Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: EP 16 route possibilities
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carmike |
The closer you get to the Echo Trail and entry points, the busier it will be. |
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Lightfoot |
Once you reach Agnes, head over to Oyster. From there head north to Gebeonequet. Then west through several small lakes Pocket, Finger, etc, over to South/North Lake. This area sees less use than going up to Lac La Croix. Then through Section 3 pond head south to the Pauness Lakes. From here you can see how the travel has been going. If you have time you can head back east through Shell, Lynx, Hustler, Oyster, back to Agnes, then back to entry 16. If you don't have the time for that, you can continue south and exit at entry 14. This is a very nice area, and the section south of Lac La Croix and between the Moose River and Little Indian Sioux sees less use. |
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Teenda |
There will be 2 of us. Trip #4 for me and trip #3 for him. Both of us are physically fit and athletic and able to push for distance. This trip isn't about sitting back and relaxing and we don't fish. We love to face challenges; when we want to relax we can visit tropical islands! What are your favorite lakes in the area? How many people should we expect to see? Is there a more remote route to take so we see fewer people? I like the idea of a little river travel and portages don't scare us. The longest we have done is 550 rods. We love little lakes and don't mind all the portages that come with lake hopping. I look forward to and appreciate your responses! (Almost as much as I look forward to setting my canoe in the water this August!) |
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TominMpls |
It sounds like you're probably looking to cover more ground than we did, and there's a *LOT* of options in this area. At the very least, you could do the loop we did but go on up around the top of Coleman Island, and/or go up to Pocket Lake and explore that area before coming back south. I've also done a big loop out of Mudro (EP23) and you can see from the maps that there's various ways to connect from the EP 16 area to the EP 23 area. Just mind that the portages from Fourtown back to EP 23 are tricky portages - not terrible, but not fun. My favorite part of this whole area was Pocket Creek, which was beautiful and isolated. Also, it was a sense of accomplishment to navigate to it through the little islands on LLC. We also really liked Lake Gebeonequet and Oyster Lake. If you want to prove that bit about facing challenges, you could exit out EP 21: every time I hike the Angleworm Trail I consider how badass it would be to portage the 2 miles from Angleworm Lake to the EP. Those 2 miles are the easiest segment of the Angleworm Trail, but they'd still be an accomplishment with a canoe on your head. And it's a gorgeous lake, without a lot of paddlers (for obvious reasons). |
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TuscaroraBorealis |
You'd just need to do it in reverse. :) |
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Teenda |
Anyway, there's Sundial and Weeny with Sundial exiting at Mudro and Weeny making a loop back to EP 16. Sundial Proposition: EP 16 to Iron Lake Down the Bear Trap River Enter Sunday Lake and set up camp (PMA permit) Back on the Bear Trap River Enter Bear Trap Lake Finish up trip by exiting at Mudro It's not the most conventional route I have read about. Most trips through this PMA are East/West to/from Stuart through Nibin, Bibon, and Sterling and utilizing Sterling Creek Weeny Proposition: EP 16 up to Nina Moose to Oyster to Hustler Enter PMA and go up the creek/swamp/bog to Posse Perhaps set up camp (PMA permit) if the way was rough and tough, if no, push on to Finger Lake and exit PMA here Visit the Pictos and Warrior Hill (we have an unexpired RABC) go down through Ge-be, Green, Rocky (picto) and back to Oyster Head into Ramshead and then Lamb to change it up a little and exit back out EP 16 This route intrigues my husband but he hasn't heard about Sundial yet. Over all does one seem more remote than the other? Anyone want to travel with us to remove my leeches and ticks (barf face, this is my primary BW fear)? Have you been to either of these? Bonus points for past 2 or 3 years. August conditions? I realize we could be facing long portage/bushwacks this late in the year but we aren't packing on the miles and this trip will be tough in it's own right. Thank you again for your input! |