BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
September 22 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.
Mudro Mustard
Entry Date:
September 11, 2025
Entry Point:
Mudro Lake
Number of Days:
5
Group Size:
4
We knew the weather was going to turn, so we got out early. and BOY we we right! S SW Winds and rain picked up right as we were nearing UBF Horse Portage. We were not expecting rain the whole weekend, so we kept thinking it was going to stop. NOPE! it just kept going and getting worse... This portage crushed my soul... everything was wet, the portage never stopped.... I began to reevaluate my life choices and was going to accept that this is where i was going to die. Whatever the paddle planner tells you, add 2 hrs, I thought i would get through in 2-3 hrs, 6-7 hours later we emerged near 1548 and claimed the site next to LBF. One of you angels split logs and left a pile of wood, GOD BLESS YOU! the rain stopped and we enjoyed 2 nights on the best campsite in the BWCA, WOW the falls at night, the lookout over the river, and the Pictographs made this feel very special. 
We decided to Enjoy a OFF day, and had a leisure paddle to the Pictographs, Swam at LBF, and just needed a break from the Basswood paddle and soul crushing horse portage. our spirits and energy were restored and completely fell in love with this area. We did replenish the wood a little bit before we left for Fourtown the next day. Paying it forward hopefully for the next group
Since we stayed at LBF for two days, we had some ground to make-up, Instead of Horse Lake, and a little scared of Sandpit Portage, we decided to Fourtown, Going upstream through the horse river was not hard at all. Lining the canoe was a lot of fun, and the portaged were easy peezy, Do not try to line it if there is a portage, we took a 20 min portage and made it into a 45 min shoot show, but ill blame the member of my group for heading that direction.... lesson learned, if there is a portage, take it. Fourtown was busy, and we were lucky to get a site near the Mudro Portage . That night we got to see the northern lights, a real treat. 
Ok Last day, for some reason i thought fourtown was the easier portage..... dead wrong.... what a tough portage to end the trip. I would take Sandpit twice over than head though Fourtown... But we made it, all alive and well and bumps and bruises and great memories to take with us. Lots a fun!. I will never again do that Horse portage though, better to go up and down the horse river.... IMHO....