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RaisedByBears99

04/15/2012 04:08PM

My father tells me we used take this portage, 428 rods, when going into Tuscarora, but he has no memory of it. Neither do I. When you are young, and someone else is doing the navigating, you come across a memory in surprising places.

If Frost River is too low, this will be my alternate route. Can you tell me anything about the portage?

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UncleMoose

04/15/2012 05:15PM

Long, hot and buggy are my memory of it from 2006. I recall a bit of up and down and a low section past a bog/dried pond (where we were attacked mercilessly by mosquitos). I suppose if it's cool out and not in the heart of bug season, it wouldn't be so bad aside from the length. It's otherwise a very well used/beaten trail.

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DayDreamin

04/15/2012 05:21PM

A good size uphill to start from tuscarora to Missing link. Its not too bad otherwise

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Kiporby

04/15/2012 05:45PM

Just Long. Can be a bear if it rains alot as sections get muddy. Long descent into Tuscarora Lake. Good climb if you are going the opposite way.

There is a light and it never goes out. Morrissey

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SuperApple90

04/15/2012 07:18PM

Fairly easy portage. It's long but goes by quick. Make sure you are clothed well though, the mosquitoes are relentless.

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RaisedByBears99

04/15/2012 07:43PM

quote SuperApple90: "Fairly easy portage. It's long but goes by quick. Make sure you are clothed well though, the mosquitoes are relentless."

Hmm. Maybe there will be a head net in my gear. Otherwise, doesn't sound TOO bad.

Probably why it isn't memorable.

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mooseplums

04/15/2012 07:48PM

one of my favorite trails. Not hard, just a bit long. Solve the buggy problem by tripping early in the year or fall.

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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TomP

04/16/2012 01:44PM

We went through there last August. Bugs were not bad then. On the long portages, we "leap frog". We carry our loads about 1/3 of the way and then go back for the next load. I wouldn't let the length concern you unless you have a tendency to bring way too much stuff. We double portage with no pack heavier than 45 lbs.

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mocha

04/16/2012 07:54PM

something to be said for taking a long walk in the woods! i personally thing the portage from missing link to round is worse than the tusc portage. it may be shorter but it has so many boulders...always have to watch the footing.

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Scout64

04/16/2012 08:20PM

quote mocha: "something to be said for taking a long walk in the woods! i personally thing the portage from missing link to round is worse than the tusc portage. it may be shorter but it has so many boulders...always have to watch the footing."

I agree, Tuscarora is just long. Missing to Round is very rugged. So is Missing to Snipe.

"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit."

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Kiporby

04/16/2012 09:46PM

quote Scout64: "quote mocha: "something to be said for taking a long walk in the woods! i personally thing the portage from missing link to round is worse than the tusc portage. it may be shorter but it has so many boulders...always have to watch the footing."

I agree, Tuscarora is just long. Missing to Round is very rugged. So is Missing to Snipe."

Agree!

There is a light and it never goes out. Morrissey

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Lemieux

04/18/2012 06:53AM

The portage from Tuscarora was well used, not very technical just 400+ rod.

I remember going from Tuscarora Lake to Tuscarora outfitters the last morning of our trip and it seemed to be fairly easy all the way out. I've done some difficult portages in the past so this is why I think this way.

Some people think anything over 100 rods is difficult.

To each their own!

Pack Lite!

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IBFLY

04/21/2012 02:05PM

I've done it a few times - relativley easy if you are not going in too heavy. It can get a little greasy when wet. The first 200 yds from Tuscarora to Missing Link has some elevation gain.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

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ceresota

04/21/2012 07:36PM

We did this portage last summer on a 95 degree day, no wind, very buggy and needless to say it wasn't something I want to repeat anytime soon. If it wasn't so hot it might not have been so bad.

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TuscaroraBorealis

04/21/2012 08:13PM

As others have already alluded to.... I think the fact that it's over 1 mile long is what immediately grabs everyones attention? And, that does automatically qualify it as one of the tougher trails you'll encounter in the BWCA . But, the trail is mostly a very nice path. The hill climbing out of Tuscarora lake is the only noteworthy challenge.

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