I'm doing a paddle then hiking trip called adventure man adventure challenge, 1st paddling ep 43 to ep 32, 2nd hiking from Wisconsin border to Gooseberry falls, back to back, my question is how many days do you think from 43 to 32? I've been on over 50 bw trips and hiked over 400 miles between training and kek,BRT and sht hikes the last 3 years hiking

Lots of portaging on either of the two possible routes. I suspect this is a 3-day trip assuming you sleep a little each night and paddle/portage at least 12 hours a day. Put in early on day 1, and be out before sunset on the third.

PP has it showing 84 miles if you take the Sawbill route and single-portage. There will be more traffic on this route especially from Sawbill Westward through the lady chain. If you planned on night paddling then of course you could cut this way down and pick the perfect time to be portaging to avoid jams.

With that said, I am sure it could be done in 48 hours if someone really wanted to push it and cover about 40 miles per day, but with this much portaging it relies almost solely on your ability to get across land quickly with your gear and pretty much no stopping unnecessarily.

AlexanderSupertramp: "Lots of portaging on either of the two possible routes. I suspect this is a 3-day trip assuming you sleep a little each night and paddle/portage at least 12 hours a day. Put in early on day 1, and be out before sunset on the third.


PP has it showing 84 miles if you take the Sawbill route and single-portage. There will be more traffic on this route especially from Sawbill Westward through the lady chain. If you planned on night paddling then of course you could cut this way down and pick the perfect time to be portaging to avoid jams.


With that said, I am sure it could be done in 48 hours if someone really wanted to push it and cover about 40 miles per day, but with this much portaging it relienots almost solely on your ability to get across land quickly with your gear and pretty much no stopping unnecessarily. "

definitely going to sleep, not a fan of paddling at night unless I know the area better, been on all of this route so should help.

I would say 3 to 3.5 days. 1st day: EP to somewhere between Brule and Sawbill. 2nd day travel to somewhere between Malberg and Alice. If you have been able to cover ground on either of these days, you could push to the end on day 3, otherwise get as far as you can and finish early on day 4. If you can push thru Sawbill and past Alton either early morn or late evening, you won't have much traffic at portages.

This sounds like quite an adventure. Let us know how it goes. Is there a link for this challenge?

straighthairedcurly: "I would say 3 to 3.5 days. 1st day: EP to somewhere between Brule and Sawbill. 2nd day travel to somewhere between Malberg and Alice. If you have been able to cover ground on either of these days, you could push to the end on day 3, otherwise get as far as you can and finish early on day 4. If you can push thru Sawbill and past Alton either early morn or late evening, you won't have much traffic at portages.


This sounds like quite an adventure. Let us know how it goes. Is there a link for this challenge?"

it's my own personal challenge, not going to kill myself just want to complete it, at 62 it takes lots of training, been doing 100 mile hikes the last couple years but have done over 50 bwca trips longest being 120 miles 72 portages and 62 lakes.