Jimbo,
Going to Leano and then to Burnt Rock Hansen Wrist and through Agean's to Paul and then back to Leano.
7 days 6 nights.  any advice or campsite suggestions, what-outs, or whatever would be appreciated as it is all new to me.  Been to the BWCA but this is first solo and WCPP trip.  I have everything ready to go...can't wait. 
SunCatcher

Talked to Claire a week or so ago.  She said the crews were on the Leano Loop like this last week working that route.  So will find out I guess.  I understand the 800 meter portage is downhill to Mexican Hat.
I also just want to go to Burnt Rock I here it is a pretty lake.
SunCatcher

Thanks nctryBen, DD, and Jimbo for all the Help...,
I figured I could play by ear...but am going to Burnt Rock and If tired I will shoot West to Wrist instead of going North to Hansen.  I actually want to see Brurnt Rock and do the 800 meter portage as a chhallenge.
Anyway Thank you all for your help.
SunCatcher

Jimbo wrote on Jul 30^th, 2010 at 1:19pm:


I must admit to having done a bit of campsite research before I departed.  One avenue I used for this was to read as many trip reports as possible from (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)  This gave me a little insight into at least one campsite on each lake I was planning to visit ... that, plus my route this year (Leano to Mex Hat) I'd traveled last year.  In addition, with my anticipated late start this year, I specifically asked the WCP Staff about campsites on western Bunny and the no-name lake just beyond.

So, based on my experience from this year, the only campsite I had to spend time "brushing out" was my exit campsite on Hjlarmar Lakes (which I assumed would be iffy).

But a warning to the wise!  The park staff has not formally released their campsite map.  Their plan is not to do so until they have CONFIRMED the identified campsite.  Thus, you should anticipate availability at something like the level of the PCD where the only reference to the campsite comes from Legacy Forest.  These I would call "historical" campsites ... sites that might have been identified in the past 100 years ... and by now have no resemblance to a campsite that we would recognize.  I found this to be the case with a campsite I stayed on in a no-name lake just north of Hurlburt in Queticio.  You could find a few scattered rocks that were once a fire ring, but other than a partially destroyed small tent pad, the site was covered with 6 inches of raindeer moss (and that stuff doesn't grow very fast).

So, based on my knowledge of the campsites within WCP, I made the conscious decision not to press on into late day travel unless I was absolutely certain that I had a campsite to go to at the end of that leg.

dd

I wonder if Doug or somebody from the WCPP staff could tell us what kind of usage the WCPP got this year compared to previous years. It seemed I've heard of a number of people that were surprized at the number of people they met this year in the park.