Any 2025 reports

[JerryB]

Awfully quiet out there. I head to the island in August and await some trip reports. I wonder if the food storage cases are in place at all campgrounds and what direction is being given by the rangers on that front.

[Kelly]

I just returned earlier this week:

• Proper food storage was mentioned during the orientation, but we were not asked to prove that we had appropriate storage devices.
• We were unable to locate the food storage locker at Feldtmann.
• I think there were three at Siskiwit. One was tilted toward the user, so caution on opening the doors was warranted.
• The one at Island Mine was level and nicely placed.
• I can't remember if there were any at South Lake Desor.
• I remember seeing one at Malone Bay.

On a related note: my expensive zipper bag from LOKSAK lost its seal within the first couple of days. I'm not quite home yet so will deal with that next week.

[torpified]

Unless they've been moved---unlikely, since they're 300+ pounds and the small clearing they're in is surrounded by heavy brush on three sides and a lake on the other---the Feldtmann lockers are conveniently placed in a small lakeshore clearing about 60 meters north of group campsite one. I've dropped a pin in a Caltopo map to indicate (my best guess about*) the location:

https://caltopo.com/m/FGTKL5A

My Moosewatch team used the lockers while based at Feldtmann in May, thereby establishing a faint use trail. One of the lockers is pretty tilty---the clearings advantages don't include perfect flatness. Both are exposed to the sun, which led to some cheese liquefying!

*they could be even closer---I dropped the pin the first clearing I could see.

But to echo the main point: trip reports, please!!!!