New Trip Report posted by Sjlubner

Trip Name: International Falls to Lake Superior Solo.

Entry Point: 12

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Awesome, thanks for sharing.

Very nice report. That 8.5 miles is certainly grand.

awesome, nice job, did you mention your canoe?

Looks like a challenging and rewarding trip! I am interested in seeing your gear and provision list. Aldridge1958@gmail.com. Thanks for posting this report.

Nice report. Something I'd like to do some day.

What a great trip with lots of good mileage days, I'm glad that you posted a report here!
I've always wondered if Grassy Portage was used or maintained and assumed that it at least would be kept open by snowmobilers. Good to here that it's not being let go.
Thanks for the informative report!

All I can say is wow!!!!! I am impressed. Thank you for sharing this adventure. Happy Paddling.

nice, thanks for posting it.

could you post your food list?

Very nice! A trip like this is on my bucket list.

Nice Work. That's alot of paddling in 10 days!

Nice trip and report. Makes me want to do the same.

Thanks, I enjoyed your report. I'd be interested in the food, gear list too.

Thank you all for the positive feedback.

My canoe used on the trip is my Wenonah Voyager.

Yes, Grassy Portage was cleared and wide, but very very wet and muddy.


Here is my packing list; gear and food.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-hFgVS9QiGQZXc0SlFzdFlCaDQ/view?usp=sharing

I've thought of doing the trip from west to east myself, thanks for the report. Impressed with your ability to trim your gear to that weight on a fall trip!

BTW, are you on String Lake in your profile pic? Sure looks familiar?

Thanks for the report, you were moving pretty good. I recognize the Curtain Falls photo, we were there earlier this year.

Also, I couldn't have done that long of a trip without fishing...at least once or twice. (but that would have made that much more gear to haul)

Well very close! The picture was taken on Jenny Lake; Teewinot Mnt. is in the background.

Great report. Thanks! --Goose

Impressive!!

The Trumpter Swans were in the exact same place just a few weeks earlier as I made my way through with BeaV and another paddler.

We also had trouble in/around the English Portage with not enough water. The portage is not maintained anymore.

3 hours on the Grand Portage? That is moving right along!!! I believe we did it in 4:30-- even having some gear moved down the night before.

Great Trip. JerryG

Awesome trip report!

I was first introduced to this area as a whole on a Houseboat trip in 2013 with my parents/siblings/husband/nieces nephews and kids. We had 13 people on the house boat and traveled from Crane up to Kettle Falls.

I have fond memories of the area (including the area near the Grassy Cliffs where we went tubing) and it is what drew me back again and again making the BWCA the holiest of holy's in my book ;-)

Nice report. Impressive travel times!

My son is home now from his second AmeriCorp experience, he spent a year with the Texas Conservation Corp, and I shared this report with him. I've been thinking about the car logistics and came up with a plan. I can start at one end and my son can start in the opposit end and we can exchange car keys as we pass each other, perhaps a simultaneous key toss in the middle of Basswood! He said he would rather start at Grand Portage and get the long portage out of the way, I am the opposite. Anyway, it's been fun to speculate where we might meet for the key exchange. Trips like this get my imagination going.

Nice report. You are in WAY better shape than I am! :) Very impressive. You should be proud of your accomplishment.

lots of the same comments.

Impressive that it only took you 10 days. I would be done after day one.

Impressive that you can get that light, I might have carried double that.

I would need to take along some fishing equipment.

Quite impressive overall

Thank you all for the continued positive remarks. It is certainly appreciated. Paddling season is on the horizon!

Wow. Personally, I would have camped before tackling the Grand Portage. And you must have cruised the GP. It took me that long with one night of gear/food and no canoe,

Loved this report. I've never been to BWCA, but I have contacts in International Falls, so that makes it easier for me to plan a trip there. I was thinking to leave from IFalls and enter BWCA through EP12. I was so relieved to find someone else had done this route, so I know its not a crazy idea (having never been there). I plan to follow the border much like you did to Basswood, then drop down through Jackfish and Pipestone and exit at EP24. Did you have any issue getting to the EP on the right day for your permit? Or perhaps its no big deal since you went in the fall/low usage season? Not planning on 25 miles a day, I love canoe camping, but cling stubbornly to my creature comforts, no way I could do it with as little weight as you! I don't see any scotch or summer sausage on your list ;-)

Excellent trip - inspiring! Had to get out the maps and look all the distances up. Well done!

Super Cool trip. Defiantly a bucket list item! Thanks for the Trip Report.

I want to do this trip someday! Awesome report, what a great way to push your limits and enjoy the most beautiful wilderness around. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome trip.

I'm late to the commenting by a few years, but I really enjoyed your trip report, photos, and packing list. Thanks for sharing it with us!