Only done the island once (a couple weeks ago), and it was the first real trip for any of the guys in my group. However, we followed an itinerary pretty close to what you're looking at, although we had 1 extra day. I will concur with the group on the Moskey Basin route. The shelters there are fantas...

Good TR. I can confirm the same as you guys experienced on the Desor H20. If you see my TR from the week prior to yours we did the Greenstone in the opposite direction. While we fell in love with the VIEW of Desor (it was our first interior lake campsite, so probably that first love kinda thing), we...

Hey the leeches were just part of the fun! We definitely enjoyed the trip more and more as it went on. Sitting on the beach at 3 Mile was incredible. Warm and sunny enough to swim in superior was a nice plus too! As for weird Al my buddy had a bunch on his phone so we just played it at random. Perso...

After months of planning we finally made our way to the island last week. Man reintegrating into the real world kinda sucks... This TR is a copy and paste of the notes I took on the island. Also worth keeping in mind that this trip was the first real backpacking trip any of the 3 of us have done. My...

We'll be on the ferry to the island next Saturday. Bummed about the fire ban, but we will be honoring it.

Name: Brian, Steve, and Jim (friends) Hometown: Waterville, Ohio Arrival Date: 7/24/21 Departure Date: 7/30 Coming From/Via: Copper Harbor Itinerary: 7/24: Arrive at Rock harbor, day hike scoville point, overnight at RH camp 7/25: Voyageur to Windigo, hike to Island Mine 7/26: Island Mine to Hatchet...

Just wanted to followup on this as we are starting to get VERY close to our trip (we'll be on the island in 2 weeks). I believe we have settled on the following itinerary: 7/24 Arrive at Rock Harbor, get campsite at RH campground, hike Scoville point WITHOUT packs, and grab evening meal at the lodge...

Gotcha, I guess it never even occurred to me that there might be lakes that don't really hold any fish at all...although now that you mention it I'm almost certain I did look at that chart on here that mentioned some lakes not having a fish population. You hit exactly on what I was thinking...is it ...

We're planning our first trip to the island for this summer (last week of July). Our main goal of the trip is backpacking from Windigo back to Rock Harbor. We're arriving in RH on a Saturday, taking the Voyageur II from RH to Windigo on Sunday, then hiking back to RH to catch our ferry home on Frida...

I once had an Appalachian Trail Conference trailrunner (trail employee who patrols the AT) stop and thank me for using rubber tips on my poles! If the carbide tips are not truly needed for safety, use the rubber tips. They do less damage to trails anywhere including Isle Royale. That's kind of what...

As a first timer planning a trip this summer, I'm wondering if anybody had any advice on the tips to use for your trekking poles on the island? I used my REI coupon to get a new set of poles, and they just came with the standard carbide tips and baskets. Those are probably fine, but sometimes when I...

If you just pretend everything is on Eastern time, you will (at worst) be 1 hour early for your ride on the Voyageur. That's how I've always worked, at least! See, to show just how awful I tend to be with that timezone math, I had it in my head we'd be an hour late! But you are correct, obviously.....

Bobcat, HA! One of the buddies that is going with me lives in the Chicago burbs. I have already put him in charge of remembering to help us with the Central time thing since that middle ferry ride is on Central time! It makes for a pretty early departure for us Eastern Time Zone folks. I also notice...

Thanks for a couple of good quick thoughts, guys. I echo dccalrk's comments compared to FB. I'm sure there is far less traffic here than any FB groups, but at the same time this is a medium that lends itself to thorough thought out responses. I'm on FB, but I just find these old school forums a bett...

First of all let me thank everyone that is making this community. Web forums seem to be a dying trend, with FB groups and others, but there is still something special to me about this type of communication platform. No better way to have quality online discourse focused on specific topics! Glad I st...