Mountain Goat was willing to get up earlier to accomplish our goal of reaching Dent. We did cook blueberry-chocolate chip pancakes plus bacon, which slowed us up a bit. We still left around 9am, our earliest yet. Mountain Goat revealed that he hadn't been sleeping well in his hammock due to the heat, so we revoted about what route we wanted to take. We decided to skip the Louse River and head for Little Saganaga.

The portage from Afton to Fente is as steep as everyone says, but we had our secret weapon, the Mountain Goat. He raced the canoe up one side and down the other. Bear and I proceeded with more caution. We headed to Whipped, then Mora Lake. None of the sites we saw were particularly great for our planned layover day. The portage from Mora into Little Sag has some steep parts at the start and at the end, but the middle section runs above a beautiful stream. Lovely overlooks.

Mountain Goat had stayed at the first site on Little Sag a few years back and wanted our layover day to be there. It was really a great spot. Swimming has some shallow areas (Mountain Goat's favorite) and some deep drop offs (Hobbit's favorite). There is a tiny island nearby with a large resident frog who was undisturbed by our visitation of the island. Lots of clams and freshwater sponges. The landing area has a nice gravel patch. There is a lovely rock face for hanging out to dry feet. Great trees for a kitchen area tarp, good tent pad, and decent hammock hanging. The latrine spot is delightful and there are good food hanging trees.

~Afton Lake, Fente Lake, Whipped Lake, Mora Lake, Little Saganaga Lake

Travel Time: 9:00am-12:00pm 3 hours