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Basically just waiting for vacation time.Wife may want to go to New England one more time before we head back to Michigan so I may be looking at 2015 for Isle Royale.Maybe 2014 if I can convince her we don't need to see the rest of those covered bridges:-)

I have wanted to get there for quite some time but I live far away with limited vacation time.I"m 49 and have already wasted much time.Hopefully I"ll get there either this coming year or the next.Have to settle for memorizing maps and aerials for the time being.

I would like to walk up some of the creeks that appear to have waterfalls on them.Also I'd like to walk down the length of Stanley Ridge and whack out to some of the more isolated lakes but to whack just to whack I wouldn't do it.If I feel the reward is worth it I"d do it.I'll definitely get a feel ...

Why did they let the trail disappear? Too hard to maintain?

Found more waterfalls on an unnamed stream that runs into the north side of Siskiwit Lake. Anyone been to these?

How are the woods as far as thickness is concerned.In the UP in the places I was the high ground seemed to be much more open then most woods here in NJ and the going easier but the swamps were quite thick though without the mats of briars commonly found here.Am I correct in assuming that you can be ...

Thanks Zims. Still working on my first trip here.It's a twenty hour drive to mackinack bridge for me and then probably another six hours to Copper harbor whcih is as close as I've been. I am making the crossing next time I"m there.Will satrt with the trails then hopefully bring the yak and then ...

Has anyone ever bushwacked up or down the Little Siskiwit? There appear to be waterfalls here 47.95372° N 88.94882° W and here 47.95167° N 88.94868° W. Also there appears to be a neat little island here 47.96047° N 88.95398° W. Looks like a very interesting Bushwack erhaps from Hay campground to Lake ...

Tightlines That was short but so to the point.I like the large trailless areas I see on the topo. The many lakes and open ridges with no trails to them or down them.They seem to be very easy going on the fishing regs and very flexible on allowing for changes in route and allowing backcountry travel ...

I must be out of date on something on my computer. The map at the link you posted just comes up black but thanks for trying:-)The map info says 1:50,000,000 so it is only one fourth as detailed as a 7.5 minute map (1:24,000,000) Still no doubt good enough to hike by but I"d prefer a 7.5 minute map ...

Does the Trails Illustrated map have the same degree of detail you can get with a 7.5 topo map? I assume all trails and portages are highlighted as well?

Does the East feldtman Trail still exist? It is shown on the topo heading south from Windigo and passing east of Feldtman lae and joining the Feldtman Ridge trail. It is not shown on any park map as a legitimate trail and was wondering if it still existed. Can see no evidence of it on aerials but ...

I have not yet been to the Island. I have been to UP Michigan three times and northern Minnesota once but have not made the crossing yet. I have never seen more beautiful woods then in the UP and I assume the woods on Isle Royale are similar. I was at Horseshoe harbor on the Keeweenaw peninsula and ...

I have been orienteering since the 70's so know map and compass quite well. I got into GPS about eight years ago as a tool to finding old survey stones. me and a friend of mine acquire old survey maps some times over 200 year old maps (mostly copies,not originals) and we plot the locations on ...