BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
September 05 2026
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.
Gunflint to MacFarland
Entry Date:
June 28, 2026
Entry Point:
Crab Lake and Cummings from Burntside Lake
Exit Point:
South Lake (58)
Number of Days:
8
Group Size:
6
First day out was a long paddle wind in the face all the way to South Lake. I planned the trip in this direction as rumor had it the prevailing winds were easterly. That apparently is very hit or miss, and in our case mostly miss. No white caps (or very few) so we did it.
One friend had a hard time getting out of Greenland, so we met them at Trapper Lake the next day and brought them back to South to meet the group. Bass fishing on South Lake is very good.
The rest of the trip was less eventful, always great to get in the rhythm again. We did good on the fishing and had fish dinner for 5 (one non fish eater) 4 out of 7 nights on the trail. Mostly bass and northern, with one great walleye. No bear, no moose, though we did see fresh moose tracks on the hike to Johnson falls. Really enjoyed the campsite on Little Caribou, but the fishing on that lake not impressive.
Our last night was on the far end of Pine, and out campsite looked into the BWCA one side and lake homes on the other. That was the 4th of July though so we did catch some fireworks.
On Pine we stretched our legs on a relatively flat outcropping and about 5 minutes in we notice the absolutely still loon. Oops! We quietly left but got some great views. Glad we didn't push them off the nest, but probably stressful for that bird.
I was able to get a relay set up with my Garmin Messenger Plus to WP plugin that read a subset of message sent, which automatically posted the text, a picture, and location to a blog. That blog can be found at Blue Hat Travel. Can't put a link here so I will leave you to Google it if you want to see the campsites we used. I sent a message each night at camp.