The Rationale As we open the 2025 Isle Royale backpacking season, new food storage regulations are in place for the park. These new rules were precipitated by the presence of a lone wolf or wolves in the eastern campgrounds and in Rock Harbor itself, apparently drawn by available human food. Anytime wildlife become acclimated toContinue reading “Let’s Talk Food Storage Regulations”
Category Archives: basecamping
Non-Backpacking Isle Royale Excursions
Many people want to visit Isle Royale, but backpacking is simply not desired or not a possibility for a number of reasons. Others want to complete their plan for visiting all the US National Parks, but they don’t have the gear for backpacking and aren’t planning to spend a lot of time backpacking outside aContinue reading “Non-Backpacking Isle Royale Excursions”
Why Do I Share Backpacking?
When I think about how I want to spend my sixties and seventies and after, it is certainly not sitting behind a desk or in a physician’s office getting diagnoses and medical treatments to ward off the results of sitting too much. Of course, maintaining health into one’s senior years does require addressing issues toContinue reading “Why Do I Share Backpacking?”
Basecamping on Isle Royale
Six Best Choices Base camping on Isle Royale allows for a slower and more peaceful experience than backpacking. There are six excellent choices for base camping on the main island, Including Daisy Farm, Moskey Basin, Chippewa Harbor, Malone Bay, Windigo/Washington Creek, and McCargoe Cove. Regardless of your entry point, you will need to coordinate hopsContinue reading “Basecamping on Isle Royale”
Don’t want to backpack? Basecamp
Ten Reasons to Basecamp at Washington Creek Campground at Windigo Not everyone who goes to Isle Royale wants to backpack, and–let’s face it–lots of people can’t afford to stay at the lodge or the camper cabins. The alternative is to base camp, but where? There are many options which I addressed in another post, butContinue reading “Don’t want to backpack? Basecamp”