Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: On Foot :: 54 Miles to go!!!
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HappyHuskies |
As for where to start in the BWCA, why not just continue on where the SHT ends and hike the Border Route Trail. It's a fun trail that I found easy to follow. Shuttles are pretty painless too. On the other hand, if you want a trail where you don't need a shuttle the Sioux-Hustler is hard to beat. |
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TominMpls |
Once you're done with the SHT you should do the BWCA segments of the NCT as well. The Kek is quite easy to follow, and I've heard the BRT is also pretty straightforward. Both are *much* wilder than the SHT, however. I have this vision of backpacking from Ely to Grand Marais, town center to town center, by walking the Fernberg Road to the start of the Kek, then doing the Kek, BRT, and northern SHT until I walk into Grand Marais. The more I look at it the longer I think it will take though - maybe 12 days? And that's a lot of time to get off work. Personally I think the best place to first try BWCA hiking though is the Angleworm Trail. It's short and can be done comfortably in two days with one night overnight (shoot for the Whisky Jack Lake site, it's beautiful), but it's a surprisingly challenging hike that gives you a good sense of what trails in the BWCA are like. |
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MN_Lindsey |
TominMpls: "Come with BWAC on a Pow Wow Trail clearing trip - you can learn from people who know the trail really well, and give back to the hiking community at the same time." Dates??? |
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MN_Lindsey |
Angleworm SHT (Sioux Hustler Trail) BRT Kek Snowbank + Disappointment loop maybe a pow-wow restorative trip with others??? Also really want to do the Isle Royale. I hear they're closed for the 2020 season?? Super excited to hike these trails. |
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LindenTree |
When I ran the fire engine out of Isabella I would take the fire crew to the trail off Cty 6 by Finland and we would hike it for PT. When my girlfriend/now wife and I started dating we hiked in one night and dispersed camped on state land. We hiked north of the parking lot off cty 6/Finland area. We went up a few miles with our two large dogs. I figured there would be no water up there for us and the dogs so I packed in nearly two gallons. We got off trail into this high rocky area and set up camp, what did the dogs quickly find? A huge clean puddle of water that was trapped in the rocks. A fun hike is up the river bed of the Kudunce River by Grand Marais. |
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MN_Lindsey |
I absolutely see the progression from the 270 degree overlook and continuing on the BRT to the Kek, but then I've heard from so many that GPS is required on the BRT, and its easy to get lost esp around the Gunflint XC trail system? Maybe I just have to try it... I started out hiking with a CCS Rucksack and it was fine, but am now hiking with an internal frame Deuter, and what a difference! I think I'm willing to try anything but the Pow-Wow trial. |
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TominMpls |
MN_Lindsey: "TominMpls: "Come with BWAC on a Pow Wow Trail clearing trip - you can learn from people who know the trail really well, and give back to the hiking community at the same time." I think BWAC is setting the fall trip dates tomorrow night, I'll post when they're set. Typically the first fall trip is around Labor Day, and last year I led the last fall trip in late October. I love those late October trips, though the work day is necessarily a lot shorter. |
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MN_Lindsey |
Anyone else Hike That SHT?? Once complete, I'm SUPER pumped to try a BWCA trail... I'm used to blazes, so wilderness hiking will be new. Any recommendations of what trail to start with? |
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WIMike |
TominMpls: "And yes, Isle Royale is closed this year. " Isle Royale is open (except for the Minong Trail) but the ferries aren’t running so visitors need to take the seaplane or private boat. |