BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
April 28 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.
BWCAW 2009
Entry Date:
August 24, 2009
Entry Point:
Moose/Portage River (north)
Exit Point:
Little Indian Sioux River (north) (14)
Number of Days:
5
Group Size:
6
We were about 30 minutes late to the outfitters thanks to me forgetting the eggs in the fridge but oh well. Once we arrived at the outfitters we were all roaring to go and loaded our stuff up into the Vnorth van. The ride to the entry point seemed like it was an hour long due to the anticipation. Upon arrival we quickly ran the 160 rod portage to the river and cheerfully loaded the canoes and took off. Because we had two new people we decided to camp at the first lake out of Moose River which was Nina Moose. The campsite across the lake on the point was a delightful site with nice tent spots. It rained and was quite windy that night but all was well.
We awoke to a gloomy windy cold morning and cooked some bacon, eggs, and pancakes. We then folded our tents and loaded our canoes hoping the weather would improve. As we approached Lake Agnes we decided we would try going up the river instead of going around and taking the 160rod portage. Boy that was a mistake. The river near the beginning was horribly shallow and narrow, not to mention all the beaver dams we had to climb over, but we made it up the river and eventually to oyster lake. We camped at Oyster lake that night at a very nice campsite on a narrow part of the penninsula across from the portage. We saw a HUGE beaver. The stars that night were amazing.
Wednesday morning was peaceful and fog was rolling across Oyster lake. We ate some poptarts and oatmeal and set out to the monster 310 portage. Me and Garren were the first ones on the shore and I grabbed my pack and a gear pack, and he grabbed the canoe. I took the lead and started to day dream. All of the sudden i noticed a friggen river going through the portage about 80 rods in. We had to get all the gear and paddle across the 20 feet of river running across the portage as it was a little to deep and muddy for my liking. That night we camped on a very nice island camp site and I caught my first BWCAW walleye.
Thursday morning we packed up and quickly paddled the whole 1.5 miles to our last campsite of the trip. It was also the worst campsite we had ever been to. We only took it because it was right across the river leading to the exit point. Thursday was very uneventful for most of the crew and rainy.
Friday was a fairly uneventful, sad, and rainy day to leave the BWCAW... But we will be back next year!!