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by HoosierHiker1202
Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:29 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Trip Report - Feldtmann Loop, June 2025
Replies: 3
Views: 146

Re: Trip Report - Feldtmann Loop, June 2025

I’m not enough of a meteorologist to know if Feldtmann made its own storm, but we went to bed under clear skies and hours later were in a hope-for-the best scenario. It got intense for a short bit.

As for my friends, I would say so. One of them used a lot of borrowed gear that he has since ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:29 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Trip Report - Feldtmann Loop, June 2025
Replies: 3
Views: 146

Trip Report - Feldtmann Loop, June 2025

June 19 - Made the drive up from NW Indiana with two traveling mates for my third and their first trip to the island. Seven and a half hour drive, placed us at The Downtowner in Houghton for wings, curds, and a Pacers Game 6 victory. Great start to the trip!

June 20 - 8 am seaplane flight to IR ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Sat May 31, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Trip Report: Moosewatch 2025: May 10-18
Replies: 12
Views: 1129

Re: Trip Report: Moosewatch 2025: May 10-18

Thanks for the behind the curtain glimpse. I participated in Moosewatch for Educators in 2022. Your posts bring back vivid memories of the sights, sounds, and (unfortunately) smells of that experience. How did the Educator trip compare to the pure Moosewatch? Sounds pretty similar, sans wolves ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Tue Apr 15, 2025 2:03 pm
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: New food storage regulations
Replies: 41
Views: 55640

Re: New food storage regulations

I like to picture the wolves as lobos celebrating Cinco de Mayo, treating the suspended cannisters as pinatas. They still lack opposable thumbs, right?
by HoosierHiker1202
Thu Apr 10, 2025 6:36 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Beaver Island
Replies: 9
Views: 1501

Re: Beaver Island

backwoods doc wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 9:35 pm Okay, do a few cannonballs off the dock at Windigo and call it a day.
:D :D :D

Thanks again for all the info. Maybe he can just hitch a ride on an outbound moose...
by HoosierHiker1202
Tue Apr 08, 2025 11:21 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Beaver Island
Replies: 9
Views: 1501

Re: Beaver Island

Thanks for all the thoughts. To be clear, this is still very much a hypothetical. We'll have to wait and see what the island offers that day. It would be the morning before we catch a seaplane back, so wet clothes for the trip aren't much of a concern. As for the weather, anything less than perfect ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Tue Apr 08, 2025 5:38 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Beaver Island
Replies: 9
Views: 1501

Re: Beaver Island

Fair questions. We’ll be there at the end of June. He swam for Northwestern University, which has definitely been a few years, but I know he still swims as his primary means of staying fit. I’m not sure how gung ho he was on this idea, but I know it caught his idea when looking at the map. I think ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Mon Apr 07, 2025 6:29 pm
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Beaver Island
Replies: 9
Views: 1501

Beaver Island

My group is going to have a little downtime at Windigo. One member of our group is a swimmer. He wants to know how realistic it would be to swim from Windigo to BI. We obviously know the water will be cold and deep. We’re aware that weather can be an issue. Is that completely out of the question, or ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Mon Apr 07, 2025 5:24 pm
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Lake Halloran
Replies: 3
Views: 737

Re: Lake Halloran

Thanks for the info. You mention “the trail”. Is there a marked trail, or are there certain landmarks by which I would try to navigate, or do I just leave camp in the general direction of Southwest and hope I see a trail?

Thanks for the tip on the Powder House, too. Something else to consider.
by HoosierHiker1202
Mon Apr 07, 2025 10:52 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Lake Halloran
Replies: 3
Views: 737

Lake Halloran

I'm going to be on the Feldtman in late June this year and noticed Lake Halloran on the map. I've read what I can find on this site about it, but I'm not seeing a whole lot from the last few years. Anyone know if it's still accessible and how difficult it would be? I understand there used to be a ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:14 am
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: New food storage regulations
Replies: 41
Views: 55640

Re: New food storage regulations

BearVault BV 475. It’s supposed to accommodate 5-6 days of food, but it’s not the largest, heaviest option. On paper, at least, it seemed to be the right compromise of weight and volume. Will know more by the end of June after I’ve returned or been consumed by wolves. If I make it back, I’ll let you ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:23 am
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: New food storage regulations
Replies: 41
Views: 55640

Re: New food storage regulations

I've gone ahead and ordered a bear cannister. I figure if nothing else, it gives me the encouragement to go ahead and get out West a bit, as well, to try some of their terrain. At 2 pounds, 4 ounces, it's not light, but it's also not going to be what keeps me from accomplishing any of the things I ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:42 pm
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: New food storage regulations
Replies: 41
Views: 55640

Re: New food storage regulations

Sorry to loop back to this, but this is new territory for me. Can any of you give me any thoughts on whether you'll be using a cannister, or suspending a bag, or if there's another option I should consider? Not sure if it matters, but I'll be heading on a small loop from Windigo, to Island Mine ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Sun Mar 02, 2025 9:26 am
Forum: Food & Cooking
Topic: New food storage regulations
Replies: 41
Views: 55640

Re: New food storage regulations

Anyone have any guess as to how this plays out? What do they mean that animal-resistant food storage will be required? Will someone be checking? Is this similar to the requirement that you filter and chemically treat water that most people don’t actually do? I’ve read that people coming from the ...
by HoosierHiker1202
Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:46 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: Snowshoe Tracks????
Replies: 9
Views: 13287

Re: Snowshoe Tracks????

Probably just a snowshoe hare…