just a few more wives...and I'll be there  

Hex,
I've been holding off on a reply here, as I wanted to post a whole trip report...but I don't know when I'll get around to that.
No, we did'nt go all the way to Barto. We went several miles up the Barto creek. That included 3 bushwhacks along small canyons/falls. We turned around and went out to camp on Dent lake and then headed North from there.
Barto did'nt seem important enough to do that whole creek, that was drying more as we headed up it (it's 7 miles long).  We also started up it at noon that day...too late.
It was just my nephew and I, and I've lowered my risk taking with a family waiting on me back home. I might start renting a sattelite phone for long bushwhacks. The physical parts not a problem....yet.
We could have gotten in there from the East, but the creek was enticing to me.
Anyway, we continued on our wandering route and did 72 portages on that trip...7 days/6 nights.
I did'nt know you were going there, sorry if I caused you to plan around that, expecting I'd be going there too....plans change.
If we ever do meet though....it should surely be on a bushwhack lake.

Hey Stumpy, (and anyone else interested)

I managed to put our trip report together.

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Skip ahead to days three and four to read about our Barto adventure if your interested.

Hex

Nice report, thanks for sharing your fun.

Thanks for the great report.  I admire your work ethic! (for the report, but more for how hard this trip looks as I read and followed it on a map!)

This one phrase really got me...
"It was too dark to see when we finally gave up on fishing and headed up to the fire ring to make dinner and settle down for the night."
---I love days like that -- reading that just grabs me & makes me want to go back so bad!!!

-Tom