Just saw this on line: Twice weekly hot air balloon rides to the island. Apparently they've scouted out a large, relatively flat area for landing and take-off near Scoville Point.
https://isrohotair.com/
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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation & Lodging
- Topic: NPS to allow hot air balloon flights to Isle Royale
- Replies: 3
- Views: 483
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Transportation & Lodging
- Topic: Michigan seaplane dock moving to Hubbell
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1465
Re: Michigan seaplane dock moving to Hubbell
Can't be helped. I remember sitting on the bluff at the Wood Lake campground one morning, looking over the lake and feeling about as far from civilization as possible. Then came the drone of a large motor from the south. It got a bit louder, then faded away after several minutes. Based on the day of...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: Here it is! - Greenstone 2024
- Replies: 5
- Views: 356
Re: Here it is! - Greenstone 2024
No mention of reserved campsites as yet...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: Winter Study update
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1647
Re: Winter Study update
I wonder if global warming is also, contributing to the decline in the moose population. Not sure. Moose do better in milder winters, but if their numbers get out of hand, and they over-browse, that's not good. I know enough to know that it's complicated. RE: Grim stories of wolves, this is one of ...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: Winter Study update
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1647
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Can't plan too early, questions for starting at Windigo
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1583
Re: Can't plan too early, questions for starting at Windigo
I would suggest at least a single Garmin InReach Mini, with tracking set to every 30 minutes. That way, if he doesn't move in an hour, and you haven't heard from him (and can't get him on the radio), you can send in the cavalry. $300 well spent. You might also want to build a couple of extra days in...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: Transportation & Lodging
- Topic: Windigo cabin reservations... grrrr
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1504
Re: Windigo cabin reservations... grrrr
That's rough, Kolo. My body is also beginning to fail me, so I've been considering other options. I'm looking at staying in a shelter at Windigo (or maybe Belle Isle or Chippewa). With a nice, thick inflatable mattress and a backpacking chair, those accommodations are quite comfortable (especially i...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Farewall, Windigo...hello Ozaagaatang
- Replies: 4
- Views: 780
Re: Farewall, Windigo...hello Ozaagaatang
I predict that almost immediately, it will be known as "Oh-zah".
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: A comprehensive question
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2897
Re: A comprehensive question
How about a "thorough hike"?
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:25 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: June 2023 trip
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1643
Re: TR: June 2023 trip
Yes, I believe a brick oven pizza parlor was buried in one of the new Wilderness Stewardship Plan options. But only in winter. If the lake doesn't freeze.
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: June 2023 trip
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1643
Re: TR: June 2023 trip
Thanks, Jerry.
I've been thinking about a trip to Belle Isle. Anything else to recommend it, other than access to cold water? Any trails? Nice beach?
I've been thinking about a trip to Belle Isle. Anything else to recommend it, other than access to cold water? Any trails? Nice beach?
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:07 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023
- Replies: 4
- Views: 867
Re: TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023
Who knew that that the folks on Mott Island were employing local residents to engage in covert surveillance of park visitors? Gives a whole new meaning to the term "Moosewatch". I did not observe any sharing of fish between said ducks, but am not willing to conclude that cooperative huntin...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023
- Replies: 4
- Views: 867
TR: Solo Backpacking Trip to Huginnin Cove – late August, 2023
Day 1: The lake was calm and the sky was cloudy for the trip from Grand Portage to Windigo on the Voyageur II. Saw a pair of otters in Washington Harbor when we were a few hundred yards from the dock. A light drizzle started about the time we reached Windigo, and kept up for the next few hours (what...
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:35 pm
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: 2024 trip- Wolves
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3551
Re: 2024 trip- Wolves
The International Wolf Center in Ely, MN is a great place to see wolves
I just made my first pilgrimage there, and was very impressed.
I just made my first pilgrimage there, and was very impressed.
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 10:47 am
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: Midwest Mountaineering (Minneapolis) - Going out of Business
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1074
Re: Midwest Mountaineering (Minneapolis) - Going out of Business
Very sad to hear this. I was in the store for the first time early this summer, while visiting my daughter and her husband in Minneapolis (it's where they've purchased their kayaks and backpacking gear). I was very impressed (and I've let them know about the clearance sale).