry Date:
September 10, 2024
Entry Point:
Mudro Lake
Number of Days:
7
Group Size:
2
First day we started at Mudro and made our way and camped at Boot Lake. Second day we aimed to get all the way to Beartrap lake to set us up for a longer day the next day. Third day you have to get all the way to Iron lake which is probably around 9 miles because there are no designated camp sites between Beartrap and Iron Lake. Until we got to Iron Lake that day we saw no one else as we made our way north via the Beartrap river (not surprisingly we also saw no one while going the wrong way on Spring Creek). We got in very late to Iron Lake after seeing no one and we were awfully surprised to have significant difficulty finding a camp site. Seems like a lake popular for fishing. We had no issues finding a site anywhere else on this route.
Day 4 and 5 we camped on Crooked Lake. I had seen before we left that rain was in the forecast on the day we had planned to exit and this was confirmed by someone we met on the trail. So we decided to exit a day sooner than we planned. Day 6, we went all the way from our campsite in Friday Bay to Fourtown Lake. This section has the longest portage of 300 rods.
Final day was short and easy as we returned from Fourtown to Mudro. Then to cap off the trip we went for brunch at Britton's.
Everywhere was beautiful. Saw tons of swans. We only saw a few beaver which was surprising since we passed so many dams and lodges. It being so hot, swimming in the lakes was refreshing. Video trip report: https://youtu.be/-m9Mcrtc_60