Thanks for posting! Heading to the island Saturday and will keep an eye to the skies.

When did you two take your trips? I/we could also likely do the trip mid-August. Have hiked on both 90 degree plus Summer trips and 0 degree Winter trips so have some experience with both. But I've read that in May, trails may not have been cleaned up from Winter yet and most of the facilities at ea...

Hello everyone! Just moved from New England to Iowa and recently realized I'm about an 8 hour drive to Grand Portage. Partner and I have experience backpacking on plenty of 2 to 3 day overnights in the White Mountains, but this will be our first week+ trip. Looking to do low daily mileage with plent...