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Kevlar
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Fishguts, I was lucky enough to have a friend drive up with me to the Atikokan area, and I started trips from Beaverhouse twice, Nym, and French. I wouldn't start from French again, but we beat the wind with a very eary start on Pickerel. On all these trips we came thru the Quetico and exited thru the BW--great one-way trips. My friend drove back to the U.S. and left the van at my exit spot and his wife picked him up for a little vacation. Eight days after start we came out--thru Jackfish Bay and up to Mudro, to Saganaga, to Lac la Croix and Moose River, and thru to Prairie Portage. This really allowed us to see a lot of Q, and be much closer to home at the end of the trip. It does get interesting writing yourself a BW permit from the Canadian side...you can arrange to get a BW permit inadvance, but I usually just skipped thru, camped once in the BW and got out the next morning.
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fishguts
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Thanks! O.G.G,
We are just a little bored with Prairie Portage....we have ended our last three trips there and are looking for a change of scenery.
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bojibob
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Fishguts,
Contact Ho Ho or reference his last trip report. It has wealth of info for you.
Ho Ho Report
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OldGreyGoose
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I don't know if this response is too late or not, but "Ho-Ho" did a report on his 2008 trip that exited at Mudro Lake in BWCAW here:
http://www.bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=trip.report_view&sel_trp_id=1312&sel_trp_part_id=2. (I'm pretty sure I've seen other reports but can't document them.) And Stu has reported in at least one BWJ article that they went out at Mudro, saying that he got to a certain point and made a cell phone call for his pickup.
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Journeyman
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Pat,
let me see if I can help with a quote;
"Look deep, deep into all things and you will find Nature. Look deep, deep into Nature and you will find Signs."
...Jman
But, in this less profound case, I looked deep into the internet and found a picture of a sign in the water.
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fishguts
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Thanks! Tim good information.
Joe! What the heck is that underwater arrow thing? and where???
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fishguts
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Thanks! timatkn,
Have you enjoyed that route?....do you recomend it over the slog to Prairie Portage?
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timatkn
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I have gone out through Mudro a few times. We take a tow across Lac La Croix, loop around, camp near Lower Basswood Falls--then it takes anywhere from 4-6 hours to get to Mudro dependening on the water levels. You could also get an entry into the U.S. from Canada and make the last day a little shorter for a few more bucks. Whome ever tows us usually drops our car off at Mudro, locks the keys in the car--I carry a spare. If you are fully outfitted most outfitter will pick you up.
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fishguts
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Hey! We are looking for exits other than Prairie Portage from the Suzanette or Conmee area. Has anyone gone out through Mundro or Moose River or even Wind ? 
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Journeyman
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Pat, you'll never get lost if you just watch for the signs 
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timatkn
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I have never entered on Lac La Croix and out on Prairie so cannot give you a good comparison. I just don't have enough time off to make that long of a trip so we leave out of Mudro by necessity. I don't want to loop or back track to Lac La Croix, plus I save a little on not having to tow again. But I like doing it this way--I will probably do this this year--we have a Bottle entry then out at Mudro. will spend 6-7 days. Will go As far North as Burt/Suz then head south.
Those portages in the BWCAW will seem so easy that last day after a week in Quetico.
Tim
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fishguts
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Joe!
Ahhhh! a Zen thing I see.......very deep!:)
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