PhantomJug wrote on Jan 1^st, 2015 at 12:24am:

Ah, solo.  It sounds so easy doesn't it?  Or have you forgotten how long the road down to BH actually is.  Leaving your rig on Flanders rd?  Navigating BH with all that current running underneath?  C'mon man.

  Why so negative PJ? IF we all didn't challenge the "sounds so easy" mentality, none of us would be trippers at all.

I mentioned you could SNOWMOBILE down from Flanders Road to BH. People leave their "rigs" all the time at put-in's in warm weather where you have a greater chance of someone messing with them.
Even if you ride in on a dogsled, they have to take in ice conditions/current running under the ice. People
ski/walk/snowshoe into and across the BWCA/Q all the time

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You mean to tell me that Jaximus a young strong( I'm assuming he is) 26 year old man and his brother wouldn't be up to the riggers of going into BH/Cirrus in the winter IF their properly equipped and motivated?
You could easily run the shoreline to Cirrus portage, jump across and find a nice base camp.
I don't know I could do many miles at my age (66), pulling a loaded sled walking/skiing/snowshoeing, but I damn sure could of done it when I was 26. I cross-country skied 10-15 + miles easily up into my late 40's.
Where's your sense of adventure? I bet for a few bucks Jax could get one of the outfitters in town to drop them off and pick them up at Flanders/BH?

Its about 12 km from Flanders to BH. That's 7.5 mi. Your telling me 2 young strong guys with an early start couldn't ski/walk into BH in one day, camp first night near put-in and go from there to Cirrus or Quetico lk?
Even if they came up short, they have all their gear, you just set-up out of the wind and close to fallen timber for stove wood.
Remember, it's winter, no vegetation, they could easily avoid the current on Q-River and go cross country from BH to Quetico.
I shouldn't speak for Jaximus, I have NO idea if he and his brother are up for that type of challenge, but it's certainly do-able if they are.

Dawson Trail campground is open for Winter activities, you could probably work something out with them and go inland from French Lake if so inclined/