DentonDoc wrote on Feb 25^th, 2011 at 4:37pm:

- looks like there will be some rerouting work done on the portage(s) leading out of Lund to avoid the boggy spots.  (Check the end of Marten's video on Harlan's Red Lake Outfitter's site, if you need a visual). dd

Well, I hope one of the portages they're working on is the long one heading north into Knox Lake.  If you're a heavyweight (like me) & carrying a large pack to boot, there is absolutely no escaping trudging up to your ass in mud for the first quarter mile.  That one is a real slime pit before you gain the high ground.

Of course, before you ever even reach that portage you have to cross two floating bogs.  Take one wrong step, find one weak spot & you are FAR more than just "up to your ass".  If you go down, you better hope you pop right back up through the hole you went through... or there might not BE any popping up!

If interested, you should find something of a description of these trails in a WCP article scheduled to appear in next month's BWJ.  KF & I tangled with these bad-boy portages during our June/July trip last year.  Actually, that's not quite accurate.  KF sort of floated over them; I don't think he even got muddy.  Me?  I'm a slop hog.  I don't "float" over anything!   

Those portages were at least "portages", however.  Give KF a choice between portage & no portage, guess which way he goes?  What we encountered further along made those portages seem tame....

Jimbo   8-)