Marten wrote on Sep 19^th, 2016 at 1:33pm:

The Obukowin portages are in great shape and used a lot. I traveled them in 2015 and had very little to clean off the trails. Trappers use most of those three canoe portages in winter so they keep them wide enough for their snowmobiles. You just have to make sure as you head north on the middle portage that you head for solid ground and "Stoneman" and avoid the trappers winter trail through flat but boggy ground.

Good to learn of that.  The Scouts quit using that route during the 1980s as 1.  The adult crew leaders complained about the trail conditions ( some of them were reported to be absolutely furious, as the trails were a great deal more difficult than they expected ), and 2.  there was a fire in the area during the mid to late 1980s, making the trails tough to locate.  It is one thing to cross a mucky trail full of mire and mud at the end of the trip, after one has learned what to expect, and quite another to begin the trip with three trail of such condition.  People routinely underestimate the rigorous physical challenge some of the trails can present.