Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Solo Tripping :: Help me plan my next solo
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straighthairedcurly |
bobbernumber3: "straighthairedcurly: "...2024? where should I challenge myself next? I've done Quetico, Wabakimi, and further north on group trips a long time ago. We may do a Wabakimi family trip in the next year or two. But I seem to always find plenty of what I'm looking for in the BWCA. |
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straighthairedcurly |
I have thought about returning to the Frost R. on a solo. I did it on a family trip a couple years ago. And that is a good thought about ducking up into the Hairy Lake PMA from the south. I have gone thru that PMA from N to S and that southern part is doable. I will keep that under consideration. I do love Little Sag a lot and could see putting together parts of routes I have done before...though I'm not an Ogish fan. Seagull never feels like a motorboat lake to me when you stay west or north like you mentioned. |
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TuscaroraBorealis |
- Start @ Slim EP #6 - Head to Big Moose (via Big Rice) - explore the chain of small lakes SW of Crab Lake - Head towards Buck Lake area - exit via Little Indian Sioux south |
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boonie |
In 2014 Steve and I entered at Kawishiwi Lake and went north to Little Sag and south to Sawbill. It could also be extended across the Lady Chain to finish at Kawishiwi. In 2016 I entered at Kawishiwi Lake and paddled through Malberg to Fishdance then Alice to Cap and south through Boulder and Adams to exit at Kawishiwi Lake. There are some options for modifying these in one way or another. For another way incorporating some parts of these, see dogwood girl's recent trip report. If you consider Ely, I enjoyed my first solo through LISN to North, then Steep to Beartrack, Pocket, south to Gebe, Oyster and out. I think you would enjoy any of these (or various options). If I can answer any questions, just ask. |
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bobbernumber3 |
straighthairedcurly: "... I seem to always find plenty of what I'm looking for in the BWCA." +1 |
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sedges |
Three Headwaters loop |
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straighthairedcurly |
Trips I have done solo in the past with entry points + camping lakes: 2020: Bower Trout entry - Swan - Vernon - Davis - Omega - Horseshoe - Ram 2021: Sawbill entry - Lady chain - Louse River - Wine - exit via Sawbill 2022: Duncan entry - Rose - Mountain - thru the Fowls - East Pike - exit via Clearwater 2022: Moose Lake (Ely) entry - Knife - Granite River - Rose - North Fowl - Grand Portage (Moose Lake Border Route Challenge) 2023: Hog Creek entry - Rice - west as far as Kawishiwi triangle - Lake 3 - Malberg - exit via Kawishiwi Lake 2023: Crane Lake/Little Vermillion entry - Lac La Croix - Basswood - Saganaga - Granite R - Mountain - Grand Portage (Voyageur Border Route Challenge) 2024? where should I challenge myself next? |
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AlexanderSupertramp |
Yes seagull is motorized but if you stay on the North end of the lake you're in the motorized zone very briefly near the landing and quite frankly it's not a busy motorized lake, everyone with motorized boats seem to gravitate to Saganaga. |
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bobbernumber3 |
straighthairedcurly: "...2024? where should I challenge myself next? I'd challenge you to step up and take a Q trip. It's certainly a different feel from the BWCA. Logistics are a challenge the first time until you see the process first hand. You might not be comfortable with big water on a Cache Bay entry... that I could understand. |
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Minnesotian |
Maybe do the Frost River route? Out of Sawbill, through Cherokee, west down the Frost with maybe a dip into the PMA just north of Octopus (Ragged PMA I think?) and then back down through Mesaba and Zenith back to Sawbill. Remote, bit of a challenge especially if you bushwack into a PMA and spend a night there, and some nice scenery along the way. Since you did the Louse already, this would be similar. |
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TomT |
boonie: "I would suggest something similar to the area of some of my favorite trips. It looks like it would at least cover some new territory for you. It includes some of the most remote and least visited country. This would be a very cool route. The beach campsites on east side of Alice are pretty awesome. The Boulder/Adams area should give solitude. There's some out of the way dead end lakes near there with campsites on them too. Alice Lake |
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LindenTree |
Little Indian Sioux, EP 14 entry Shell, Lynx, Oyster L, Gebe, Finger, Beartrack, South, Slim, East Loon and back to EP 14. Did it in 6 nites, you could always go into Lac La Croix from Pocket Creek and extend your trip if you want to. I know East Loon Bay/Lake may have motors but it is only for a couple miles. The southwest island campsite on Finger Lake was awesome, |