BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
May 18 2024
Entry Point 23 - Mudro Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 5
Elevation: 1166 feet
Latitude: 48.0356
Longitude: -91.8301
On the Water- Monday July 20th-
On the water late considering how far we need to go today. Up the Horse river to the falls by 6pm. Started raining and NO campsites available. Mudrow-Alruss-Tin can Mike-Horse Lake-Horse River-Basswood. 13 miles by water. (not counting portages)
Tuesday July 21st-
Rain all night, all morning and all day. Went north by petroglyphs, table rock and the the Crocked Lake Narrows across Thursday bay to campsite. Basswood-Crooked Lake-Wednesday Bay-Thursday Bay. 11 miles in the rain.
Wednesday July 22nd-
Up early and calm winds to take advantage of, considering the big water we have to cross. Found beaver dam to lift over and did a portage from hell between Pandos lake and Chippewa Lake. VERY steep and slippery after rain. Many mud holes. Then the mile portage after Wagosh Lake to Gun Lake. Never saw another soul in a canoe or campsite the entire day! Thursday bay-Friday Bay-Pandos Lake-Chippewa Lake-Wagosh lake-Gun Lake. 11 miles by water.
Thursday July 23rd-
Finally had a dry night. got everything dry!!! A few portages today to Fourtown Lake campsite. Easy day by comparison. Gun Lake-Fairy Lake-Boot Lake-Fourtown Lake. 6 miles. Put the long miles at the first of the week for a buffer for contingencies!
Friday July 24th-
Last day. Stormed last night bad. A few portages today with one bad one between Fourtown Lake and Mudrow lake. To entry point by 1pm. Ready for a hot shower! 4 miles
Total-
45 miles by water
13 miles by portage (3 trips each)
58 miles total.
Wood Lake Long Weekend
Entry Date:
October 01, 2015
Entry Point:
Wood Lake
Number of Days:
4
Group Size:
5
Day two (Friday) started late after getting to bed at 12am. We got up, made breakfast and ten off on the boats to explore. Fishing was to be an afterthought. I wanted to see what the "preferred" two campsites were like as this one wasn't conducive to our group...only one and a half good pads. I am so glad we moved…more room, better pads, less wind, and easy day trips.
Saturday we decided to check out the third site (but not move) as part of the group had gone over the evening before and wanted to share the view with everyone else. So on the way to portage to Hula we stopped in. The wind was blowing and it wasn’t that nice but it too had more room than the first site. The paddle to the Hula portage is littered with cut logs from the logging days and some are just under the surface. The portage is easy to find (it’s at the far end right of the cut logs piled into a dam) and in very good shape. We took our lunch over and ate at the other end. There is a nice stream at the end and plenty of room for that. On the way back to camp we were fighting the wind most of the way. I happened to see a nice tall cliff off in the distance and even though it was against the wind, I chose to battle it to see what I could see. It was still early in the day and I could just drift back to camp if need be. Well let me tell you I was not disappointed with the view…it was very nice and the picture(s) I took don’t do it justice. We went out later, caught a walleye and cooked him old school on a stick over the fire…it was grand.
Sunday, up and packed, on the water by 11 and after 3-4 trips on the way to the Ely Steakhouse for a Bucky Burger. (One of the members had a Clucky.)
The weather was fantastic every day. We had a slight breeze but the way the campsite was facing we were protected by a big white pine, and the rest of the trees. Wood Lake, Hula Lake 
