Posted: 2/1/2008 11:24:35 PM EDT
| Has anyone here been there? Any tips or must see areas? I'm planning on spending about 4 days there in May. I know it will be cold, but we're trying to beat the crowds (of bugs and people). |
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I've been there twice. It doesn't get all that crowded, even in July-August. Yellowstone gets more visitors in a day that IRNP gets all year. Here are pictures from my last trip. |
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Thanks! Are those shelters first come, first serve? If we arrive on a Wed, and leave on a Sat do you think we can see a decent amount of the island? I've backpacked the Superior Hiking Trail a bunch and my friend is Army Infantry so we're both experienced/in shape. |
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Yes, the shelters are first come first served. You'll get to see quite a bit, but the island is huge and rugged. I've been up there on my boat, (which makes it a lot easier to get around), twice for seven days each and I haven't even seen everything there. It is one of the coolest places I've ever been. I'm going back this year. |
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I back packed across as a Boy Scout way back and it was the best trip I ever took. 5 days to make it all the way across the length of the island (~55 miles). We had to take a ferry out to there, but, well worth the trip. Its never really been a "tourist trap" type event. Go anytime you want, really. I talked to a Scout master who just did it 2 years ago... just plan in advance and your good to go. |
I hear it's popular for the, um, 50 mile plus hike merit badge I think it's called. It's definetly on my list of places to haul arse across before I die. |