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Mad_Angler
05/12/2021 03:25PM
  
I am heading up for fishing opener with my wife. I usually take a Kifaru tipi and a Kifaru wood stove. It is nice to have a warm, dry place to relax.

Is a wood stove allowed during a fire ban?

 
LindenTree
05/12/2021 04:41PM
  
Mad_Angler: "I am heading up for fishing opener with my wife. I usually take a Kifaru tipi and a Kifaru wood stove. It is nice to have a warm, dry place to relax.


Is a wood stove allowed during a fire ban?
"


I fought forest fires for 30 years, a few of those out of the Superior NF, I am almost certain that a fire ban will not be put in place within the next week. Keep up on the news but you should be good to go with your stove. As Cowdoc stated, once a fire ban is in place "usually" Wood Stoves are not allowed on federal lands of the Superior NF.
 
butthead
05/12/2021 05:36PM
  
You may also be dancing around the "fires in firegrates only" rule.


butthead
 
Mad_Angler
05/12/2021 05:47PM
  
butthead: "You may also be dancing around the "fires in firegrates only" rule.
butthead"


Wood stoves are pretty common when winter camping. Is the rule in effect then too?


And what about twig stoves? Can those only be used inside the fire ring?
 
butthead
05/12/2021 08:26PM
  
Seems it would be difficult to find grates under a foot or so of snow. I have not done winter BWCA trips but BWCA Rules does offer special approval for out of grate fires during open water season and ice over season it's recommended to use a pan and/or build campfires on the ice.


I assume twig stoves need to be in the grate but I'm not a USFS Ranger. In a discussion with a Ranger on this topic it is the potential for sparks and embers, that is the consideration with twig stoves. Alcohol stoves potential to spill while burning coupled with the difficulty of seeing an alcohol fueled flame.
A better place to ask such questions about legality is in communicating with a USFS Ranger.


butthead
 
Great Melinko
05/15/2021 07:11AM
  
Soledad: "Yup, if we are going to build an out of the stove fire, it will be directly on the ice.



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I was under the impression that is illegal in MN.
 
Soledad
05/17/2021 09:33AM
  
Page 7 of this article talks about Winter Wilderness Travel




Campfires
It is preferable to make a campfire on the ice to
minimize fire scars on rocks and shorelines. Use base
logs or a portable fire pan for your campfire on the
ice. Use a campstove or fire pan for a campfire on
land to avoid leaving fire scars on vegetation or rocks.
• Collect only dead and down wood far from
shorelines, trails or campsites.
• Make sure your fire is out cold to the touch
when you leave.
• Scatter ashes in the woods away from the
shoreline and cover the campfire scar with
snow.



 
Soledad
05/14/2021 09:55AM
  
Yup, if we are going to build an out of the stove fire, it will be directly on the ice.



 
cowdoc
05/12/2021 04:10PM
  
No. Must have a switch to shut off fuel. Rules out alcohol stoves too.