Lane Cove?
Yes, that is accessible to hikers. 5 tent sites.
Beautiful, but as of late lane Cove is one of the "It" sites to visit and tends to fill up.

torpified wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:12 am
Could Belle Isle be the location of my oft-fantasized IR pop up brick oven pizza parlor?

We've brought pizza dough and toppings on 2 backpacking trips but not to the Island yet. A place to cook would be ideal

But in general, I recommend carrying a full day's water on the island. Unless you're on one of the Lake Superior shoreline trails, water tends to be hard to come by. 2nd this. I would never plan on stopping along the way for water unless some sort of emergency popped up. I've carried 2-3 days worth...

I second Ingo's post. 3 nights is perfect for the Feltmann loop. Your route is certainly doable but you will be on the trail the majority of the time. Windigo to N Desor is haul. Depending on when you arrive it'll be pretty late when you get there. Hatchet to Malone (when I did it mid August a few y...

Yes, fog and rain can cause plane delays. The seaplane company seems to be quite good about trying to get people where they need to go in as timely a fashion as possible. I've never been delayed personally but have had my scheduled flights to and from the island moved around by a few hours because t...

Kelly wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:43 pm I've found it to be quite thorough.

Yep, great resource!

ViaChicago wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 12:42 pm
Does anyone else regularly pre-tape their feet? Should I do again for my IR trip in September?

Yep, I do it with ducttape on the back of my heels/ankles.

If you know that your shoes/boots will bother your feet then yes, I would continue taping them.

Also orangish sun here in southern Wisconsin. There have been air quality alerts off and on recently as well.

Personally I would avoid bushwacking unless absolutely necessary. The campsites are fairly well spaced and in early June you should find them lightly populated. The only reason I would back country camp is if an emergency came up and you couldn't make it to the next site or you were dead-set on taki...

jerry wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:52 am Is the Blatnik Bridge still being worked on?

Yes. I didn't think it was going to be done until some time in '24.

I'll second Chickenbone East.
I like it, and its nice that other people avoid it. It is unique in that it almost has a high desert feel to it.

Regarding Lane Cove: that has become a popular site for people to hit so it may be full especially in mid-July.

Sounds like a fun adventure if I had the time.
#7 and #4 would be my first choices.

I am hopeful that the COVID and Wolf reintroduction news cycle blip is over. Under this assumption, we could see a drop similar to 1998-2009 Fingers crossed! 2021 was bad. I was pleasantly surprised that there were fewer people around during my 2022 trip. Looking at the data I'm glad that even year...

Vandy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:43 am Most people ignore them, especially at the grill.

No NPS staff had them on.

Sigh, just another basic rule people can't be bothered to follow these days.

My group caught Covid-19 from the island (well %99 sure it was the seaplane home) in July.

When I was there 3 weeks ago the trail was in pretty good shape. I'd say boardwalks were in "average" wear state. We definitely saw much worse boardwalks on other parts of the island.
There were some washouts on the switchback sections going down shortly after the Mt Franklin junction.