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Entry Point 27 - Snowbank Lake


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Snowbank Lake entry point allows overnight paddle or motor (25 HP max). This entry point is supported by Kawishiwi Ranger Station near the city of Ely, MN. The distance from ranger station to entry point is 24 miles. Access is a boat landing or canoe launch at Snowbank Lake. Many trip options for paddlers. This area was affected by blowdown in 1999.

Number of Permits per Day: 8
Elevation: 1191 feet
Latitude: 47.9716
Longitude: -91.4326
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chuckd
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02/24/2011 03:13PM
  
New Trip Report posted by chuckd

Trip Name: Kashapiwi Agnes Loop.

Entry Point: 25

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lars54
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03/04/2011 02:07PM
  
thanks for the report.
I can't remember whar I did yesterday
good job on a trip 7 years ago
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Day trip to Moose & Wind, failed to reach Wind Bay & Basswood
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Alice Lake
Kawishiwi Lake to Malberg Lake and Others
6 Days Solo out of Kawishiwi Lake - EP37
Polly, Malberg, and a long day trip to Fishdance
Video Blog of Malberg Through Entry #37
One Pan-tastic Adventure
YouTube Slideshow to Lake Polly with Grandsons
Kawishiwi to Malberg and back
Kawishiwi to Malberg and back
2023 Memorial Weekend - 4 day / 3 night - Kawashiwi Lake
The bugs were biting

EP 38 - Sawbill Lake

Sawbill Lake - 38
Routes
Kaleeb - Trip to Tuscarora
Trip Reports
Memories of BWCA
BWCA Frost River Solo Trip, June 1996
Where it all began--my first trip into the BWCA
Journey to Manhood
bushwacker practice
From A Father to A Son
The Four Solos - 2006
Sawbill to Cherokee 2007
Sawbill Temperance loop
Bannock Sawbill to Cherokee July 07
Smoke for the weekend
Exhaustion 101: My Frost River solo.
Solo Rejuvenation
Frost Lake
sawbill-temperance-burnt loop-who let the dogs out
North End of Sawbill
Girls Trip
A Solo Snowshoe Trip From Sawbill
The Bear Facts
Sawbill - Ada - Skoop - Cherokee and back
FIRST BWCA TRIP
Smoke Lake - July 2009
Fun & Adventure - Re-Bonding in the BWCA
Water World
The Celebration Trip
Because I CAN!
First kayak first solo
Fine Wine north of Sawbill
Love at first site
Group of 9 Basecamping at Burnt
Isaac's first trip to BWCA for his 8th Birthday
Smoke Lake 2010
North Temperance
2010 trip
Sawbill Lake to Burnt Lake
Sawbill to Cherokee, October 2010
Saw bill Oct 2010
Savoring Time on Wine
Blackflies, firewood, loons & diamond rings.
Sawbill to Phoebe
“Something is dreadfully wrong!” Mesaba, Dent, Wine loop from Sawbill
sawbill solo
Sawbill to Cherokee Washout
Two guys and a dog to Sprig Lake
Labor Day at Alton with the Kids - Wolves and perfect Weather!
Return to Cherokee (with a bonus)
Pictorial Trip Report - Spartans and Helots
Eighteen Hours on Cherokee
Surrogate Granpa - taking an 8 and 11 yr old for their first BW trip.
Cha-Row-Kee (Cherokee) Loop through Davis Lake
40 years of dreaming of this trip: Mission: Sawbill to Cherokee Lake
Sawbill to Cherokee Lake and back
Sawbill to Phoebe and back with a bad back and broken tongue
Sawbill/Cherokee/Brule/Temperance/Fire Loop -- Solo
Lady Chain Louse River Loop
Sawbill EP38 to Phoebe (the lazy route) - August 2014
A Bucket List Trip to Cherokee Lake
A Bucket List Trip to Cherokee Lake
Late September Phoebe Lake
Sawbill to Sawbill, Rain, Snow, Sun and Fun
Alton base camp
Sawbill to Phoebe
Sawbill to Tuscarora Lake and back again
Burnt Lake Weekend
Two Dads, Two Kids Sawbill
Lady Chain Solo with Dog: Report and Video
Magic the Paddling: Sawbill, Phoebe, Malberg, Fishdance, Kawishiwi
Sawbill to Crooked and Gillis and back via Frost River loop (in reverse)
First Solo: Sawbill loop up to Cherokee and back down through Temperance. September 2016.
Faith Men's BWCAW 2016 Trip
3 Night Cherokee-Temperance Loop
SAWBILL + LOUSE LOOP SOLO TRIP / FEMALE PADDLER
Little Sag East Loop from Sawbill
Our Sawbill Sojourn
Sawbill - Cherokee loop. Beavers and rain!
Mom & 2 young sons
Fall Inaugural
Smoke's Sawbill Solo
6 day solo Frost River Loop
Sawbill to Smoke
GHOST Shoe
Sawbill to Lake One, Across the Center of the BWCA
Sawbill 7 day loop
Sawbill Lake Loop -- The Real World?
Sawbill Loop to Cherokee
Two Day Trips - Kelso Lake Loop and Clearwater Lake
August 2019 Grandkids first Trip - Sawbill
Late September Sawbill loop
Frost River Loop
Memorial Day Get-Outta-Dodge Trip
Sawbill/Cherokee, Covid-19, Bucket List, Solo Loop
Sawbill Loop Solo Adventure
Sawbill, Cherokee, Frost-2 teenagers and lame parents
Lady Chain, Beaver/Smite/Boulder/Ledge/Makwa loop, Louse River, Frost River
Sawbill, Easy-Breezy
50 Years Later
Sawbill Paddleboard Day Trip
Cherokee Loop-First solo
9 Day Loop out of Sawbill
Turtle Tales
All Loused Up: solo loop out of Sawbill
Sawbill Mini-Loop (Daytrip)
How low? Solo
Spring Thaw Cherokee Loop
Sawbill to Smoke 6/3/22-6/4/22
Sawbill to Phoebe Lake and back
Journey into Sunlow
A Week In January - Annual Winter Trip
The Long Way Around-First Solo on the Louse River
Kelso Mountain
Nightmare on Beth, but alls well.
Alton with the kids
Louse River
Wandering to Wonder daytrip
How many portages? Cherokee Lake 2023

EP 39 - Baker Lake

EP 40 - Homer Lake

EP 41 - Brule Lake

EP 43 - Bower Trout lake

EP 44 - Ram Lake

EP 45 - Morgan Lake

EP 47 - Lizz & Swamp Lakes

Lizz & Swamp Lakes - 47
Routes
Add a new route
Trip Reports
Winchell Lake Loop
Lizz to Long Island
Vougers of God
Base Camping on Horseshoe
Across the Gunflint- Poplar Lake to Cross River
First solo cut short!
bear trip
Poplar to Winchell
The Gunflint Shows Its Beauty, Again
The Funny Looking Canoe
Four to Explore
Just Slightly South East of the Gunflint Trail
Little Things
This Ain't no Fairy Tale! - July 2011 BWCA
1st Solo Trip
Monsoons and Wind on Horseshoe
Horseshoe Lake
First BWCAW canoe trip of 2012 for me
Be careful what you ask for!
Daddy/Daughter Trip to Caribou w/ H
2 trips in one?
first solo
EP-47: Lizz-Gaskin-Meeds loop 6/2013
Poplar Lake Loop 2013
Vista view
Base Camp on Caribou
first solo
2013 EP 47: NEW TITLE: Bad Decisions and Dangerous Mistakes
Winter Adventure Gaskin Lake
Second Solo
Our family's first BWCA trip, EP 47 Lizz Lake
Cold Vista 2015
Pops and Iz 2015
Jswamp
Poplar to Winchell Loop
First Family BWCA Trip
Two Buddies Trip number 3
Awesome fishing, crazy weather, (Meeds lake trip)
Poplar to Ham, via Winchell, Long Island, and Frost
Rain, rain, go away
Awesome week on Horseshoe Lake
Family of three - on trip three!
A Childhood Dream Come True
Bubba Slow-Step’s excellent adventure
Brotherhood
First Trip
Poplar to Gaskin
Finally back in the BWCA
Poplar to Gaskin and Meeds
Labor Day Week Adventure
First trip to BWCA with my partner
Poplar Loop - Quick, relaxing trip
Poplar-Caribou-Horseshoe-Vista-Gaskin Better late than never. 2020 report
2020 Troop 409 BWCA trip
Poplar, Lizz, Caribou, Horseshoe and Meeds Lake
just one more
May 2021 YouTube Trip Report - Lizz Lake Entry
Hanging Out on Horseshoe Lake in the Boundary Waters
Island Life In The Boundary Waters
Solo Base Camp Horseshoe Lake

EP 49 - Skipper & Portage Lakes

EP 50 - Cross Bay Lake

Cross Bay Lake - 50
Routes
Add a new route
Trip Reports
2013
The Friendly Flies Trip 2002
Frost River, June 2006
Frost River Route
Across the Divide and Back
2009 BWCA Trip a New Beginning
Cross Bay to Poplar
The Unintentional Base-camping Trip
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 3. A Portaging We Will Go!
Long Island Lake vacation
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 4. Cross Bay to Poplar.
A trip is changed, then cancelled, and a new focus is created
Long island lake family trip
Cold Reception at Cherokee Lake
Float Stanley's Snipe Lake Adventure
BWCA 2012 Autumn Solo
Three Tries and Ten Days to Frost-EP 50 to 51
Ham to Poplar
First time in the BWCA- 73 mile solo trip - Frost River, Little Sag, Kawishiwi, Alice, Kek, and more
Five days of Clouds, Four Fish, Three Moose, Three Young Guys, One Old Dude, One Great Time!
Long Island Lake Base Camp
EP50 fishing
Cross Bay Lake to Sawbill Campground with Day Trip
Cross Bay, Frost, Little Sag, Bingshack
LOST / Forgot Dromedary Bag - Long Island campsite ;-(
Cross Bay solo
Northern in Canoe, Dog out of Canoe! Cross Creek to Long Island Lake
Frost River Loop Via EP50--Cross Bay Lake--Solo
2018 Cross Bay to Poplar
June Cross Bay-Frost River-Gillis Loop
Escaping the 'Real World' - First Timers in BWCA
2019 Long Island Lake Basecamp Solo
8-day to Cross Bay Lake - May/ June 2020
1st Trip with the kids - Cross River to Snipe Lake
Frost River and Beyond with Bear, Hobbit, and Mountain Goat
3 day trip into Ham lake
Pride Comes Before the Fall....And After it Turns Out!
1st Daddy Daughter Trip
Homage to the Spartans and other paddling friends
Capsize - rapids - lost canoe - self-extraction
New EP for 23rd
Epic
BWCA Trip Review: EP 50 Cross Bay Lake to Long Island Lake
Father and Son Adventure to Long Island
Entry 50 Cross Bay Lake
Appler, Cross Bay to Poplar Lake

EP 51 - Missing Link Lake

EP 52 - Brant Lake

EP 54 - Seagull Lake

Seagull Lake - 54
Routes
Add a new route
Trip Reports
Seagull to Ogish to Saganaga or Saj-koa-jesak-kl-koss
The Three Bears
Rog Lake
Going Gunflint
The Super Loop
Seagull -> Thunder Point -> Saganaga loop
Seagull to Round and trouble on Kekakabic
Seagull -> Grandpa -> Red Rock -> Seagull
Seagull to Ogishkemuncie and back
Far Reaches of the Gunflint
Seagull to Knife to...Seagull
Seagull Entry to SA Knife Sept/ Oct 2009 (2019 remake)
Voyage of the Sasquatch (Seagull-South Arm Knife Lake)
Feed Jake
Island Adventure on Ogishkemuncie
I'm Alive!
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 5. A Quick Little Fall Adventure
Sea Gull Lake Solo April 2012
Who Brought a Pillow?!?!
Seagull to ?
The adventures of 6 guys and a Diva
easy as it gets
Fifth trip up the Gunflint trail
A Week With My Brother
Alive
Retracing Amok's Last Trip
seagull solo to ogish.
Seagull Lake Entry 2013
Trip with elder son, Seagull to Poplar
Back in the BWCA : Our first adventure
College bros
First time to BWCA Seagull Lake - Alpine Lake - Jasper Lake
First Solo: Seagull to Ogish
First fish & a walking stick
Seagull it is!
Sag Lake paddle
Seagull Lake to Alpine Lake
A Good Time with a Good Friend - Seagull, Alpine, and Ogish September 2016
First Winter Trip Completed
Seagull Lake
Sea gull to little sag not
Adams Knife Loop
Adams Knife Loop
Seagull Winter Trip
Spring 2018 trip to SA Knife, Kekekabic, Ogish - Slide Show
Daughters First Trip, Seagull, Alpine, Ogish
BWCA fishing trip 2018
Seagull-Sag, abbreviated
Seagull, Alpine, Red Rock, Saganaga Loop 2018
Alpine Lake Bro Basecamp - Lots o' fish
Snowshoeing Seagull Lake
The trip of a lifetime!
Alpine Base Camp
Father Daughter bonding
A Border Lakes Birthday
Base camp Seagull Lake
March '21 Lake Trout Trip on Seagull Lake
Awesome June Fishing on Knife Lake

EP 55 - Saganaga Lake

Saganaga Lake - 55
Routes
Route - Hanson or Cherry lake base camp
Trip Reports
sag-alpini-ogish-seagull
Quetico - Lake Saganagons
The 1st Big Trip
The Sag Seagull Loop
The Great Unknown
red rock
Thunder Point Loop
Sag to Mack to Falls chain May 08
A Paddling Partner for Life
Seagull / Saganaga Cabin Family Adventure
2008 Saganagons Base Camp
An introductory trip for Dad
Saganaga to South Arm of Knife Lake to Seagull
A Paddling Partner for Life, Part 2. The Thunder Point Loop
The Year of Rain
Travois Lake Loop?
Gunflint Trail Memorial Day Trip
Some KEKEKABIC & a bit of JASPER with a CHERRY on top
Ester-licious
Living The Dream
deleted
A River Runs Through It...
Where The Loons Never Left Us: Saganaga to Seagull June 2013
Saganagons base camp
Ottertrack, Cherry, Hanson
American Point to Rabbit Lake; Day trip to fish Nawakwa; Day trip to Eddy Falls
BWCA August 2013
Sacred Solitude on Saganaga - Saganaga Lake Base Camp June 2014
Saganaga-Cherry-Ottertrack-Saganaga
Saganaga to Moose, or how to stay wet.
The Little Brothers Trip - Maraboeuf and Saganaga Falls June-July 2015
Father-Son Trip
Father - Son Trip
Adventure=taking your 1 year old and pregnant wife into the BWCA
First Time in the BWCA - Sag to Swamp Lake
Paradise and Tribulation...A awesome unforgettable trip!
Happy 75th Birthday Grandpa - Saganaga/Ester August 2016
2016 Sag to Seagull
Griffis Family Expedition
2019 Photography Trip
Hanging out north of the South Arm
Saganaga EP to Saganaga Falls Video Trip Report
Sag-Seagull Loop Intro trip
Wind, Waves, and Karma
Firsts
Newbies on a Saganaga to Seagull Lake loop- 7 days
Saganaga to Ester Basecamp-A Rookie’s Tale
Red Rock Lake - June 2022
One to remember
A little of everything looping thru South Arm Knife!

EP 57 - Magnetic Lake

EP 58 - South Lake

EP 60 - Duncan Lake

EP 61 - Daniels Lake

EP 62 - Clearwater Lake

EP 64 - East Bearskin Lake

EP 66 - Crocodile River

EP 67 - Bog Lake

EP 68 - Pine Lake

EP 69 - John Lake

EP 70 - North Fowl Lake *

EP 71 - From Canada

EP 75 - Little Isabella River

EP 77 - South Hegman Lake

EP 80 - Larch Creek

EP 84 - Snake River