Used my dividend, 20% off member coupon, and took advantage of their annual sale to buy a brand new stove (Whisperlite), some quick dry pants, and a pack cover for my osprey. Pack cover was much needed since last year on the Island I used a large garbage bag when it rained. Haha, that only worked so ...

http://detnews.com/article/20110415/MET ... gered-list

Pretty interesting debate. Also the picture in the article shows IR Wolves.

IncaRoads wrote:Link to Hancock Recreation Area - Beach and Campground...

http://www.cityofhancock.com/recreation ... ground.php

This is what I did. Good cheap place to spend the night and get your packs ready for the ferry.

I have no idea about the history of the trails. However I would be interested to hear/see an exhibit of this information too. You should email the Isle Royale NPS about this because they really want to hear this kind of stuff from us. They want to know what we would like to see/ what we value.

This is the exact email the NPS sent me about Isle Royale:

"As you may know our policy of letting nature take its course has been
long-standing. The policy was reviewed in the mid 90's when the wolf
population was rapidly declining and reached an all-time low. During this
time a meeting was held by ...

I have emailed Isle Royale about the wolf decline and they are pretty firmly put about letting nature take its course.

However I support putting some wolves from the mainland (preferably Canada). It will take some diligent research to determine the ecosystem impact of newly stocked wolves. The ...

It turns out the day I was planning on going to Shenandoah they had just a little bit of snow (nothing by Michigan's standards), so they closed off the park for a couple days. It was a bummer but we still explored the Blue Ridge Parkway and did some day hikes.

I'll visit Shenandoah soon enough!

My top destinations are something like this

1. Glacier Nat'l Park
2. Olympic
3. North Cascades
4. Acadia
5. Redwood


I'll be visiting Shenandoah next week, even though it's only for a day I can't wait!

Yeah there is some pretty crazy stuff happening with the wolves right now yall should check out. Chippewa Harbor Pack killed the alpha male of Middle pack, and those wolves have dispersed.

Interesting stuff!

This is my first trip on IR, so I need feeback on water filters. We normally use a FIRST NEED WATER Filtration system, but have recently switched to a MSR Microworks filter? Any reviews on it?


I bought an MSR Microworks filter last year and used it on the Island. It worked great, just make sure ...

My friend and I (who have both been to IR) went to the East Lansing meeting a couple weeks ago.

There was a big snowstorm just before then, which may have affected the turnout, so there was barely anybody there. However we made a point to go and get involved, and it was very nice. There were about ...

DP89 - I hiked from Three Mile to Lane Cove on Friday, 8/20. Did my friend and I borrow a tarp from you? Her tent was filling up with water but I had one of best naps ever that day in my tent! :)

Nobody borrowed anything from us when we were there. But yeah we were there friday night 8/20 too ...

August 20th - 25th

Hiked this a week ago in the rain...sandystAR we must have been pretty close together if not at the same time!

The way there isn't too bad, we came from Rock Harbor. Lane Cove is a beautiful, tent only site. Hiking out of there is much more difficult, because of the many uphill switchbacks on the ...

Me and a couple buddies got the chance to hit the Island for our first trip. Came over from Houghton on the Ranger III. We had an amazing time, and learned much to further prepare ourselves for the inevitable next trip.

Day 1: Rainy, wet, and foggy all day. We hopped off the Ranger, got situated ...