Thanks for all the tips and considerations everyone! You've all been a great help. The recent flooding is definitely on my mind these days. Here's hoping for the best.

Specific dates have yet to be set until things are more properly figured out. I think what will end up happening is sacrificing a legitimate "thru-hike" of the SHT, getting off a bit earlier and navigating our way from around Hovland and County road 17 to Grand Portage. That cuts the distance down ...

Captain Don, Got it.

From what I can tell the SHT doesn't really end anywhere near the Grand Portage Ferry. I haven't had the best of luck finding detailed online maps for this oh so remote section. I have the guide book/pocket maps for the SHT, but Grand Portage is about 40-50 miles away from the ...

My Girlfriend and I are planning to do a thru-hike of the Superior Hiking Trail this August, and our goal is to find our way to Grand Portage where we would then take the ferry to Isle Royale as sort of the icing on this delicious North Woods cake. The problem is that the various sources we've found ...