Hi all. I'm heading up to the BWCA for the first time at the start if June. Going with a friend and we're both hammock campers and while we can set up ground sleeping arrangements we definitely prefer to hang. Since it's the first time up there for both of us I'm interested to see if anyone has suggestions for sites on our route that are better for hammocking and sites to try to avoid. Any useful information is greatly appreciated! Our general route is a lollipop east of Snowbank, getting into some reasonably remote lakes. The lakes we plan on camping follow:

Night 1 Ima Lake, preferably the eastern half
Night 2 Alice Lake, east side preferred again
Night 3 Fishdance Lake or Kawishiwi River west of Malberg
Nights 4 & 5 Anywhere from Beaver Lake to Boulder
Night 6 Fraser or, preferably, north half of Thomas
Night 7 Ahsub or Disappointment

Again, thank you for any information!

You should be good throughout the BWCA, aside from the crummiest of sites and really bad burn areas. Perhaps others will have more specific intel, but I think you’ll know a good one when you see it. Check out the maps section here for campsite reviews to help out. As a guy from a land with few trees, it’s a mental adjustment to camp in a place where they’re darn near everywhere. I like it!

Not every single site has perfectly spaced trees, but with the exception of burned areas you will have no trouble finding a site with trees for two people to hang. You just may have to be creative if they are a bit too close or too far apart.

Thanks for the encouragement! I know I'm at a stage of over thinking things right now as I've wanted to paddle the BW since the 90s and it's so close I can taste it. We've been hammocking at dispersed sites, mostly unestablished, in NFs in the Ozarks for the last few years so we're used to making due with what the forest provides. The site reviews here and on other sites are a huge help and it'll be a nice change to have open sites and the amenities that are provided.

I'll pack some extra cordage for the long hangs, we are accustomed to fitting into tight spots with lots of brush so that won't bother us too much if it happens. My tripping partner will probably lose his mind at that first hang, unshavenman. He would never sleep under that!