This could be of interest to someone using Garmin Basecamp to mark portages. When I used the basecamp program to mark the entrance to portages in WCP I only marked the entrances based on the direction I was to travel. No need to mark the end of a portage or so I thought.

When my loop was redirected due to fire hazards in the park I ended up reversing my route. Yup, all my numbers quickly became irrelevant as they would now be marking the end of my portages rather than the start.

The solution as per my situation is to be able to compute numbers via the UTM grid on the topo map and plug them into the GPS manually if need be. Of course 2 sets of numbers marking start and finish might not be a bad idea especially since it is so easy to accomplish via the basecamp program......perhaps separated into 2 lists.

naturally all this was rendered moot as I barely got out of the starting gate but at the time I couldn't help but smile and wonder what else could go wrong (I also was delayed that morning due to a flat tire which had not 1 but 2 nails in a brand new tire :P )