BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
September 02 2026
Entry Point 25 - Moose Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 27
Elevation: 1356 feet
Latitude: 47.9877
Longitude: -91.4997
Labor day weekend 2024.
Entry point was 25-Moose lake. Went north, and then west onto Ensign Lake. Camped on eastern end of Ensign lake. Very busy and lucky to get a campsite. Day 2, went to Cattyman Falls and on down to Disappointment Lake. All sites full. Had to get off the water due to inclement storm. Ended up on Parent Lake on day 3, western camp site. Beautiful site. Exited from Snowbank lake on day 4. Overall fishing was poor. Some small mouth bass on Parent lake.
Nothing elsewhere. Approximately 20 miles of paddling/portaging. 11 portages in total. Already planning for 2025.
Burntside to Cummings Lake
Entry Date:
June 24, 2026
Entry Point:
Crab Lake and Cummings from Burntside Lake
Number of Days:
4
Group Size:
5
We paddled through Crab Lake and on to the portage to Little Crab which is undemanding. The paddle through Little Crab Lake was quick and culminated in a lift over between Little Crab and the Korb River, with two more lift overs before reaching Korb Lake. Paddling through Korb Lake and the following section of the Korb River was easy but felt interminable in anticipation of getting to Cummings, yet there was much to observe along the Korb River, including several beaver lodges and hundreds of gorgeous maroon blossoms from the purple pitcher plant.
The portage at the end of the Korb River is rocky and it took some doing to land and unload, but the portage is short, and we were happy to have made it to our destination lake. Now to find a campsite!
Our top two campsite picks were taken, but we finally settled on an island site (#287) on the eastern section of the lake and totally lucked out. We were spoiled by great campfire seating, decent tent pads, dappled sun exposure the entire day under red pines, minimal bugs, an airy latrine, and lovely breezes. Fishing was high on the activities list and many small mouth bass were caught out on the water, while a few sunnies were landed when shore fishing. Another favorite activity was collecting empty dragonfly nymphs along the rocky shore. We even got to watch two dragonflies emerge.