I probably should have mentioned that what my group faced re: the amount of portage clearing needed was the exception, not the norm. The fact that we were in the burn, which led to the blow down, made for tough going. Areas outside the burn are generally more passable, and require much less "heavy lifting" so to speak.

The one upside to having to fly into the Park is that there seems to be a lot of floatplanes up there servicing that general area. Your best bet might be to hook up with an outpost cabin operation, and tag along on one of their flights in/out. You could get dropped at one of their cabins, paddle off on your trip, then meet back at the cabin for the flight out. They're generally in there dropping off or picking up a group once a week. I haven't priced this out at all, but it seems like there could be some efficiency there that could save you some money on the flights.

Ranger