Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: Poplar - Winchell Loop
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HowardSprague |
I picked up Fisher F 13 and it has all of it. I like Fishers for planning trips and McKenzie and Voyageur while tripping, but they’re all good. |
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ducks |
Trail Center is my favorite restaurant anywhere. Not just up the gunflint trail. |
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boonie |
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Northwoodsman |
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wanderingfromkansas |
What's the best dinner in the area? Trail Center? Poplar Haus? |
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Z4K |
Lightfoot: "Is there a place in that area to get an earlier breakfast?" Rockwood Lodge has answered this question a few times before. Check out the rest of their FAQ too. I booked my first stay at their bunkhouse on permit-reservation day this year and have been very impressed thus far. |
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HowardSprague |
wanderingfromkansas: " Agree! Super responsive & nice. |
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ducks |
Brittonss and being disappointed when they arrived. My Trail Center meals are always the night before entry and the post trip meal before heading home. Trail Center is my favorite restaurant. |
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boonie |
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ducks |
Rockwood is a great outfitter to work with and being on poplar you can just push of from their beach in the morning. I like getting up there early enough the day before to get everything taken care of so I can push off at first light. Their bunkhouses have a view of the lake and each has a private bathroom. I also use Voyageur map #9 for the area. |
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schweady |
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Lightfoot |
ducks: "Just an FYI in case you didn’t know. Trail Center doesn’t open until 8:00am. Their breakfast is excellent but doesn’t make for an early push off for your trip. I’ve read reports of people expecting it to open at 5:00 like. Is there a place in that area to get an earlier breakfast? |
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ChippewaCanoe |
What maps would give us the best coverage of these lakes? What company, what map # etc? Recommendation for over night accommodations for the night before entry? Outfitters? If you can steer me to some recent trip reports of this area I would appreciate it. Any 5 star campsites? General fishing sites? Sites to take in? (Waterfalls etc?) Pros and Cons of this loop? |
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ducks |
HowardSprague: "Good to know - thanks! Yes. My wife and I made it to our site on gaskin in 3 hours. That our 2nd trip ever. We like the people at Rockwood a lot. |
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HowardSprague |
Guess if we get back and go by 9:30ish and aim for Horseshoe or Gaskin, we should still be ok. |
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wanderingfromkansas |
HowardSprague: "Planning the same, also in August. Rockwood bunkhouse, Over to Trail Center for breakfast, then back to shove off from Rockwood. My first time on that side of the BW. Mine is before Memorial Day. Rockwood Bunkhouse, canoes from Rockwood, eating at Trail Center as much as possible. I was also planning on F-13. I’ve always used Fisher in the past, and this map fits the area well. I am interested in that true north cloth, however! Also, the folks at Rockwood have been a pleasure to work with thus far. |
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talusman |
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HowardSprague |
There's a link to the very nearby Poplar Haus, but no info if they have breakfast or what their hours are during the summer. Hungry Jack Lodge less than 5 miles away (per google maps), but site posts no summer hours for the restaurant or if they do breakfast. |
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Jackfish |
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YetiJedi |
Plenty of info on this route. Very popular. I'm doing the same trip in late May. Here's what I've discovered: 1) Link to my previous inquiry on the same route 2) video of loop 3) This website has lots of trip reports to the area...simply search the trip reports. 4) Plenty of great campsites. Again, use the map on this site to review. 5) My map for the trip is McKenzie 3 and cloth True North 14 as a gift for my dad. I also use a garmin and download gpx files with everything marked. 6) We are using Rockwood Lodge for a bunkhouse and they've been great to work with...I've seen lots of positive comments on this website about their services. Feel free to contact me this summer for more info if you'd like. |
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tomo |
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