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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Trip Planning Forum Moose to Basswood border route |
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01/26/2022 11:55AM
Hi all, I'm considering a route on which I haven't been able to find any information in the forums or trip reports, and I'm very curious about whether someone on the messageboard has done it (they must have, right?!)
I'm thinking about starting at Moose Lake (25) and heading Northeast through Newfound and Sucker, then following the border West as it zig-zags to West Basswood.
I know wind will be a significant factor, and that motorized craft will be present the whole way, but it looks like an interesting challenge with lots of paddling and few portages. Is that crazy?
I'm thinking about starting at Moose Lake (25) and heading Northeast through Newfound and Sucker, then following the border West as it zig-zags to West Basswood.
I know wind will be a significant factor, and that motorized craft will be present the whole way, but it looks like an interesting challenge with lots of paddling and few portages. Is that crazy?
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01/26/2022 05:10PM
I have done the trip from Fall Lake to Moose a few times. I haven’t had any problems on Basswood. We alway travel it early in the morning. The boat traffic wasn’t a problem either. My daughter and grandson went from Fall Lake to Moose a couple years ago.
We always went though Back Bay to cut of a some distance. Also the lake gets very big on the west, open to the prevailing winds.
Carl
We always went though Back Bay to cut of a some distance. Also the lake gets very big on the west, open to the prevailing winds.
Carl
01/26/2022 08:19PM
We entered Moose last summer, then headed through Wind to access Basswood. Spent a few days around various parts of Basswood, then returned along the border. Can't say I am a big fan of Basswood due to motorboats, but it was fun to see a new area. i haven't finished my trip report yet, but hope to publish it in the next few weeks.
01/28/2022 05:40PM
millz0: "Hi all, I'm considering a route on which I haven't been able to find any information in the forums or trip reports, and I'm very curious about whether someone on the messageboard has done it (they must have, right?!)
I'm thinking about starting at Moose Lake (25) and heading Northeast through Newfound and Sucker, then following the border West as it zig-zags to West Basswood.
I know wind will be a significant factor, and that motorized craft will be present the whole way, but it looks like an interesting challenge with lots of paddling and few portages. Is that crazy?"
I have tripped in this area multiple times. On a windy day the stretch of Basswood between Prairie Portage west to Lincoln and Washington Islands can be impassable due to waves. Best to hit it as early in the day as possible before the wind picks up.
Last year mid-May it was a beautiful, calm paddle at 8am. In 2018 my wife and I were windbound for two days there in July.
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