BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
June 02 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.
South Moose River
Entry Date:
July 26, 2018
Entry Point:
Moose River (south)
Number of Days:
4
Group Size:
2
Once we got there, we parked, loaded up the canoe and were away. About 15 mins in, there was a fork in the river where you can stay on the Moose River or go down Bezhik Creek. We double checked the map for direction and continued down the Moose River to the first portage. It was super easy to find, unload, and walk through. After this we had some issues. There were some rapids that we came across about halfway between the 1st portage and 2nd portage. We went back and forth a few times to make sure that we didn't miss the 2nd portage but we didn't find anything. So, we actually paddled into the woods and portaged around the rapids. Once we got back in the canoe, we paddled for about 20 mins and found the 2nd portage. This portage was much shorter so we actually doubled portaged our gear. Once we got into the lake, we ended up being able to secure the 1st site on the NW side.
We settled in there for the whole trip. It was a great site with a great landing and rocks to dry things off. Sun came up right over the lake so we were able to dry things off really quickly. Star watching wasn't super great because there was a full moon on the Friday. There was a great landing pad. We saw that there were three good places to set up a tent on the site. One by the fire pit and the other two further back int he woods. The fishing from the site was fantastic as well. We caught mostly small mouths from the shore and walleyes out on the lake. We had a small radio with us so we got MPR and the Twins games from a local station in Ely. Weather was great. Little rain on the Saturday night but other than that, it was good. We did not portage to any other lakes, nor did we feel the need to. Big Moose was beautiful. We did a lot of swimming and exploring of the small islands on the lake.
We left Sunday around 8:30am after breakfast. The paddle out was a lot easier than the paddle in. We portaged around the rapids again and arrived at the car around 11:30am. We were back in the cities by 5pm.
Overall, it's a great entry point. If you do go, I would make sure to check with your outfitter to see how the water level of the river is. For us, it wasn't wasn't a problem, even in July. But, in some seasons where there is not as much rain, it's worth checking.