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Lots of new blowdown on Isabella River portages.

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Date/Time: 05/06/2024 07:14AM

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Lots of new blowdown on Isabella River portages.

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Author	Message Text
sinking3	06/21/2016 07:53AM quote gsfisher13: "We are doing Snake River entry just to the west on Tuesday, I'll post when I get back if there are trees down." +1
TuscaroraBorealis	06/19/2016 05:50PM quote gsfisher13: "We are doing Snake River entry just to the west on Tuesday, I'll post when I get back if there are trees down." I'll watch for your post.
gsfisher13	06/19/2016 05:23PM We are doing Snake River entry just to the west on Tuesday, I'll post when I get back if there are trees down.
MNLindsey80	06/16/2016 10:52PM Good talking to you tonight! We are hoping to go to Gabbro next summer.
TuscaroraBorealis	06/15/2016 03:36PM Thank you! Heading that way in a few weeks. Hopefully the situation improves before then but, it's nice to know in advance the added obstacles we may encounter.
Grandma L	06/15/2016 11:00AM thanks for the post - good information. Oh, and welcome to the board.
climbmda	06/14/2016 01:25PM Just FYI- We went in on Friday morning from Island River and pushed all the way to Bald Eagle. Things were pretty clear on the way in. We stayed 2 nights. Plan was Quadga for a night on the way out. So... Once we got back into the burn area, there were lots of trees down that were not down on Friday. We has some storms on Friday, and wind was up on Saturday, so I assume that is why. The portage to Quadga from the West had about 12 trees blocking the trail in just the first 100 yards. I scouted it out and decided it was not worth it. We decided to stay on the river or push all the way back out. The remaining portages were better, but still had to bypass several trees, or go over / under them. It was not fun. By the time we hit our river site option, the weather was moving in, so we decided yo just go all the way back. That was fun into a heavy wind and the current.. UGH. But we made it. So, if you are planning on traveling the Isaballa River, allow extra time for the portages for a bit.