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- Thu Feb 20, 2025 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: What impact will NPS firings have?
- Replies: 19
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Re: What impact will NPS firings have?
The cuts may well impact all of the seasonal NPS employees who work at ISRO (which means most of the ISRO staff). The Ranger III crew including the master and chief engineer, the backcountry trail maintenance crews, the summer staff at Rock Harbor and Windigo, the staff at Mott Island that repairs ...
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:03 pm
- Forum: Transportation & Lodging
- Topic: Queen Done For the Season
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6786
Re: Queen Done For the Season
I had heard that the Queen lost an engine and hit the RH dock hard last Friday. This was all second hand information from passengers on the Ranger who were dropped off at Mott because the RH dock was occupied by the Queen.
There is not a lot of excess capacity to transport passengers at this time ...
There is not a lot of excess capacity to transport passengers at this time ...
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 5:30 pm
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: Itinerary question with an inflatable kayak
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8315
Re: Itinerary question with an inflatable kayak
I have paddled around ISRO by packraft, both the 5 fingers area (Rock Harbor, Tobin Harbor, Duncan Bay, Belle Isle) and the interior chain of lakes (McCargoe Cove, Chicken Bone lake, Livermore, Lesage, Ritchie, Intermediate, Siskiwit, Whittlesley, and Chippewa Bay). I have an Alpaka whitewater ...
- Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:40 pm
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: Looking for advice
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5925
Re: Looking for advice
I would not recommend avoiding the Tobin/Duncan portage by paddling around Blake Point unless there are ideal conditions (no wind/flat waves). I have paddled around Blake Point in less than ideal conditions and have learned from my folly not to do so.
Belle Isle is a great campground and well worth ...
Belle Isle is a great campground and well worth ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:00 pm
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: What interior lakes would you take in a packraft to fish on?
- Replies: 18
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Re: What interior lakes would you take in a packraft to fish on?
I have taken my Alpacka to ISRO on two occasions. It is possible (and safe) to paddle a packraft from Snug Harbor to Moskey Basin (about a 6 hour paddle in a packraft). From Moskey Basin you have access to Lake Ritchie and the other interior lakes. Lake Ritchie Canoe is a great campground, as is ...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:47 am
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Three people evacuated
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9144
Re: Three people evacuated
I am guessing based on the map plots that the 3 were on the Minong between NLD and Washington Creek. Tough stretch of trail, but you do have to go over 2 Beaver dams and there is (or was) water, albeit highly silted and difficult to filter, feet from the trail in several places. Are the impoundments ...
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:49 am
- Forum: Food & Cooking
- Topic: 10 days / 9 night food plan
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16270
Re: 10 days / 9 night food plan
When I backpacked the Minong and Greenstone in 2011 (14 days), I did a food drop at the Windigo Ranger station by mailing myself food (Windigo serves as a post office and the Ranger there is the resident postmaster. Mail is delivered by the Voyager II). It really does save packweight. From talking ...
- Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:25 pm
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Gaiters?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5288
Re: Gaiters?
Gaiters are really useful on the Hatchett Lake - Windigo stretch of the Greenstone (and the stretch from Mt. Franklin to Lookout Louise), where the trail is flanked with head high foliage which will get wet and will in turn make you wet. Boots and socks stay drier with gaiters in these conditions ...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:40 am
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: Gear/Tips for fishing Isle Royale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16892
Re: Gear/Tips for fishing Isle Royale
The campgrounds with docks do give access to Lake Superior waters and while I have not caught fish from them, I have seen folks catch pike from the McCargoe Cove dock and Lake Trout from the Daisy Farm dock.
Shore fishing from Chickenbone (Chickenbone West Campground) is possible but it will ...
Shore fishing from Chickenbone (Chickenbone West Campground) is possible but it will ...
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2018 Edition
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18033
Re: What are you spending your REI dividend on? 2018 Edition
I bought a ResQLink+. While I hope never to have to use it, it does ease the minds of folks back home.
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:22 am
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: Canoe Route/General Advice
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9886
Re: Canoe Route/General Advice
I have done much of that route. It is very doable.
BUT
September is a very dynamic month weather wise. Storms on Lake Superior will affect both your ability to get to ISRO (the ferries will not run if waves on Lake Superior are 10 or more feet in size (I have been weathered in in September ...
BUT
September is a very dynamic month weather wise. Storms on Lake Superior will affect both your ability to get to ISRO (the ferries will not run if waves on Lake Superior are 10 or more feet in size (I have been weathered in in September ...
- Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:26 am
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: Any recent trips to Sargent Lake?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6097
Re: Any recent trips to Sargent Lake?
In 2013 I did not get into Sargent. Ended up doing the center lakes by packraft.
In 2016 I packrafted in McCargoe and looked at the area around the Sargent Lake outlet stream to recon a trip to Sargent.
The logistics are difficult. There is no established trail and the outlet stream has multiple ...
In 2016 I packrafted in McCargoe and looked at the area around the Sargent Lake outlet stream to recon a trip to Sargent.
The logistics are difficult. There is no established trail and the outlet stream has multiple ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:00 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Rock Harbor to Windigo in 2.5 days on Labor Day Weekend - Advice on Itinerary
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12737
Re: Rock Harbor to Windigo in 2.5 days on Labor Day Weekend - Advice on Itinerary
For planning purposes, you should plan on around 1.5 miles per hour.
Day 2, you will be spending time climbing up to the Greenstone, so your pace will drop. Also keep in mind that your mileage does not include the mileage from the Greenstone to SLD (and back). Could be a very long day of hiking ...
Day 2, you will be spending time climbing up to the Greenstone, so your pace will drop. Also keep in mind that your mileage does not include the mileage from the Greenstone to SLD (and back). Could be a very long day of hiking ...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:35 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Trail planning, early August
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4492
Re: Trail planning, early August
Your itinerary is very doable.
The shelters on ISRO are 24 or so inches off of the ground and are on platforms. 3 sides are paneled; the 4th is screened. There is a spring loaded door for entry/exit. Please do not let the door slam shut. This includes the outhouses.
ISRO is unlike many other ...
The shelters on ISRO are 24 or so inches off of the ground and are on platforms. 3 sides are paneled; the 4th is screened. There is a spring loaded door for entry/exit. Please do not let the door slam shut. This includes the outhouses.
ISRO is unlike many other ...
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:49 am
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Sleeping Bag
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4296
Re: Sleeping Bag
Clear skies and a north wind can make it dip into the upper 30s to low 40s, especially on the north side, even in August. Bring the warmer bags or bring additional thermal layers and a wool hat and thick wool socks.