Spring?

Spring delays!

Normally, the ice melts on the big lake near Ely about April 28.

I wait and worry. Spring delays! It's late this year - 1 to 2 weeks.

My brother and I plan a spring hike along the edge of the BWCA near Ely. We must canoe to the beginning point of this hike. We have an entry permit for Crab Lake on May 5th

He and I will explore some old logging road in the old portal zone between Lake Vermillion and Burntside. Logging occurred in areas of the wilderness in the years before 1978, the so-called portal zones. Some of the many logging roads out of Forest Center near Lake Isabella in the east became part of the Pow Wow Hiking Trail.

The logging roads accessed from the Wolf Lake Road were abandoned. The easements reverted back to private land. You can see a portion of the logging road on the map.

We wish to see what remains of these roads after 30 years.