BWCA Portage 24

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Approximate Length:

395m (79 rods)

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Climb/Descent Meters:

24.6

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On 10/1/2020 9:13:25 PM, eagle98mn said:

Visit Date:

9/17/2020

Monument portage was really beautiful heading East to West. It was busy though. Getting unloaded on the dock on the swamp end was tricky with impatient groups around. Once on the portage it winds downhill toward Ottertrack and you have a nice view of the trail you are hiking due to the trees that have been cleared along the border.

On 6/15/2020 10:58:22 AM, BobberRob said:

Visit Date:

6/12/2020

The boardwalk on the east side was slightly submerged and there looked to be someone who might have stepped through a board at some point (ouch). This can become an absolute traffic jam. We ran into a number of groups, all of whom decided to spread their gear out and block the portage trail and landings. The portage is easy and, but can take longer due to traffic. 2/5

On 4/10/2020 11:24:26 AM, Nicholas said:

Visit Date:

7/20/2019

Monument portage. Easy well traveled portage with some mild elevation in the middle. Stay on the docks.

On 8/26/2019 2:21:29 PM, Mike Monahan said:

Visit Date:

8/22/2019

Well used and maintained. As mentioned in the other reviews, stay on the dock!

On 2/24/2019 7:10:52 PM, Riley Smith said:

Visit Date:

5/25/2017

Gotta love the monuments. This portage is really busy as a lot of people are heading to Knife. As others have said: stay on the dock and it's not a bad portage.

On 9/5/2018 11:40:51 PM, twincitiesjesse said:

Visit Date:

9/2/2018

Most of this portage is pretty easy. But there's a "dock" on the Swamp landing. Stay on the dock. In the water around the dock, submerged at the time we visited, was another platform made of timber. It seemed solid, but approaching land on the submerged timber, we found a mucky bottom that will swallow you up to your waist in muck. Stay on the dock! Assuming you followed this advice and are muck-free, admire the boundary markers on this portage. They are pretty cool.

On 4/20/2016 1:10:19 PM, AmateurHour said:

Visit Date:

9/4/2015

Well-traveled with a hill in the middle. A good place to exercise good loading/unloading etiquette since it sees so much traffic.

On 7/29/2015 10:57:34 PM, KY Paddler said:

Visit Date:

6/13/2015

I've went over this portage many times. It is literally "up hill both ways". But it's not bad, it has a nice path with a dock on one end and a beach on the other for easy canoe launching. The monuments are always good for photographs too.

On 7/5/2015 9:59:58 AM, Joe Scott said:

Visit Date:

6/29/2015

Well maintained and easy.

On 5/10/2014 10:31:29 AM, bwbrian said:

Visit Date:

8/4/2013

Monument portage - Landing on Swamp Lake is a boardwalk/dock...stay on it! The portage is well-worn and easy with a little elevation along thee way. Landing on Ottertrack is a beach. Nice border markers (monuments) along the way.

On 1/22/2014 3:35:37 PM, jeemon said:

Visit Date:

9/1/2012

Monument Portage is interesting with historic boarder markings, starts with a well maintained dock on the Swamp Lake landing

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