01/20/2017 02:09PM
Done lots of trips with standard gear; requiring double portages.
We also backpack, so this year we want to try something different, go ultralight-ish and extend the miles a bit; and single portage. We have been most everywhere except far west, and far east, i.e. man chain (of the group only I have been there but 1984, same trip started Louisa to Kawnipi). So man chain is where we were thinking for the first leg.
How long to travel with single portaging (for simplicity d/n include all the lakes on the route)... Moose L parking lot, EP #62 carp lake, man chain, falls chain, Kawnipi, work over/down to Eag, Camel, Death March, return through Brent, Sarah, North Bay, Prairie, Moose. One lay-over day for weather.
Option would be after falls chain, Kawnipi; head up into McKenzie, and return, then out through McKewen to Louisa, Sunday and out. However, is it feasible to do McKenzie, creek to Ferguson, over to Cache River, back to Kawnipi?
Thanks ahead of time.
TomF