Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Reports :: Trip Report - Quetico To Sarah and Back: A Test of Resolve and Obstinance or Attack of the Killer slugs
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WonderMonkey |
Freeleo1: "I guess the one we had the most problem with was the one out of Isabella. Look on the left side of the creek. If that is the official portage it might be cleared a little better. |
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WonderMonkey |
TrailZen: "You may have seen this Quetico 2021 burn map, but I'll link it again. I had not seen it. I appreciate you linking it to be sure. |
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Freeleo1 |
The 1st land portage out of Isabella was overgrown with fast growing grasses and bushes. They don't clear those as much and probably become more distinct with use. **edit** ( this is meant for the portages going toward North Bay or south) The slugs were the stuff of nightmares. I made Dan text our son on the InReach that we were on Polaris since we hadn't mentioned to anyone that we might go there. I was envisioning having a tree fall on us and being found weeks later with our half eaten bodies covered by slugs. McIntyre is going to be pretty burned. Have you checked with anyone to see if there are campsites that were not affected? The rangers told us to avoid burned campsites due to the number of trees that continue to fall in those areas. |
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Freeleo1 |
The Fisher map I had makes it look like the 2 trails out of Sarah start at exactly the same place and are a V, but evidently it's incorrect. We were following the shoreline and saw what was an obvious portage trail and assumed they were both starting there. It's just as well, taking the creek was much better. Thanks for the comments. I have to admit fixing my finger was mostly instinctive. I looked at it, thought that's seems wrong and popped it back in. Paddling was interesting. It has actually hurt worse since I got home. I kept it wrapped while there, but moving it makes it swell. Supposedly it takes 6 weeks to heal. The Dr gave me some exercises, but I think it just takes time. |
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Freeleo1 |
I looked at the Chrismar map, but it is hard to see which side of the creek it indicates. It looks like it goes in the middle of the creek until I got a magnifying glass and it shows it slightly to the left. It does show the correct start of the land portage out of Sarah, but it doesn't show any of the portages on the creek. We had Fisher, Chrismar and McKenzie maps of the areas we were in, but as you said the details are often estimates and conflicting. It makes the ability to read the terrain a little more necessary and what caused us to triple portage on some of the shorter portages to scout out the most likely trail before carrying everything across. We probably could have saved some time by just trusting we were on the right trail and going for it, but we didn't have the confidence to do that. Considering our ability to get lost on the latrine trail maybe it was for the best. |
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missmolly |
Whoa! The dislocated finger is just one indicator of how tough these two paddlers are. For example do NOT miss the photo titled, "15 rod Portage trail around beaver pond." Great trip report with many fine photos! |
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Freeleo1 |
Trip Name: Quetico To Sarah and Back: A Test of Resolve and Obstinance or Attack of the Killer slugs. Entry Point: Quetico Click Here to View Trip Report |
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Banksiana |
Good thing that sunset at that time of the year is closing on 9:30. |
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