My thoughts are to REALLY try to sneak in a trip to Lane Cove. The 3 ridges you'll cross and very cool and offer some amazing views of the area. Lane Cove as a destination is awesome as well - you won't regret it.
For water, if you pull dirty water from superior you'll be ok. I suggest to bring an ...

Thanks for the great feedback! I'm glad I am not the only one feeling the IR Squeeze!

I wonder if the increased traffic is a sign of the new norm. Perhaps with all the good press it's getting to be a popular destination. We did run into a nice couple from Seattle so the word is certainly getting ...

You may have to check on the regulations of IR. My gut feel is that it's prohibited to go off-trail since when I did the IR orientation last week we were firmly told to STAY ON THE TRAIL and...."if there is a mud puddle go thru it, not around it. If a tree is down, go over or under the tree do not ...

FWIW, We did chat with some of the Rangers and they mentioned a recent story about a guy sitting in his hammock and had a buddy jump in with him (to be funny?) and the hammock collapsed and the hiker slammed his back on the ground and needed to be medi-vaced out on a body board. Perhaps the same ...

Yea, does sound very aggressive. We chatted with a couple who did the AT and several other national trail systems and he said over and over how EVERY mile here is hard earned and it is. Rock Harbor to Moskey on day 1 considering the boat will not arrive to RH until close to noon is very, very ...

Just got back from a nice 4 days on the island and I wanted to share my experience and thoughts on the trip.

Copper Harbor to Rock Harbor:
We arrived at the Queen IV around 7:20am. We were really surprised to see the number of older (70's/80's) people heading over to stay at the lodge with their ...

For what it's worth I took a tiny mp3 player that had an FM receiver. I was able to get 3 FM stations very clearly. I think they were all out of Thunder Bay. I was able to get a weather report from one station but they were very infrequent. I think I was in Daisy Farm when I tired.

Thanks Tom, you're awesome!!

Sorry if this was answered already, I did several searches.

I am going to IR later this week and the weather seems rainy with storms possible. To get weather reports, would an am/fm radio catch any stations to get updates? If not, I can look into buying a weather radio.

Thanks!

Hello! I have been tweaking our itinerary based on the group we will be traveling with. Here is the latest one. I would be curious on your thoughts.
We will be leaving on the Queen IV Friday Aug. 19 and will have a group of 4 fairly inexperienced hikers.

Day 1 - Arrive on Queen IV around noon to ...

......There's so much fresh water on Isle Royale that I personally don't worry too much about needing tablets or UV.

Can you elaborate? Do you mean you think the water is very good quality from lakes/streams/Superior within IR?

From reading this and other threads it sounds like getting water for ...

Thanks everyone for the fantastic feedback, I really appreciate it! I will share this with our group and adjust accordingly.

THANKS again!

Hello - I'm glad I found this great site.

We are planing our first trip to IR and wanted feedback on our planned route and some other questions. We are planning later in August this year.

Our group consists of some 50 year old guys in mixed states of fitness, 3 women aged 17-25 in decent fitness ...