- Moose Lake to Splash Portage, Prairie Portage and on Basswood out to Washington Island or Back Bay
- Snowbank Lake to Disappointment Portage or Boot Lake Portage
- Across Burntside to Crab Lake Portage
Showing posts with label Back Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Back Bay. Show all posts
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Towboat Service in the BWCA
Spirit of the Wilderness Outfitters, Ely MN is specially permitted by the USFS to provide towboat service on the following lakes:
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Lake Ice Conditions: May 13, 2014
Current Ice Conditions: Pilots were unable to fly today. As you venture out into newly opened water, remember the gasp reflex. No matter how well you can swim, please WEAR yourlifejacket!
West Side:
East Side:
This report will be linked to the ice conditions alert on the Superior National Forest website:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/superior
West Side:
- Basswood: Jackfish, Hoist, Wind, and Back Bays all appear open. Bailey Bay is not open but likely to change in the next few days. Moose Chain to Prairie all open.
- Burntside: east and west arms open, ice in channel and some in North Arm.
- White Iron, Bear Island, and Shagawa are open.
- Snowbank and east of Alice Lake are mostly still full of ice. Shallower bays in Snowbank are opening.
- Rivers are mostly open and lakes (except for a few large ones) are mostly open from Snowbank going west.
- Up the Echo Trail: Jeanette L. and Big L. are open.
East Side:
- Outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Crescent, Fourmile, Toohey, and Lichen are open.
- Mid- Trail is still socked with ice, like West Bearskin still pretty iced over --pretty slim chance of it opening by the weekend.
- Gunflint Lake the on the west side of the Gunflint trail its open up to Magnetic Lake but there is still ice on the shores.
- Round Lake Open
- Missing Link Lake open
- Gillis open
- The channel into Sag open – but can see ice beyond
- Seagull is open
- Ham Lake open- Cross River and Cross Lake- open
- Probably nothing open yet in the Vento area (Daniels, Duncan)
- Kawishiwi and Isabella Lakes are open. Parent Lake is probably open.
This report will be linked to the ice conditions alert on the Superior National Forest website:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/superior
Monday, May 13, 2013
May 11, 2013 Ice Out Report from USFS
Superior National Forest Ice Update
Friday, May 11, 2013
US Forest Service Update
Today’s Safety Message:
• A personality change is a good indicator for hypothermia. When the loud person gets quiet or the quiet person gets loud, encourage them to take shelter and drink something hot.
• Wear your PFD.
• Ice packs may shift. Be prepared.
FS Pilot report—Information added from flight late Thursday afternoon:
• Fall Lake is mostly open.
• Newton is open.
• There was a very wide band of dark ice from west shore to east shore in the middle of Pipestone Bay of Basswood blocking passage north of Caribou Point.
• Ella Hall, Mud, Muskeg, Hula, and Wood are all open.
• Back Bay is mostly open.
• Wind Bay of Basswood is open but Wind Lake is 75% frozen.
• Moose Lake is mostly frozen but the ice is dark
• Sucker and Newfound are covered with mostly dark ice. These lakes have some open water around the edges.
• Little Gabbro is open. Gabbro is 80% frozen.
• The Kawishiwi River is open from Birch Lake to White Iron. From River Point the river is open up to Three Mile Lake but Three Mile Lake is frozen.
• North Kawishiwi River is mostly open. Lake One is open from the public access to Kawishiwi Lodge. There is a big chunk of ice in the northern half of the lake blocking passage. Insula, Alice, Fraser, and Thomas are frozen.
• Ensign is frozen but dark. Knife and Kek are frozen.
• Garden is 75% open. South Farm is 30% open and dark ice.
• Big Lake is frozen but may open in a day or two.
• The Nina Moose River (aka Moose/Portage River North) is open and Nina Moose Lake is about 80% open. Ramshead is only 40 % open. Stuart, Agnes, and Oyster are frozen.
• The Little Indian Sioux River is open but the Pauness Lakes are only 50% open.
• Dumbell, Sawbill, Isabella, Sawbill, and Kawishiwi Lakes and most lakes of any size on the east half of the forest are still frozen.
Friday, May 11, 2013
US Forest Service Update
Today’s Safety Message:
• A personality change is a good indicator for hypothermia. When the loud person gets quiet or the quiet person gets loud, encourage them to take shelter and drink something hot.
• Wear your PFD.
• Ice packs may shift. Be prepared.
FS Pilot report—Information added from flight late Thursday afternoon:
• Fall Lake is mostly open.
• Newton is open.
• There was a very wide band of dark ice from west shore to east shore in the middle of Pipestone Bay of Basswood blocking passage north of Caribou Point.
• Ella Hall, Mud, Muskeg, Hula, and Wood are all open.
• Back Bay is mostly open.
• Wind Bay of Basswood is open but Wind Lake is 75% frozen.
• Moose Lake is mostly frozen but the ice is dark
• Sucker and Newfound are covered with mostly dark ice. These lakes have some open water around the edges.
• Little Gabbro is open. Gabbro is 80% frozen.
• The Kawishiwi River is open from Birch Lake to White Iron. From River Point the river is open up to Three Mile Lake but Three Mile Lake is frozen.
• North Kawishiwi River is mostly open. Lake One is open from the public access to Kawishiwi Lodge. There is a big chunk of ice in the northern half of the lake blocking passage. Insula, Alice, Fraser, and Thomas are frozen.
• Ensign is frozen but dark. Knife and Kek are frozen.
• Garden is 75% open. South Farm is 30% open and dark ice.
• Big Lake is frozen but may open in a day or two.
• The Nina Moose River (aka Moose/Portage River North) is open and Nina Moose Lake is about 80% open. Ramshead is only 40 % open. Stuart, Agnes, and Oyster are frozen.
• The Little Indian Sioux River is open but the Pauness Lakes are only 50% open.
• Dumbell, Sawbill, Isabella, Sawbill, and Kawishiwi Lakes and most lakes of any size on the east half of the forest are still frozen.
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