I have only seen the good news on Facebook so far, so no decent site to link yet, but here is the text from the USFS-SNF announcement:

"On Saturday, the US Forest Service and Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWAC) celebrated the restoration of Powwow Trail 10 years after the Pagami Creek Fire burned the area. The 27-mile wilderness trail is now safe and passable, and includes three updated campsites on the west side of the trail and a new kiosk at the trailhead. This was accomplished after hundreds of hours donated by BWAC volunteers since 2015. BWAC has cleared between 15K to 20K tree falls."

Looking forward to seeing updated maps.

A huge thank you to all those amazing volunteers! Quite an accomplishment!

Here is a news story/video.

https://kbjr6.com/2021/10/30/ten-years-of-restoration-bwcas-powwwow-trail-ready-for-backpackers/

Thank you so much to the people that have but in all the work and effort to make this possible!!!

Can't say it enough, THANK YOU!

I'd been on the trail several times before the fire. I went back to the cairn where the trail splits north and west in October 2012 Have not been back since.

Now I can set some goals to see the Pow Wow Trail area again!

That is fantastic news! Thank you so much to all the volunteers who made this possible!

I’ve help build a campsite with Martin Kubik. He is responsible for a lot of great work in the BWCA, as well as building a culture and organization. He is probably the most deserving of the praise here…if history is any indicator.

This is great news! Hope to be on it soon!
Thanks to all who helped get it back in order

As others have said, the work Martin and the others have done is incredible. I got through that trail a year ago and can highly recommend it.

TreeBear: "As others have said, the work Martin and the others have done is incredible. I got through that trail a year ago and can highly recommend it."

Were there many spots to use a hammock?

Still really rough in that regard. I know the lake three campsite would be good for it and the Quadga campsite may have some live trees that can support it, but I didn't visit that site personally. None of the other sites/former sites would support it yet I wouldn't say, though the jack pine are growing quickly.

We finished the trail in two days, but that was REALLY pushing either of our capacities due to the miles and the weather (snow on the trail then.) We ended up using a tent in the middle of the trail near the lake three portage into horseshoe due to 40 plus mph winds that night making the exposed campsites less desirable.