Thank you everyone for your helpful responses and multiple options to build in a contingency plan! My only contingency plan was to remove the Chippewa Harbor Campground, so I appreciate all the other creative ways people can explore the island. The tickets for VII have already been purchased, so we ...

Hi all, my friends and I (3-5 people) are planning our first trip to Isle Royale early August of this year. I'm so excited! We're all in decent shape - I'd say my absolute day limit is Yosemite's Cloud's Rest that I hiked this summer (foolishly, without a proper hiking backpack). The most anyone on ...