2023 Trip Log - Post your planned itinerary here!

[torpified]

Name: Laura (and Mr t)
Email: (at) PM me here!
Hometown: Ann Arbor
Arrival Date: 5 August
Departure Date: 7 August
Coming From/Via: Copper Harbor/her majesty the Queen
Itinerary: Rock Harbor Lodge based forays (Mr t is a keen walker but an even keener fan of beds and toilets)
Notes/Other: I'm very excited---I didn't think I'd pull a visit off this year!

[us11857]

Name: Scott
Email: (at)
Hometown: Grand Haven, MI
Arrival Date: 07/15
Departure Date: 07/22
Coming From/Via: Houghton/Hancock 2pm Flight
Itinerary:
07/15 - Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm
07/16 - Daisy Farm to McCargoe Cove
07/17 - McCargo to Todd Harbor
07/18 - Todd Harbor to S. Desor (or maybe Island Mine depending on the feet and legs)
07/19 - S. Desor to Siskiwit
07/20 - Siskiwit to Feldtmann Lake
07/21 - Feldtmann Lake to Windigo
07/22 - 11AM flight back to Houghton/Hancock
Notes/Other: This is my 3rd trip to the island, but haven't been there in like 20 years, it is going to be interesting how my 47 year old self tackles it when my 27 year old self struggled at times. Looking forward to catching some pike. I was hoping to skip the first leg and take a water taxi down to Moskey Basin but was amazed when I called in April that there was basically zero availability.

[Buckeye]

Name: Buckeye (Evan)
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
Arrival Date: Aug 28
Departure Date: Sept 2
Coming From/Via: Hancock/Seaplane
Itinerary:
Day0: Rock Harbor arrival - Water Taxi to Malone Bay
Day1: Malone to Hatchet Lake
Day2: Hatchet to Little Todd Harbor
Day3: Little Todd to North Lake Desor
Day4: Desor to Huginnin Cove
Day5: Huginnin to Windigo and Seaplane back to Hancock
Notes/Other: Hiking with Dan and Jeff. Our 5th trip to the island together.

[CharlesGambee1864]

Name: Nick
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Arrival Date: 6/18
Departure Date: 6/23
Coming From/Via: Hancock (Seaplane)
Itinerary: Windigo - Feldtmann Lake - Siskiwit Bay - Washington Creek - Huginnin Cove - Windigo
Notes/Other: Second year in a row for my Dad and I, after a trip to the Rock Harbor side last year. Bringing my Uncle this year.

[Kelly]

Name: Kelly
Email: (at) Here!
Hometown: Berrien Springs, MI
Arrival Date: September 22
Departure Date: September 29
Coming From/Via: Copper Harbor
Itinerary: The campgrounds of Rock Harbor
Notes/Other: I had other summer plans and didn't think I could make it this year; however, September is turning out to be doable. First time bringing a boat.

[JavaHiker]

Name: Javahiker, kayakwaves
Hometown: NW Wisconsin
Arrival Date: 8.18.23
Departure Date: 8.23.23
Coming From/Via: GP via Sea Hunter/return Sea Hunter.
Itinerary: Kayak to Rainbow Cove then Atwood Beach area, and return via Rainbow Cove and Grace Island. Depending on weather, side trips to Feldtmann and Halloran to fish. If time permits, we may hike to the Washington Island peak for lunch and photos.


Notes/Other: My 17th trip (7th by kayak); wife's 10th

[churchill330]

Name: Craig and Jennifer
Email: (at)
Hometown: Whitmore Lake
Arrival Date: Sept 3
Departure Date: Sept 10
Coming From/Via: Houghton/ Seaplane
Itinerary: Feldman Loop/ Minong/ Huginnin Cove
Notes/Other: First trip since 2018. My 9th trip, Wife's 3rd.

[reclothier]

Name: Rob
Email: (at)
Hometown: Spring Arbor, MI
Arrival Date: 9/8
Departure Date: 9/15
Coming From/Via: Seaplane via Hancock
Itinerary:
Day 0 - Hugginin
Day 1 - North Lake Desor
Day 2 - Little Todd
Day 3 - Todd Harbor
Day 4 - Lake Richie
Day 5 - Chippewa Harbor
Day 6 - Voyageur II back to Windigo. Washington Creek
Notes/Other:
Third year in a row going, this will be my second trip solo. This trip will put me five short of staying at all of the campgrounds not off of a portage trail, lake, or separate island. Really looking forward to the Minong trail, having a couple fires, and Hugginin and NLD campgrounds. After this trip I'll also have only the Feldtmann loop, Malone stretch, and oddly enough Daisy Farm to Mount Ojibway to have trekked every path. I'm sort of a completionist, so I think my trip next year will probably be a kayaking portage trip to hit some of the other lakes.

The last two years I was on the first trip the Queen IV made, so neither trip had much going on in terms of foliage. Really curious to see what the crowds look like.

Mid September should be well past the crowd stage.
You'll also probably on the other side of the foliage with a bunch of it being gone. The last mid-August trip I did a lot of the trees had lost leaves already.

You will experience minimal people (2-4) compared to the Greenstone that time of the year. Last year on the Greenstone for a few miles heading West met MANY groups ages from retired to families.

[cherrypinklimeade]

Name: E
Email: send me a message on the forums!
Hometown: Duluth, MN
Arrival Date: Late September
Departure Date: Even Later September
Coming From/Via: Grand Portage via the ferry
Itinerary: A little up in the air at the moment but as of now it's looking like this
Day 1 - ferry from Grand Portage to Windigo, hike to Island Mine
Day 2 - Island Mine to Siskiwit Bay
Day 3 - Siskiwit Bay to Feldtman Lake
Day 4 - Feldtman Lake to Washington Creek
Day 5 - Washington Creek to the ferry back to Grand Portage
(alternate scheme: some version of a route involving hiking to N. Desor and spending a 0-day there to make up for the hike length)
Notes/Other: My 5th trip, bringing my mom on her 7th? 8th? 10th trip? I honestly don't know, I'll have to ask her! She hasn't been backpacking in a number of years so we're in for an adventure.

[cherrypinklimeade]

Itinerary:
Day 0 - Hugginin
Day 1 - North Lake Desor
Day 2 - Little Todd
Day 3 - Todd Harbor
Day 4 - Lake Richie
Day 5 - Chippewa Harbor
Day 6 - Voyageur II back to Windigo. Washington Creek

Looking forward to hearing about your trip, would love to know more about you experiences at both Chippewa Harbor and the Hugginin to N. Lake Desor stretch!

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