BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
November 13 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.
Mudro Loop
Entry Date:
August 26, 2024
Entry Point:
Mudro Lake
Number of Days:
9
Group Size:
4
We had good weather, with only 2 significant storms. One that knocked over a tree by our camp and left a few trees across the one-mile portage. We were not wind bound, but planned to be in camp before each storm hit. The weather forecast that we got from my InReach was very accurate.
I made a video report of our trip which can be viewed on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyhjWMFlkIc
Our route was: Day 1: Mudro Entry to Horse Lake Day 2: Layover on Horse Lake Day 3: Horse River to Crooked Lake (near Table Rock) Day 4: To island between Thursday and Friday Bay Day 5: Layover Day 6: Friday Bay to Chippewa Lake Day 7: Chippewa Lake to Gun Lake Day 8: Gun Lake to Fourtown Lake Day 9: Fourtown to Mudro
We'd recommend doing the loop this direction. You travel down the major rivers. Also, we were glad to do the Billy Goat portages last (from Fourtown to Mudro) because they were more challenging (very rocky). We only had competition for campsites on Gun and Fourtown.
One tip: We were able to verify location on our maps by using Google Maps. It gives you a GPS map even though you don't have cell coverage. This is only to verify your location on a regular map, you don't get details like campsite info.
Lakes we through - Mudro Lake, Sandpit Lake, Tin Can Mike Lake, Horse Lake, Basswood Lake, Crooked, Papoose Lake, Chippewa Lake, Nikki Lake, Wagosh Lake, Gun Lake, Fairy Lake, Boot Lake, Fourtown