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Best area for Solitude

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Date/Time: 05/01/2024 09:08PM

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Best area for Solitude

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Author	Message Text
x2jmorris	01/05/2020 08:21AM Late September/Early October a couple portages in on a dead end lake will almost always be empty
TechnoScout	01/03/2020 09:31PM Bulldogge62: "Beaver Adams and Boulder" Indeed!!! Yes indeed.
cycle003	01/03/2020 11:22AM We had good luck with Crab Lake, EP4, last August. The portages are long, which is part of what keeps the crowds away. singlebladecanoe: "If one were wanting to plan a trip to get away from the crowds, where would one want to go?"
egknuti	01/03/2020 10:02AM Head south on the Indian Sioux to Bootleg Lake. Only one permit issued every other day.
Sandman2009	01/01/2020 11:56PM Wine Lake. The Lujenida to Zenith portage tends to keep a lot of people away.
UPBoy	01/01/2020 10:03PM Bulldogge and bonnie had some very good suggestions but I think you can find solitude just about any location in the BW that you portage, portage, portage to get there. The longer the portages the better. Early and late season also help. UPBoy
dogwoodgirl	01/01/2020 07:27PM September is good for solitude...on Slim last year I only saw people 2x- paddling in and on the portage coming out.
walllee	01/01/2020 06:53PM Quetico is my first choice, in the BWCA , Buck and Western Lake area would be worth looking at,
TuscaroraBorealis	01/01/2020 05:52PM Look at areas outside of BWCA and Quetico.
bwcadan	01/01/2020 05:25PM Often, back bays will have one camp and if you can snag it, you may not even have to over travel to achieve a good solitude you want. You may have to plant a bright yellow chair or other identification which can be seen from a distance to discourage others from coming too close. Could be worth the trouble.
TrailZen	01/01/2020 05:19PM Quetico in late August has always made us feel we were the only people around (and we like it that way!) TZ
bhouse46	01/01/2020 04:45PM And the PMA's while a bit of work, should provide solitude. Before BWCA.com the way we would seek solitude is cross long and difficult portages.
bobbernumber3	01/01/2020 03:41PM East end of Saganagons, Quetico.
boonie	01/01/2020 02:49PM It's a little bit of a crapshoot at any given point in time, but Bulldogge's suggestion has good odds, as well as the small lakes north of there - Cap, Ledge . . . Hoe. Also pretty quiet between the Frost River and Louse River - Hub, Mesaba, Wine, etc. Another possibility is the loop of small lakes south of LLC between Little Loon and Rocky - Slim, Steep, Finger, Gebe or Gun, Tacukmich, Trillium.
Bulldogge62	01/01/2020 12:51PM Beaver Adams and Boulder
singlebladecanoe	01/01/2020 12:48PM If one were wanting to plan a trip to get away from the crowds, where would one want to go?