BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
September 22 2024
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.
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