And the Ranger III arrives! I count 7 boats that came over today, or maybe 8 if the one parked under the flag pole is amphibious .

RedLeg wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:37 pm Don't look like the Ranger we caught docking last year!

Edit: I checked and it was 4/24 when I caught the Ranger III on the Mott island camera last season.

It's also on the way now, so it should show up in a couple hrs.

Should be people in the picture today (4/30), looks like the opening crew is on their way over. Three NPS work boats heading across as of 9:30:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 7.7/zoom:9

I know there's been public WiFi at the Windigo pavilion for a couple years. From hiker reports, it seems that more and more folks are getting signals on the ridge, suggesting that carriers have improved their coverage and/or strength.

Helicopter was moving food storage boxes out to campgrounds. The boxes were staged at several places around park this Fall and then slung to the nearby campgrounds by helicopter. Boxes are heavy, large and really difficult to move any distance by hand.. Helicopter got them close.. crews will carry ...

For an experienced backpacker, I'd also suggest Feldtmann Lake (~8 miles). Lost count of how many moose I saw there a few years ago at the beginning of June. It's a short walk to Rainbow Cove (great sunsets and beautiful in itself) and if you have the time and need more, you could hike a couple ...

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?

As of today, new rules & regs are still in progress: https://www.nps.gov/isro ...

Doing some AT section-hiking isn't off-limits to me after the bubble heads north this summer either.

Areas of the AT in NC were catastrophically hit last fall by Hurricane Helene, but I haven't recently followed the AT clean-up efforts. Just in case you weren't aware, be sure to double check ...

treeplanter wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 5:18 pm One of the researchers is up on the Greenstone.

Another possibility is communications equipment for the Ojibway tower, but just speculating.

They are moving pallets that have been sitting there since last October.

Possibly some pallets of appropriate food storage bins that came in from NPS stock?

Makes sense that they're the new food storage lockers for the campgrounds. And that they'd try to get them at least to the CGs before ...

Sylvania Wilderness is a possibility, have heard it's great for canoeing at least. From the trail map it doesn't look like many loop options, though.

I have a 2-person double wall trekking pole TarpTent, but they didn't make my model for long. Works great as my single tent. At 37 oz it's lighter than their current equivalent. One thing I appreciate about the trekking pole design is it's easy to adjust the height of the fly higher for ventilation ...

Name: John & Sherri
Hometown: NC
Arrival Date: 8/1/2025
Departure Date: 8/16/2025
Coming From/Via: Ranger III
Itinerary: Malone Bay
Notes/Other: Volunteering to repair visitor cabin by the dock and other maintenance, greeting the Voyageur II, and being a point of contact if needed.