Thin Ice Preparation with Glen Hooper

Winter is a great time to get out and enjoy a host of winter sports.  Everything from ice fishing to winter camping get you out of the house and into the crisp fresh air.  Many of these winter activities involve frozen bodies of water.  It doesn’t matter if your riding on a snowmobile, gliding along [...]

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Thin Ice Preparation with Glen Hooper

Thumb Lake to Ge-be-on-e-quet Lake

After leaving behind the dead moose carcasse in Thumb Lake we paddle through fresh air under sunny skies.  The wind always seems to follow us with a gentle push from behind helping ease the day of paddling.  We encounter a couple of beaver dams and a few mergansers as we paddle our way to Ge-be-on-e-quet [...]

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Thumb Lake to Ge-be-on-e-quet Lake

Steep Lake to Thumb Lake

After a beautiful night camped out on Steep Lake we awake to sunny skies and a light breeze.  Continuing our loop out of the Little Indian Sioux River we head North East working our way through Little Bear Track Lake, Bear Track Lake, and into Thumb Lake.  Along the way we bump into a snake, [...]

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Steep Lake to Thumb Lake

Little Loon to Steep Lake

We continue our journey north out of Little Loon Lake with the clouds flying by overhead.  The warmth of the sun soaks into our bodies as we paddle across open waters.  The portages have been both adventurous and serene.  We are nearing the end of a full day of paddling and portaging and our bodies [...]

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Little Loon to Steep Lake

Lower Pauness to Little Loon Lake

Continuing our trip we leave the Devils Cascade and Lower Pauness and work our way North West towards Loon Lake.  We have a gentle tail wind pushing us across the lakes while the warm sun shined down upon us.  The fresh air and clean water engulfed our senses.  A great time in the Boundary Water [...]

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Lower Pauness to Little Loon Lake
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