Tow boats in the Boundary Waters
I just read an article about tow boat use in the BWCA. The article itself was fine but some of the comments about tow boat use on Saganaga Lake made me cringe. Saganaga Lake allows motors of up to 25 …
Sharing a Boundary Waters Campsite
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a place to get away from it all and enjoy the solitude and serenity of a secluded private campsite. The campsites are normally situated quite a distance from each other providing for a …
Water is still high on the Seagull River
We don’t have enough planks to make it out to our docks at Voyageur without getting our feet wet. The water is still rising and its made it’s way up to the paddle shack and to beneath the deck at …
BIG news on the Gunflint Trail
Have you heard the latest and greatest news on the Gunlint Trail? Yes, the huge Minnesota State record walleye is coming back to Saganaga and will have a new home at Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center but that isn’t the …
High water in the BWCA
After last summer’s drought the water level of the lakes and rivers in the BWCA was at an almost all time low at the end of the paddling season. While I was sure we would get plenty of snow and …
Boundary Waters lakes liquid once again
Just in time for the Minnesota fishing opener many of the Boundary Waters lakes are liquid once again. Thanks to very warm temperatures, a little bit of wind and some rain the ice disappeared faster than anyone could have predicted. …
Book your BWCA permit today
While the weather may delay this year’s start to the Boundary Waters canoe camping season it doesn’t mean you should delay reserving your permit. The BWCAW has become increasingly popular over the past two summers and people are flocking to …
An epic battle on the Gunflint Trail
There’s a battle going on between winter and spring on the Gunflint Trail. I wish I could say spring is winning but winter still has the upper hand. The ice on the lakes is thick, the snowbanks are high and …
Long winter on the Gunflint Trail
Winter just keeps on hanging on in our neck of the woods. It’s April and according to an article in MPR, “Much of northern Minnesota has seen two to four times their normal snowfall! And, “It’s been 8 to 12 …
What mid-April on the Trail looks like
We have had major April snowstorms on the Gunflint Trail in the past. With those the snow comes and goes relatively quickly but this year the snow just seems to keep sticking around. The ditches along the Gunflint Trail are …