BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
May 02 2024
Entry Point 23 - Mudro Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 5
Elevation: 1166 feet
Latitude: 48.0356
Longitude: -91.8301
On the Water- Monday July 20th-
On the water late considering how far we need to go today. Up the Horse river to the falls by 6pm. Started raining and NO campsites available. Mudrow-Alruss-Tin can Mike-Horse Lake-Horse River-Basswood. 13 miles by water. (not counting portages)
Tuesday July 21st-
Rain all night, all morning and all day. Went north by petroglyphs, table rock and the the Crocked Lake Narrows across Thursday bay to campsite. Basswood-Crooked Lake-Wednesday Bay-Thursday Bay. 11 miles in the rain.
Wednesday July 22nd-
Up early and calm winds to take advantage of, considering the big water we have to cross. Found beaver dam to lift over and did a portage from hell between Pandos lake and Chippewa Lake. VERY steep and slippery after rain. Many mud holes. Then the mile portage after Wagosh Lake to Gun Lake. Never saw another soul in a canoe or campsite the entire day! Thursday bay-Friday Bay-Pandos Lake-Chippewa Lake-Wagosh lake-Gun Lake. 11 miles by water.
Thursday July 23rd-
Finally had a dry night. got everything dry!!! A few portages today to Fourtown Lake campsite. Easy day by comparison. Gun Lake-Fairy Lake-Boot Lake-Fourtown Lake. 6 miles. Put the long miles at the first of the week for a buffer for contingencies!
Friday July 24th-
Last day. Stormed last night bad. A few portages today with one bad one between Fourtown Lake and Mudrow lake. To entry point by 1pm. Ready for a hot shower! 4 miles
Total-
45 miles by water
13 miles by portage (3 trips each)
58 miles total.
October Snow!
Entry Date:
October 15, 2006
Entry Point:
South Hegman Lake
Number of Days:
1
Group Size:
2
We started out Sunday, Oct. 15th with breakfast Briton's and met Dominic at Piragis at 10:00am (off season hours 10 to 4) and picked up a Bell Seliga tripper. The road out to South Hegman was a bit muddy and the rental car got christened. The trail into the lake was covered with 6 inches of snow and a few trees had given way to the snow weight and fallen across the portage. The weather was sunny and bright. The snow on the trees was beautiful.
We put in about 10:45am and the water was calm. The Selgia glided surprisingly well and it wasn't long before we were cruising along. Both of us remarked at how quiet it was. No birds, no wind, no sounds from the man-made world. We crossed the portage into North Hegman and continued up to the pictographs. The sun was shinning on them perfectly and we were able to take some great pictures. We had hoped to press on to the Angleworm portage and hike a bit, but we were stopped by ice that was about 1/2 inch thick and my wife being afraid to push through it.
Instead we leisurely headed back south and took a break at the portage to drink some coffee and have a snack. It was just so great to be in the BWCA again and enjoying the beauty and solitude that we all love.
The wind began to pick up from the south and we decided that alas all good things must end. We packed up our things and headed south the wind was quite strong and the high front and back of the Seliga made it a bit challenging to maneuver. I am sure loaded with a weeks worth of gear it would have been much better.
We made our way back to the portage out, and left with the feeling of being blessed again by the BWCA.
We arrived back at Piragis at 3:30pm and headed back to Duluth by Highway #1. The drive was beautiful with deer standing by the side of the road in the late afternoon. We stopped for my rhubarb pie fix at Betty's pies and arrive in Duluth with a beautiful setting sun over lake Superior.
I have added a few pictures to show the trip and I entered one in the photo contest. Thanks to all who made suggestions and helped us plan this trip on this forum.
