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2024 Season BWCA permits go online at 9am Central time this morning, they are all first come, first serve. Unfortunately the trend the last few years is for folks to grab the majority of the permits right away without firm plans. This leads to a lot of cancellations many of which are done too...

It was the end of May, I'm pretty sure it was the aluminum tank I was carrying that helped!

On a BWCA portage one year with my canoe on my shoulders I came face to face with a mother moose and her calf. We both stopped and looked at each other, I moved to one side and she moved to the other side and walked past me. I'm guessing having the canoe up helped me look larger than I...

I've found that I like a smaller size tandem to use with my 70# pup, has more room for the pup and my gear and seems easier to balance out everything than a solo was. Currently my go to is a 14.5' Merrimack Traveler that was/is a hybrid test model that came in at 39#.

Thanks so much Glenn!

Any final tally on the fund drive? Are we good to go for a number of years?

I think that would be the best part of the river to do!

Only got about 3" here in SE MN but at least it's something.

I've never been an expedition type of tripper, my longest trip was 10 nights out. As a Minnesota boy I've become a BWCA fanatic to the tune of 4 or 5 trips a year most years. I've paddled, hiked, skied or snowshoed during every calendar month of the year. I enjoy various types of trips (solo...

Hopefully it's just a beginning of a new year thing! Thanks for doing this!

I was pleasantly surprised on my 3 trips to the BWCA this summer and found almost no trash on portages or at campsites, a complete reversal to what it was during the pandemic.

For me the biggest downside, and it is a deal breaker, is sitting. I need my options to sit or kneel or stretch out my legs or fold them under me. I can last about an hour in a kayak. Portaging is a deal breaker too. The boundary waters CANOE area is one of the last places where you hardly...

Oops, sent my PayPal to canoetrippingnet@gmail.com not ctrippingnet@gmail.com but I got it back so I will re-send.

Just saw that the water in the BWCA is still soft and probably going to be that way for another 10 days or so, I think I will postpone my withdrawal and head up there next week as a warm front appears to be moving in.

Not always true, in the BWCA the last couple of big fires have created jack pine forests that look like they are a nursery,

Ellis canvas tents out of CO. uses the same "lightweight" canvas as snowtrekker but I find their pole setup simpler and easier to use than snowtrekker.

Looks fantastic! What's 2 pounds anyway!

I bought an Olympus TG6, it's waterproof to 50' and the strap will keep it afloat if I drop it in. I have played with a couple of underwater shots too and I'm going to be trying more of those.

Coffee and lake water, occasionally I'll filter it and once in awhile I put some flavoring it. I also tend to put a couple of frozen bottles of gatorade and 1 small bottle of frozen milk in the bottom of my bear barrel. After a couple of days I have a nice cold drink and I have 1 breakfast of...