BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
April 29 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.
Bill and Rob 2008 Moose River Trip
Entry Date:
May 08, 2008
Entry Point:
Moose/Portage River (north)
Number of Days:
3
Group Size:
2
We arrived in Ely around 5:30 PM and rented our canoe. We stopped for the night and woke up around 3AM to leave for EP 16. We arrived around 4:30AM and started portaging in the dark. Finally put in around 5:00. The current on the Moose was very strong allowing us to make great time. We managed to two trip our portages and arrived on Lake Agnes around mid morning. We found a nice site on the northern part of the lake and settled in to eat and make camp. We took a short nap and when we woke Rob had gone down to shore and then called to me asking if I had seen the canoe. It was evening and we could not see the shoreline very well. We were very concerned. It was a tough night for us to sleep.
We awoke around mid morning and Rob asked me if I wanted to join him for a walk around the shoreline. I poked my head out and said yeah we better try to find our canoe. As he walked down to the shore, he thought he spotted a yellow canoe across the bay. I thought there was a campsite there. We walked around the shore to the canoe, and to our relief it was our canoe. The rest of the day went so much easier than the previous night.
We fished a little in the afternoon. We had forgotten about fishing opener being the next day and was fishing for Walleye when the Forest guys came to check our permit. They warned us about fishing for Walleye, and at that point I had a bite. I reeled in a good size Walleye and it got away just as I was trying to get it out of the water. That was one fish that I was glad got away since the Forest Service guys were still there. I took a lot of night pictures while Rob sawed wood for a nice fire. We stayed up later and drank hot chocolate and talked.
I talked Rob into leaving a day early since it looked misty out, and I did not want to go home with muddy portages and crowds. We left out site around 2:00PM and since we had to paddle against the current made lousy time. It had started raining heavier by the time we made the first portage on Nina Moose River. The portages got very muddy and I had mud up to my thighs on one portage. We finally got to the Moose River and the current was stronger than anytime I had ever gone up. We finally arrived back at the end of the EP portage around 8:05PM and the only way to unload was to go 20 feet from the established trail. It looked like several others had done the same thing. As we were taking out second load and the canoe it started to snow quite heavily. By the time we mounted the canoe several inches of snow had to be brushed off the car. We had snow all the way into Ely and just past Cloquet it stopped.