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Rob Johnson
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quote DanSolo: "I slogged my way into Spinnan Lake this past weekend. I just did a day trip from Lake One entry point. I actually thought I was on Holiday Lake because I had entered the GPS coordinates for Spinnan under the Holiday waypoint and Holiday under Spinnan. I didn't figure it out until I got home. Anyway, you paddle from Lake 3 down a creek that gets smaller and smaller until it reaches the only stand of trees in the area. In those trees, the navigable part of creek ends in a rocky, small rapids. You must bushwhack the last 1/8th mile (maybe 50 rods) or so. The first part of that bushwhack is not fun. Here is a picture of the lake. It was very barren and windswept because of the recent fire and offers no sheltered places to camp.  "
Usually I think...wish I had done that...this time I can say...glad someone else did that so I don't have to.
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DanSolo
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I slogged my way into Spinnan Lake this past weekend. I just did a day trip from Lake One entry point. I actually thought I was on Holiday Lake because I had entered the GPS coordinates for Spinnan under the Holiday waypoint and Holiday under Spinnan. I didn't figure it out until I got home. Anyway, you paddle from Lake 3 down a creek that gets smaller and smaller until it reaches the only stand of trees in the area. In those trees, the navigable part of creek ends in a rocky, small rapids. You must bushwhack the last 1/8th mile (maybe 50 rods) or so. The first part of that bushwhack is not fun. Here is a picture of the lake. It was very barren and windswept because of the recent fire and offers no sheltered places to camp.
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rtallent
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Interesting, and I reckon the FS will not clear any remains of that portage, as it lies in a PMA...
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rtallent
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We used to use old portages from Clearwater up to Judd and then Rock Island Lake to Lake Two. I expect the fire probably obliterated those routes...
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DanSolo
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The portage from Lake Two to Rock Island is still there. The portage gets you to the creek and you paddle the rest of the way. I could not find portage from Judd to Clearwater and the area around Judd was completely burned out when I was there. 
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Rob Johnson
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This one wraps around a lot of decent sized lakes but really doesn't have many lakes inside of it (at least not many compared to some of the other PMAs). There are a lot of EPs to choose from and Ely is really quite close.
Closest Ranger Station = Ely
EPs: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 84
Here are the usual mug shots:
 
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Amok
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