My son and I hiked into the Isabella River campsite during last Friday night s aurora. The next day we hiked up past Fallen Arch lake until trail clearing had ceased. There are hundreds of tree falls and brush to be cleared this May by three groups of forest service volunteers from the meetup site Friends of the Boundary waters trails. Two member of the Boundary Water Advisory Committee were also hiking and scouting for the upcoming clearing trips. BWAC will have an information booth at the Midwest Mountaineering Spring Adventure Expo Martin Kubic will be giving a presentation on the Powwow Trail on Sunday morning.

The trail is restorable after the fire. Only about 25% of the burnt trees left to fall. The Jackpines are almost 6 ft high. Lots of poplar over 20 ft already. Our group plans to clear from the trailhead to Pose Lake campsite. This is the section the FS has declared as open.

Thanks,I use to like to camp on Pose in fall and hike the trails and grouse hunt also. Use to see some moose east of Pose in the open swamps around there.
I hope in the long run the trail from Isabella to Quadna will also be open. The entire loop I just don't know?

All is well - lots of new volunteers to clear trail. Also lots of under the radar work done the last few years around lakes and portages. It's a unique experience to see a forest regenerate. Pose Lake campsite has a latrine and firepit. All standing trees (dead and burnt) were downed by FS to deem it a safe and open site. This last trip we spotted 3 grouse before ever spooking them.

quote Magrockt: "All is well - lots of new volunteers to clear trail. Also lots of under the radar work done the last few years around lakes and portages. It's a unique experience to see a forest regenerate. Pose Lake campsite has a latrine and firepit. All standing trees (dead and burnt) were downed by FS to deem it a safe and open site. This last trip we spotted 3 grouse before ever spooking them. "

Maybe next fall another hiking-grouse trip. I also did catch some small northern pike out of Pose.
I did open the trail after the fire myself going from Outlet By Isabella lake after the fire.

I was down by the Isabella parking lot at the time of the fire and ashes were falling in the parking lot and USFS were scrambling to get people out of there. I came out of the Island river that hot day and dry day.