Last year around July 4th, I booked a Snowbank entry. It was a big mistake! At about 9AM, I watched group after group of canoes land at the put-in, all evenly spaced out at about 15 min. It took me almost 2 hours to put-in. That's an extreme case but most paddlers stayed on either Disappointment or Parent and portaged/paddled out early to get their shuttles at the take-out. What a mess! If you head northeast, you'll be making some climbs out of Boot to Abinodji and Gibson to Cattyman. The Swing portage can be muddy as in lose-your-boot muddy. No reason to avoid these portages, just beware. No campsites after you leave Boot until you hit Jordan. Last year from what paddlers told me, campsites were largely full from Jordan to Thomas. I hope this year won't be the same but who knows what demand will be like? I'd get a super-early start heading in Snowbank to avoid the wind on the paddle up the lake to the first Boot portage so that making say, Thomas by the day's end would be do-able and locating a site would be feasible. Mudro on the other hand would allow you to reach LBW by the day's end and locate a site nearby.