Take enough to keep you happy, is the answer used by a nonprofit I used to travel with. For me, for any trip of 3 days or longer I carry 3: one to wear, one dry spare, and the one I wore yesterday which may or may not be dry yet from being washed. For socks, I usually carry two pairs and only wash t...

If you are considering this to do the entire length of the Greenstone Ridge Trail, know that the lodge runs a hiker drop-off run of the MV Sandy two days a week in the morning. I am going from memory here but I think it was the day after the Ranger ferry arrival. And, you can take the regular excurs...

My guess is that the cruises will do a “drive-by” look at the island featuring Passage Island and the northwestern view of things, since that is the main shipping route into Thunder Bay. I was surprised this past summer when I stayed at Merritt Lane campsite at how close the big freighters were to t...

Due to major project schedules, the time slot for my “summer” vacation this year will be April 24-May 11. Not seeing any transport options in that timeframe to get to Isle Royale. Is there something I missed, or is the Park still kinda frozen up? I see that technically it is open and legal to be the...

Wow!

Other stuff if you have a boat in Rock Harbor, besides all the stuff Ingo mentioned, includes hiking trails on Mott Island and Rasberry Island, hunting Greenstone stones on Tookers Island, Gilbert’s Hole and Lorelei Lane whichcan be stunningly beautiful if the weather is calm, and the boat allows ac...

If you really want to do some mileage, take the Minong to the Hatchet Lake cut-off and then return to Rock Harbor on the Greenstone-Lake Ritchie-Rock Harbor Trail. This can be done with zero backtracking if you take the Tobin Harbor trail out of Rock Harbor. Lay this out on a map and see how the mil...

Jerry’s right, group sites IF EMPTY may be used by individuals. I have done that a couple times. I have always wondered at what point should I stop thinking a group might show up? Darkness? 6pm? I have also been invited to share a group site with Boy Scouts when Daisy Farm was packed to the max. I r...

On the other hand, that may take a little of the pressure off Rock Harbor for one day per month!

The guys are right, MoskeyBasin is fantastic. But in favor of Lake Ritchie is exactly the fact that it is interior. No docks, no powerboats, less of a crowd, no shelter doors slamming. This is the place where you will get a true sense of wilderness backcountry, with fewer intrusions from the outside...

Either one is good. There is a significant climb out of W. Chickenbone and the top (jct Indian Portage Trail w/ Greenstone Ridge) is a great place to drop packs, turn right and make a bit of a climb to arguably the best views on the Greenstone Ridge. I would stay at Lake Ritchie and take your time g...

What sleeping pad do you have to sleep on? Knowing you are a cold sleeper, I would make sure you have a full-length pad and well-insulated, probably a model recommended for winter camping to handle Isle Royale ground in June. Remember, whatever insulation you are wearing and your sleeping bag undern...

I am also a very cold sleeper, and I use a sleeping bag liner both for a bit of additional warmth and also to keep my sleeping bag clean. Some things to consider are how closely your sleeping bag fits around you, and what are you wearing to sleep in, because if there isn’t any extra room, a fleece l...

"Has anyone tried dehydrating Campbell chunky soups? " Big chunks dry slowly......sometimes when I need to dehydrate something from a can, I take the time to cut things into smaller pieces so the drying (and later the rehydrating) goes faster and more evenly. The potato chunks, the carrot ...

Thanks for posting this.