they've flooded out some boardwalk on the trail to Malone, a little north of where it crosses the Siskiwit Lake inlet (or outlet?). But they've cooperatively constructed a dam you can use to cross the flooded bit. There's a picture, along with a gripping account, in this trip report: https://isleroy...

For what it's worth, it struck me that the orientation we got upon arriving at Rock Harbor was pretty short on LNT principles and their rationale. It seemed to focus instead on bracing visitors for the absence of WiFi, cell phone signals, and Starbucks. "Campfires only in designated areas"...

I'm back in! Thanks so much!!

due to all-too characteristic torpification, I lost track of my password. I'm down to one device that's still logged into the forums---and I don't know how long it's going to stay that way. My attempts to reset my password have failed, and in multiple ways: -the automatically generated email from th...

In a recent trip report, I described my attempt to follow the recommended route (which mostly isn't the official trail) between Siskiwit Bay and the point where the Feldtmann Loop turns inland from Siskiwit Bay and starts the climb toward Island Mine. The sneakymonkey asked can you tell me a bit mor...

can you tell me a bit more about the bushwhack/beachwhacking?? Are we talking serious struggle or like a jaunt? I know it not an *actual* trail and having bushwhacked on the island before (accidently off trail on the beaver dam on the minong) I would like to avoid trudging through another butt deep...

What does 2021 bring on this post tower stretch in terms of overgrowth? Here's a picture from fairly early in the stretch. I don't remember whether it got brushier, or by how much --- but I think that if it had risen to the level of a nuisance, that would at least have disrupted the monotony that i...

It was especially fun to read about your first experience of the Feldtmann Loop. I'm now a Feldtmann advocate! I think it'd be a great introduction to the island. It's a got a little of many things: ridge walking, fire towers, boardwalks and swamps, bushwhacking, beaver meadows in various phases, m...

6/5 Hatchet Lake to Daisy Farm Everything that mattered came through the night dry. But my rainfly was soaked and liable to stay that way for a while: thunder growled and rain kept falling. The last to leave camp even though it wasn’t yet 8, I headed up and out. The rain abated around where the GRT ...

6/4 Siskiwit Bay to Hatchet Lake I stopped yesterday at Siskiwit, even though it was only lunchtime, in order to spread the new-to-me parts of this walk over more days. I think this was a good move. The new-to-me parts today were great fun; the repeats a bit of trudge --- but the day ended with many...

6/3: Feldtmann Lake to Siskiwit Bay The moose were still out the next morning. feldtmann morning moose.jpeg Before heading to Siskiwit, I walked the easy spur trail to Rainbow Cove, where I collected clear Superior water and admired the sun hitting the Rock of Ages light house. rainbow cove.jpeg The...

6/2: Island Mine to Feldtmann Lake I spent part of the pleasant walk from Island Mine to Windigo worrying how the annual layers of moose tooth were arranged: in a stack, like pancakes, or concentrically, like tree rings? I had other moose worries too: I still hadn’t seen any, nor had I seen as many ...

6/1 Chippewa Harbor to Malone Bay to Island Mine Reporting to the dock the next morning to await the Voyageur, I finally met my motorboating neighbors. They’d been joined by another motorboater, whose presence I detected when a heartfelt testimonial concerning “the most beeeyootiful fish I’ve ever s...

[this is going to come in pieces, governed by the 3 attachments per message limit. Apologies in advance for the high ratio of words to miles.] Background: The Feldtmann loop and the Ishpeming trail (a 7 mile spur off the Greenstone that deadends at Malone Bay) are the two major stretches of IR trail...

thanks for the wonderful report! Using the voyageur to send yourself a care package is a brilliant maneuver. I'm curious: with all the rain, was it difficult to collect readily combustible fuel for the twig stove?