db wrote on Sep 30^th, 2013 at 6:51am:

... from Baird to the noname towards Metacryst portage last trip. Unbenounced to me their are two portage paths to get there. One is high and dry the other is, umm, low and full of juice. I took the canoe first trip on the low road. Half way through I came to a rather large muddy section with no footprints. Fine. It's getting deeper as I go and by the fourth step I'm in past my knees and basically stuck.

Mad_Mat wrote on Nov 12^th, 2012 at 3:03pm:

at the landing at Unnamed to Baird, there are two trails - low route goes thru alder swamp to a bit of landing - the high route is a much better trail, but drops very steep to a next to nothing landing on Baird.

HoHo wrote on Jan 12^th, 2009 at 12:19pm:

We were forewarned about the portage from Unnamed to Baird.  There is an obvious path that goes straight ahead, but reportedly takes you through a boggy mire.  There is also a less obvious path that heads off to the left, taking you up above the bog.  So you have a choice of low wetland or hilly dryland.  Although the bogs had not been bad so far, we opted for the bogless up-and-over route, which drops down very steeply at the Baird Lake end.  This picture looks down at the canoe at the Baird landing after our first trip across

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Snow_Dog wrote on Jul 24^th, 2008 at 12:08am:

The (Baird to Unnamed) portage starts innocently enough but quickly plunges into a bog.  I start across and a couple of missteps warn me that I need to make sure I hit corduroy with my feet on every step.  A couple of rods later, the bog deepens and standing water is covering the corduroy.  Frogs are simply everywhere in this bog-hundreds of them scooting out of my way as I slosh through.  However, the water over the corduroy means I can’t see where to put my feet so very soon I find myself sunk to mid-thigh and unable to move.  I roll the canoe off my shoulders and begin trying to extract my legs without losing my boots in the process.

Jimbo and Northwoods have also posted info on the high route.

Lesson #6: Use QJ's search function when route planning to ensure portages are no more difficult than they need to be.  :)