@RDellar - Holy crap!!! :shock: I would've been terrified if a tree came down that close to my tent. I would've probably spent the night in the outhouse at that point ... not that it would've been any safer in there. Glad you two made it safely through the night!

And that's a great photo of the ...

Some big, some small, some gnarly, some easy. All made the hike more interesting.

More deadfall pictures.

Thought I'd add a few more photos of the deadfall. Wish I had taken more - I believe these are all from the section of the trail from Windigo to Island Mine. Stopped taking pictures of the deadfall after that point .

Great trip report, Vandy! I didn't do the math but I'm guessing based on times and distances that you move at more than a 3.0 mph pace. We found that difficult on our recent trip given the deadfall. Although we normally wouldn't hope for more than a 2.6-2.8 mph pace, we were significantly slower in ...

Awesome trip report! Sounds like you had more than a few amazing moments. Seeing the Northern Lights would be amazing enough. Your trip report makes me want to hike a similar route -- would love to see some of those spots ... and do some swimming (something we never got around to doing on our first ...

Here's one picture of the downfall that I have available at the moment. Will try to find more tonight.

@Rafiki - I'm conflicted on the seaplane. I really felt that the situation was ridiculous. And it's so easily solved - simply having an intern answer phones and communicate with the island would've made the seaplane experience wonderful. The way it is managed at the moment ... I'm not sure I'd book ...

Planned Itinerary
Day 1 -10am Depart Houghton via seaplane, arrive Windigo approx 11am
Hike to South Lake Desor (11.6 miles)
Day 2 - Hike South Lake Desor to Hatchet Lake (8.1 miles)
Day 3 - Hike Hatchet Lake to Moskey Basin (13.2 miles)
Day 4 - Hike Moskey Basin to Three Mile (8.3 miles)
Day ...

Breathing again! All is sorted out. Will follow up with a trip report. Can't wait to hit the trails!

Hi All!

Thanks again for all of the great suggestions and offers of assistance. In the end, I've managed to arrange to have some isobutane fuel waiting for me at the Windigo Ranger Station so I think we are all set. I'm pleased that we don't have to reverse the route at this stage ... although I ...

Thanks, I'm looking at that option now. Silly me - I just assumed that the Rock Harbor store was shut as well. Should have taken the time to ask the follow up question. Thanks!

Thanks for all the help! I will look into the stoves this afternoon.

There are some great options I'm considering, including reversing my route. I just spoke to someone at Rock Harbor Lodge and was informed that the Marina store carries the fuel I need and is open now. So if I reverse my route I ...

Arriving to Windigo via seaplane on May 30th. I've just learned that the Windigo concessionaire doesn't open until June 7th so we can't buy fuel for our stove there. And, of course, we can't fly with fuel. So, we've just adjusted our food plan to an entirely uncooked week. Right now we have a lot of ...

Well, bad news for myself and others coming in by Seaplane prior to June 7th. I just spoke to someone at the Rock Harbor Lodge who indicated that the concessionaire at Windigo won't open until June 7th. He further indicated that there will be no way to obtain fuel at Windigo prior to that date ...