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BWCA Portage 24
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Approximate Length:
395m (79 rods)
Lakes:
Climb/Descent Meters:
24.6
"Hilliness" Index
62
# of Comments:
15
On 9/30/2024 11:00:12 AM,
HappyRock616
said:
Visit Date:
9/25/2024
MUD - Leaving Swamp lake that mud is deep, even in September. First time, sunk in knee deep without finding any reasonable alternative without bush-whacking drastically. Second trip, I laid my canoe in the main mud - trail and walked through it. I would like to credit Oregon Trail for a excellent child hood education, always caulk the wagon and ford the passage.
On 8/12/2024 8:09:59 AM,
soultwist
said:
Visit Date:
8/9/2024
Warnings in other comments are real!! What looks like a large ankle deep puddle from the doc, that could use some repairs, goes WAIST DEEP in places. We had the best luck staying on the south side and hanging on to the trees, but even then it was knee deep plus in very mucky shoe sucking sludge! There is a handy croc exchange program at the end! :) Otherwise the portage was a nice up and down with a great landing on the west side. Doc really needs to continue to the dry area. However, we've had a very wet year. You are rewarded however with sheer rock faces in Ottertrack that offers amazing echoes! After that a long boring pull to get to Knife unless you get wind... then I imagine it sucks!
On 1/28/2024 10:55:02 PM,
halvorson.christopher
said:
Visit Date:
6/1/2018
easy 100, slight elevation changes, but plenty to see along the way!
On 8/12/2023 9:54:57 AM,
BubbaJr
said:
Visit Date:
8/10/2023
We followed direction and stayed on the dock on the Swamp Lake end. Unfortunately, some hurried folks pushed past my teen who was carrying the canoe to the portage and just past where the dock ends he had to step off the trail to get out of their way. He immediately sank into muck to his upper thigh (he’s 6’4”) with one foot solidly on the trail and a 56lb canoe on his shoulders. Took us a long while to get his leg out and then his shoe. Rest of portage was beautiful and pretty easy. On our way back thru a woman told us another kid sank in up to his shoulders in the same spot. Be careful on the trail and the dock on the swamp lake end.
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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Monument Portage
by
jeemon
9/1/2012
Border Markers
by
Ken Orwoll
6/27/2009
Border Markers
by
Ken Orwoll
6/27/2009
Monument Portage
by
Ken Orwoll
6/27/2009
Border Markers
by
Ken Orwoll
6/27/2009
Border Markers
by
Ken Orwoll
6/27/2009
monument portage
by
Joe Scott
6/29/2015
monument portage
by
Joe Scott
monument portage
by
Joe Scott
Ottertrack Lake to Swamp Lake
by
Gavia
5/27/2013
Swamp Lake to Ottertrack Lake
by
Gavia
9/15/2012
monument roger.JPG
by
matt13
5/20/2016
monument canada.JPG
by
matt13
5/20/2016
monument zach.JPG
by
matt13
5/20/2016
Ottertrack end 1
by
AmateurHour
9/7/2017
Ottertrack end 2
by
AmateurHour
9/7/2017
Looking into Plume Lake
by
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Portage
by
Mike Monahan
8/22/2019
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8/22/2019
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8/22/2019
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by
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8/22/2019
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by
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8/22/2019
IMG_7272_cc.jpg
by
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8/18/2019
Monument Portage
by
Riley Smith
5/25/2017
Monument portage boardwalk
by
TuscaroraBorealis
Monument
by
TuscaroraBorealis
Ottertrack landing
by
TuscaroraBorealis
Monument Portage
by
mryan1023
9/17/2020
Portage
by
halvorson.christopher
6/5/2018
Portage
by
halvorson.christopher
6/5/2018
Mud Plank
by
HappyRock616
9/25/2024
Mud Hole Bridge
by
HappyRock616
9/25/2024
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