Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Toughest portage ever...
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pamonster |
quote lindylair: "Funny, we took that Mudro portage twice on a trip to the lakes north and west of fourtown a couple years ago. We had read what a difficult portage it was and were totally underwhelmed. Worst part is the landing on the north side, not really a good spot to take out or put in. But the portage itself did not seem that bad. Nice views of the river below from the highest spots. Goes to show that different challenges are handled differently by different groups. " To your point, I had trouble with this one. First time I set a canoe down mid portage. A multitude of things went wrong for me that day. My wife and I had a child 2 months earlier so I was over tired. I'd been having some back pain which may have been from crouching over the kid. The weather was complete crap, pouring rain and wind. The temps were in the 50's. In fact when we got to Fourtown were spent most of our time battling to not get thrown on the rocks while we hugged the shore. I was overloaded with pack and canoe and canoe gear, I kept slipping on everything and finally decided enough was enough. 2/3 of the way I set the boat down and finished the portage with my pack only then back for the canoe. It's not the longest nor geographically challenging portage I've tacked by far but for whatever reason it had it in for me that day.....I had no problems with it on the way out. |
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612er |
quote Spartan2: "As far as Muskeg-Kiskadinna, all I wrote was "185 rods, hard and arduous." I just looked at my 2007 journal and saw that I wrote the Muskeg-Kiskadinna was 'wet, muddy, and with a killer hill to climb.' I just did a terrible 5-rod from Morgan into Carl Lake. It's really more like 15-20 rods and it goes straight through wetlands. Each of us fell hip deep into swampy muck at various points while carrying gear. There is no good landing on the east end of Carl. Then again, water levels were high this past weekend. In general it's probably not a tough portage but it vaulted up into my top 3 based on the conditions. |
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landoftheskytintedwater |
quote dicecupmaker: "The 140 rod out of Cherokee into Sitka lake was my toughest. It was on a solo and I had to triple portage that one. Memorable!" Just did that this weekend on a trip with three newbies. I felt kind of bad but thankfully the weather was nice. I would not want to do that in the rain! |
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Spartan2 |
Have never done that one, but our daughter and her husband did it on his one-and-only trip. They thought it was awful! From their tales, it was very muddy, too! I have often wondered if that was why they never took another canoe trip. ;-) |
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ozarkpaddler |
quote Spartan2: "I think that Jan is correct that timing is a big part of it. I also think sometimes it is your state of mind, or what particular thing bothers you most. For me, it is balancing on one round log, especially if slippery. Or even, sometimes, two of them if they are small. Can't do it. With a heavy pack on my back--just can't do it. It's a mental thing. Funny, I'm not short, but some of these are tough to me too as I get older. Those Cross River portages are tough for anyone our age or less than 6'6" (LOL)! Everytime I do the Granite, theys seem to get tougher too? One time at Horsetail I slipped and fell HARD on my head. I was "Fuzzy" for awhile, and a headache for days. |
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TomT |
The scariest one was Agnes to Louisa in the rain. Extremely steep and without roots to pull yourself up over the sheer rock face this wouldn't be possible. I remember the helpless look on my dog's face as she was stuck and I dragged her up by her front legs. Going back down, luckily I had no gear. Very slick and scary in the rain and I don't recommend it. This is a picture at the top of the portage (Louisa Lake landing) as we wait out the rain. She was not too thrilled. Basically it's rock climbing and when wet it wouldn't be hard to get seriously hurt here. |
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ducks |
I've really enjoyed peoples stories about these portages. |
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rertel |
These are not long portages (46, 67, and 104 respectively) but they are little used and come with lots of rocks and hill climbs. If you aren't navigating a field of small ankle-breaking rocks, you're leaping from boulder to boulder--or if there is a break in the rocks, you're crawling under or through downed trees. And you cross the divide which is always my favorite part of any trip. It was our first trip and we were poorly packed and over-packed when we encountered these. We looked like a Conestoga headed west with all our worldly belongings. We had launched from Homer Lake in the early afternoon thinking we would camp on Brule around 5 that night. Fighting wind and thunderstorms all afternoon and triple portaging, we finally reached Brule at about 9 pm. The last light was fading and we found no open campsites, but a couple of folks occupying campsites offered great sympathy. I was reminded of the time when I was attacked by a skunk as a child and my older brother's only assistance was to tell me to get downwind. After paddling around the lake by moonlight for maybe four hours looking for a campsite or a portage or a miracle, we hit a rock pretty hard and decided to find some place to get off the water until light. We spent the remainder of the night perched on a rock off an island in Brule before we took off at dawn and hauled our circus through these three portages. It was an usually and unbearably hot, humid day which made the up and down climbs through boulder fields even more memorable. We've done a lot of tough portages since then, including several mentioned in this thread, but none have seemed as bad as these. We almost repeated the route through "the mechanics" last year to test our memory of these portages, but decided to take the Cherokee-Sitka portage back to Brule instead. We were tired and it seemed the lesser challenge. At 5'3", the Ham-Cross Bay portage with a heavy pack was a real challenge for me, too. |
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PineKnot |
First was the Delahey Death March in 90 degree temp, hazy sun, no wind and humid. 6 hours later, I paddle into Conmee and then to Suzanette--felt absolutely horrible till the next afternoon. Second was the Yum Yum portage in a steady rain. Slipped and slid all over, missed a turn and into a dead end, backed up, bushwhacked up a small hill, tumbled down a steep trail, and finally put in on Kahshahpiwi...a new experience in pain and frustration... But good memories nonetheless... |
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Spartan2 |
quote bottomtothetap: "Spartan 2, I'm another one who did not particularly care for the Horsetail Rapids portage on the Granite River. We ended up walking the canoes through the water for part of it over VERY slippery rocks--not really a place to portage on land for much of it. Took a lot of caution to successfully negotiate this little span. Someday I am going to find the time to scan the photos and write up the report from our 1992 22-day trip. I guess I had a very positive attitude along about that time. :-) I stopped on Omega-Kiskadinna and got out my little disposable panoramic camera to take a photo of the portage trail in the sunshine (probably on the trip back with no pack), and when I described the portages from Kiskadinna to Long Island the next day (after the night of thunderstorms) I called one "muddy" and one "rocky" and said they were both "short" That was it for the descriptions. As far as Muskeg-Kiskadinna, all I wrote was "185 rods, hard and arduous." Since you can tell from my posts on this board, I am NOT a person of few words, it does surprise me that I didn't consider these portages worthy of more comment. But this was our "trip of a lifetime". We were psyched. At this point, we thought nothing could stop us. Later on, we had some challenges that did give us pause, and we changed our route, and changed our attitude a bit, but it still remains, to this day, our best trip and most memorable. |
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bottomtothetap |
quote Spartan2: "quote bottomtothetap: "Spartan 2, I'm another one who did not particularly care for the Horsetail Rapids portage on the Granite River. We ended up walking the canoes through the water for part of it over VERY slippery rocks--not really a place to portage on land for much of it. Took a lot of caution to successfully negotiate this little span. Yeah, that route/trip will be a memorable one for me as well: One night we were camped on Omega and took a side trip to Winchell. As we enjoyed a pleasant evening paddle on Winchell back to Omega my bow-paddler 17 year-old turns back to me and says, " Ya know, Dad, you planned a pretty good trip!" makes it ALL worthwhile, right there! :) |
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Goldenbadger |
quote boonie: "quote Goldenbadger: "quote lindylair: "Funny, we took that Mudro portage twice on a trip to the lakes north and west of fourtown a couple years ago. We had read what a difficult portage it was and were totally underwhelmed. Worst part is the landing on the north side, not really a good spot to take out or put in. But the portage itself did not seem that bad. Nice views of the river below from the highest spots. Goes to show that different challenges are handled differently by different groups. " lol. Maybe I'll just avoid that one. :) |
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boonie |
lol. Maybe I'll just avoid that one. :) " Yeah, I know what you are talking about - I'm only 4 inches taller . . .and shrinking with age :). |
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jwartman59 |
quote boonie: "Probably the Muskeg-Kiskadinna portage ("the Wall") plus the awkward little ones before and after. "this one is bad. I was doing a solo. I think I cried. |
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LuvMyBell |
quote Frenchy19: "Canoe to Pine is tough." +1 The other tough portage I've taken was Zenith to Lujenida. |
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Captn Tony |
1st time was right after the blow down. There were so many trees down that we finally quit trying carry the canoes and set them on the trees and drug them by a rope over the tops of the branches. 2nd time tore a calf muscle and could barely walk. The Knife, Vera, Ensign and the Birch to Ensign were the toughest I've done so far without extenuating circumstances. |
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Spartan2 |
As far as Kiskadinna-Muskeg, we did that portage on our 22-day trip in 1992 and I am surprised, now when I hear others speak of it, that I don't remember it at all. It was on day 3 of our trip, and I was carrying the food pack on one of my carries, so I know I was heavily loaded. In looking at my journal, we stayed overnight on Kiskadinna on the night of Day 2, and had thunderstorms in the night, so everything was wet and muddy. The only mention I make of the portage to Muskeg in my journal is that it was "long, hard and arduous", and that Spartan1 "helped in the middle with my second carry until I got my wind back". He was, of course, portaging a Grumman canoe, and a heavy pack himself. Those were the days! :-) From there we went on to Long Island and finally camped on Gordon for a layover day in the rain. When I think of toughest portage, I think of three. All of them will make you smile if you have done them, because none of you will agree with me. (And that's OK. It's all in the perception, and the timing, right?) 1. Height of Land. I have always called this "Depth of Mud." That isn't because of the portage itself but because of the conditions on the day that we encountered it, and the experience I had burying my leg beyond the knee in deep mud and being stuck until my husband could rescue me (I didn't want to lose my boot, for one thing). I think the biggest problem with it was the name--I had envisioned "Height of Land" as being something very different, and to be slogging through that stuff was just unreal! And they were my NEW boots! 2. The portages from the Cross River on the way to Ham Lake. These are actually quite easy for someone with long legs and good knees. For an old lady with arthritic knees and short legs they are a nightmare. The Forest Service has made great stair-steps to climb, but they are stair-steps for giants! And because they are there, there is almost no way to go up or down the hill without using them. In my younger days it would have been a piece of cake. In 2010 it just about did me in--again at the beginning of a trip with a heavy food pack. 3. Horsetail Rapids at Saganaga Falls. I loved the Granite River trip and handled all of the portages well for the most part. This one made me sit down and refuse to do the second carry. Walking on the one little log along the side of the rushing water--just did me in! I know most people think this short portage is easy. Not for me! Like I said, it's all in the perception. My portaging days are over. When you look back on them, many times it isn't the longest ones that you remember as the toughest. You have to have been there. :-) |
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bottomtothetap |
Last year we did the "Wall" between Muskeg and Kiskadinna with aluminum canoes (in spite some extra weight, my Alumacraft QT-17CL is still my favorite tripping canoe). We were kind of psyching ourselves out about this portage before taking it. But then, with the right attitude and method, we met the challenge just fine. I agree with those citing the portages before and after the Muskeg/Kiskadinna portage as troublesome. The Kiskadinna/Omega portage "re-kicked" my butt a bit too and while it is not any kind of a significant distance, I found the portages and yucky little creek between Long Island and Muskeg to be rather tedious and down right annoying. |
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Corsair |
Have to look at the circumstances: My first trip 2003 143r: Vera into Ensign. That was with Aluminum Canoes, 4 Man Tent in my pack, big bulky sleeping bag attached to the outside, Coleman propane lantern danging from a rope from another pack, and god knows what other heavy equipment we had. Probably wouldn't be so tough today. 2013 Entry at LIS 300r: Took the unmarked portage from Slim to Fat. All lightweight gear, Kevlar canoes. Wasn't the roughest as far as terrain, however was a mental challenge looking for signs of the old portage(chain saw cuts etc, had to backtrack)wears on you a bit. |
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Goldenbadger |
quote lindylair: "Funny, we took that Mudro portage twice on a trip to the lakes north and west of fourtown a couple years ago. We had read what a difficult portage it was and were totally underwhelmed. Worst part is the landing on the north side, not really a good spot to take out or put in. But the portage itself did not seem that bad. Nice views of the river below from the highest spots. Goes to show that different challenges are handled differently by different groups. " I'm 5'2". Steep rocky portages suck. I bang the canoe on the rocks and inclines much more than my taller counterparts. |
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windsc |
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spottedowl |
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jcavenagh |
quote Longpaddler: "The Meadows Portages on the way to Agnes. Bang, bang, bang...three in a row....damn near killed me. It was my first trip in the Q...." Those got me...twice. In 2008 I blew a meniscus in my left knee. In 2010 I blew a meniscus in my right knee. Needed surgery both times. |
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pastorjsackett |
That lake is worth the trip for the fishing and solitude, but we won't every go back with all that heavy gear! |
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TomT |
quote ducks: "Tom T. LOL the pup looks pissed off. Our Golden Retriever that died used to have that same look at times." She's a real good sport but yeah, I think she was just wanting it to stop raining. A dog cannot fake their emotions and you can tell everthing by the body language. |
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Canoearoo |
quote shock: "quote Canoearoo: "back in the 90's by JAP lake the rain had washed out the portage and we had to lower our canoe with ropes down a steep cliff. It was nuts"going to seagull or south ? sounds like a big mud slide. " It was going South. The one going north was hard as well but we didn't need ropes for it. That area is all different now I'm told due to fire. No more old growth and I'm sure the portage was repaired not long after. |
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shock |
quote Canoearoo: "back in the 90's by JAP lake the rain had washed out the portage and we had to lower our canoe with ropes down a steep cliff. It was nuts"going to seagull or south ? sounds like a big mud slide. |
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ozarkpaddler |
quote CrookedPaddler1: "Everyone has the portage that just kicks our butt everytime! For me; its the portage from Ottertrack into Ester. Not that long of a portage, but for some reason, I cannot get up that hill without having to take a break! " Yup, that too is a tough one. But Canoe to Pine is my all time least favorite. I've done longer, I've done steeper, but the combo of the two on this one.... |
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Goby |
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HowardSprague |
(Not enough to kill my good mood though, as I was in the BW!) |
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Craig K |
quote user0317: "Up the Bottle river from Lac La Croix to Bottle lake. We knew there were no 'official portages' up there, but we figured the area would have enough use to have some 'user made portages' roughed in. It took hours of using both sides of the border, and lining the canoe past a few gentler rapids to reach Bottle lake. It was a beautiful area though and the entire route was lined with eagles patiently hunting for fish. I'm not sure that I would go there again, but I am glad to have done it." That would make for a tough portage, most people use the 80rod Bottle Portage from Lac La Croix to Bottle lake. It is in a bay on the Canadian side up a ways from the bottle river, very wide and flat but usually Muddy! You can see it on this Voyageur Map |
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keth0601 |
We decided last year to try to portage it in order to mark those lakes off on the map and shortcut to Mountain Lake. Boy was that a hairbrained idea. It was June and everything was very very wet. The trail was long and steep on both sides. To add to that the trail (which wasn't much of a trail to begin with) became more or less a small creek as we neared Watap/Rove lake with plenty of muck holes and slipery rocks all over the place. At some places it was so steep and slick that there was no way for one person to carry the canoe so we had to stop and hand it up/down those spots. The skeeters were terrible and to top it off it began pouring rain on us about 5 minutes in. I also managed to snag my hand on a jagged rivet inside the canoe gunnel and got a nice gash that got blood all over everything. I won't be forgetting that one anytime soon. |
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jwartman59 |
quote keth0601: "I don't think mine was technically a portage, but there's a trail marked on the map going north from a campsite on the North side of clearwater that leads up and over to Rove/Watap lakes intersecting the border route trail. i'm certain that this would be the worst portage in the bwca. i've camped at that site and wondered if anyone would be crazy enough to carry a canoe over it. way to go. |
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2old4U |
quote OldGoat: "I hit my toughest portage when I did a solo of the Lady Chain/Louse River loop out of Sawbill. The Zenith to Lujenida 480-rod is UP HILL BOTH DIRECTIONS. Now that may sound strange, but it crosses the "great continental divide known as the Laurentian" so each end starts out with an uphill section. I was on it during a wet mucky period which helps seal that in my memory. Same here! Another one I don't particularly like is the boulder field portage between Ella and Grace. I don't think a 1000 loads of gravel could help that poor excuse of a portage. |
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boonie |
quote Goldenbadger: "quote lindylair: "Funny, we took that Mudro portage twice on a trip to the lakes north and west of fourtown a couple years ago. We had read what a difficult portage it was and were totally underwhelmed. Worst part is the landing on the north side, not really a good spot to take out or put in. But the portage itself did not seem that bad. Nice views of the river below from the highest spots. Goes to show that different challenges are handled differently by different groups. " You'll want to do the Muskeg-Kiskadinna "wall" portage with a very tall companion ;). |
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MacCamper |
quote lindylair: "Funny, we took that Mudro portage twice on a trip to the lakes north and west of fourtown a couple years ago. We had read what a difficult portage it was and were totally underwhelmed. Worst part is the landing on the north side, not really a good spot to take out or put in. But the portage itself did not seem that bad. Nice views of the river below from the highest spots. Goes to show that different challenges are handled differently by different groups. " "Underwhelmed"...I agree as I have portaged many of the "worst/toughest" and found them to be pretty much a constant degree of difficulty. Long to longish, lots of ups and downs, rocky/boulders, wet or running water, muck, board walks, downed trees. Hmmm, that was just my last solo trip. Toughest? As portages are such a component of the adventure, I wouldn't consider toughness a deterrent to my adventuring. That said, I have experienced many loaded treks through the woods when I was happy to see the lake at the other side. |
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kanoes |
quote MacCamper: "quote lindylair: "Funny, we took that Mudro portage twice on a trip to the lakes north and west of fourtown a couple years ago. We had read what a difficult portage it was and were totally underwhelmed. Worst part is the landing on the north side, not really a good spot to take out or put in. But the portage itself did not seem that bad. Nice views of the river below from the highest spots. Goes to show that different challenges are handled differently by different groups. " timing is everything too. end of a long day, pack still full of food...an average portage can seem terrible. |
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QuietWaters |
So physical condition also plays a big part. Would probably scamper right up it now. |
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head2north |
quote outdooraddict: "....but I was ready for angleworm to be over with this last Friday coming out. The last ten minutes just kept having me saying in my head "the parking lot has to be close"" outdooraddict - Do you happen to paddle with another soloist with a blue kayak? |
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Goldenbadger |
quote WindChill: "This thread makes me feel like a rookie again. There are only a couple of these Ive even heard of. I did both of those last year. Twice. We took a day trip to Knife from Ensign. At least we weren't carrying a ton of gear. They were very tough portages in my book. Rocky and steep. Not the longest, but not short either. But the worst I've ever done was the goat path coming out of Fourtown into Mudro. That portage is a b!+€#!! |
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outdooraddict |
quote head2north: "quote outdooraddict: "quote head2north: "quote outdooraddict: "....but I was ready for angleworm to be over with this last Friday coming out. The last ten minutes just kept having me saying in my head "the parking lot has to be close"" It was pretty decent, we caught some pike, smallmouth and walleye while we were on Gull. Lol, he is a bit crazy. There was actually a third member to our group who was an hour and a half behind after realizing (as we got our boats packed for angleworm) that he forgot his life jacket in the pickup. |
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bottomtothetap |
quote schweady: "Angleworm to Trease +1 |
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old_salt |
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DeanL |
I'll go with old_salt and say the last one. |
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outdooraddict |
quote WindChill: "This thread makes me feel like a rookie again. There are only a couple of these Ive even heard of. Ensign to vera is kinda tough. For me I am jot sure, haven't done too many, but I was ready for angleworm to be over with this last Friday coming out. The last ten minutes just kept having me saying in my head "the parking lot has to be close" Haven't had anything that was super challenging physically, just mentally I would say. |
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outdooraddict |
quote head2north: "quote outdooraddict: "....but I was ready for angleworm to be over with this last Friday coming out. The last ten minutes just kept having me saying in my head "the parking lot has to be close"" Sure do, where did you see us? |
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head2north |
quote outdooraddict: "quote head2north: "quote outdooraddict: "....but I was ready for angleworm to be over with this last Friday coming out. The last ten minutes just kept having me saying in my head "the parking lot has to be close"" I was on Gull Lake on the 15th as you paddled to campsite. The fellow in the blue kayak was some 15 minutes behind you still at Home/Gull portage (organizing). I thought to myself, Angleworm portage is hard enough in a canoe, this kayaker was crazy. Side subject, how was fishing for your trip? |
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lindylair |
Mine was Little Trout to Misquah Lake, over the Misquah Hills. Probably 35 years ago , very rocky, blowdowns and the path was barely discernible. About 250 rods which is a long portage and huge elevation changes, a real ball buster. We met some rangers on Misquah who asked us with some surprise if we really took that portage - said it was one of the 2-3 toughest in the BWCA. We eventually got to Vista for a great basecamp trip but absolutely refused to go back that way. Spent the next couple days trying to figure out any other way out, including the So Brule River which was impassable, and ultimately took the Morgan Lake portage and had 2 of us walking/jogging 7 miles back to the truck. We were in our early to mid twenties, prime physical condition and experienced trippers. Somehow today I think it couldn't have been that bad but at the same time, i remember sitting in camp on vista saying "No way am I going back over that portage" |
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head2north |
I got as far as Cherokee Lake, stayed and turned around to do it again after a few days rest. I suppose it kicked me twice, three, four times....... I portaged the canoe without a yoke. What? yes. Didn't know I needed one at that time so my neck was cranked against the bottom of canoe. I almost broke my neck when the canoe slammed back after going over one of those boulders. still kicking me.... I'd forgotten my leech bucket on other side of Sitka so I pleaded with a group with a canoe on lake to go back and retrieve. I exchanged the favor by lugging two of their packs across portage. Needless to say, I have become wiser over the years with that first trip lesson. But that welcome to the BWCA I'll never forget. |
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WindChill |
The only one Ive done that I consider tough is Ensign to Vera or Vera to Knife - I dont remember which, we did them back to back. I just remember going up, up, up then going down the waterfall/creek and having the canoe bang the rocks behind me. |
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nctry |
quote boonie: "Probably the Muskeg-Kiskadinna portage ("the Wall") plus the awkward little ones before and after. " First one that came to my mind. Some of the others mentioned I can relate. I can think of several others that posted a challenge, but the wall has kicked my butt more than once. Then I don't think you have time to recover and the next one west isn't long, but it sort of rekicks your butt. :) |
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Pinetree |
quote tg: "lindylair-a buddy and I did that portage a few years ago and it is a beast! definitely one of the tougher portages I've traversed." Heard rumors about this portage-tough. |
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bapabear |
quote Savage Voyageur: "quote dicecupmaker: "The 140 rod out of Cherokee into Sitka lake was my toughest. It was on a solo and I had to triple portage that one. Memorable!" same here |
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nicek |
Longest - yes; toughest - no; most memorable 2 miles portage in the park - most definitelly YES! |
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Warty |
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Savage Voyageur |
quote dicecupmaker: "The 140 rod out of Cherokee into Sitka lake was my toughest. It was on a solo and I had to triple portage that one. Memorable!" You beat me to this one dicecupmaker. This was my toughest portage. It passes over the Laurentian divide, sometimes climbing up at a 45deg angle over huge boulders. Not fun. |
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andym |
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Soledad |
quote Banksiana: "Argo to Crooked after a storm in April. Took close to two and a half hours. " I like this picture! Everything is tougher in the snow. |
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Craig K |
quote Savage Voyageur: "quote dicecupmaker: "The 140 rod out of Cherokee into Sitka lake was my toughest. It was on a solo and I had to triple portage that one. Memorable!" Doing this portage with an 80lb fiberglass canoe was by far my toughest also. After hoping from boulder to boulder on this one my knees hurt for over 4 months. ...I have a lighter canoe now! |
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KevinL |
The next day I heard some young lads talking about the 180 rods they had done the day before. At least I made it to Des Moines in time. |