They use a trunked digital system in the 160-170MHz range. One can purchase a radio, but they can be expensive for a good one and then have to be programmed with their codes. It can be done though. I was just looking online and the cheap ones are in the $100 range. https://wiki.radioreference.com ...

Normal years have rental motor boats available. They can't be keep overnight, but I have always wondered if I could find someone willing to drop me and return the boat. One could also drop all of the gear and most of the group, return the boat and walk back if one of your group is not up tho the ...

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I have been taking the seaplane to the island for years now. It is a bit unnerving not hearing back from them until a week or so before your departure, but I can assure you that their system works. The smaller planes (non airliners) require more specific weight and balance calculations. I have been ...

Welcome to the forums. You have enough time to do a comfortable end to end. If you don't have a Nat Geo map, go get one from REI or other. It is so much easier to sit and look at a map on the floor, and you will want it with you on the trail. I buy a new one every trip and write my diary on it. Then ...

I smell like a moose until the last day of my trip, save the occasional swim.

I take a lunch, camera, book, hat and jacket into the cabin. it gets cold on the outside decks. I fill up on water in Houghton, just make sure your bite valve is locked or hanging off the side of the cart.

When are you scheduled to depart Houghton? That time of year there is plenty of light, I think the plane's last flight to the island is around 4:00 p.m. which would put you landing about 4:30. You should have plenty of time to make it to Island Mine as a backup or even a primary. I really like that ...

In my experience, much like the lottery, my probability of catching fish whether using fishing gear or not is not statistically significant. It seems that on the island you have to know what you are doing. A twice a year fisherman like me has little luck. The charters on the island that guarantee ...

North... South... yeah must have been holding my mental map upside down.

Welcome to the forums. The Minong trail is the hardest trail on the island, with the west end having the most up and down. Beaver have been a problem in the last few years. They have put quite a bit of the trail underwater. Be prepared for some wet walking with extra shoes/boots and socks. Your ...

I agree with dcclark. Skip Lane and Chippewa, it's going to require too much perfection of legs and weather and airplane. They are nice, but more of a destination, than an overnight. Slow down and look around. I plan for 2 miles an hour on the island. At that speed I can look around as I walk, much ...

"That is, however, a very pleasant day trip in a kayak....."

That's how I came in, but we were walking with the Edison fishery folks for dinner Rolf and Candy.

I was on that trail early one year. We couldn't make it through the blow down from the winter. We had to go back and get tools to clear the path. It was only a few trees, but it's so thick there is no way around them.

I spent one night in the house keeping cabins at Rock Harbor a few years back. We had a view of Tobin harbor and I really liked it. It was the end of a cold wet trip and the cabin in the woods feel didn't take too much away from the back country feel. If it was a longer trip without camping I would ...