I'm curious about the practicality of bushwhacking in the large northern reaches of the Pigeon Lake WA. There are few to no trails there, so any significant travel through that region would be mostly bushwhacking with perhaps a bit of paddling.
Has anyone successfully bushwhacked from Russian Lake to Inlet, between Andy's Creek and Big Moose Lake? Just looking at a map, the bushwhack from Constable Pond to Russian Lake over the saddle looks very doable, but the trip from Russian Lake to Inlet appears to be over very low-lying ground that could easily turn out to be swamp.
If some of these areas can be paddled with a packraft, that could work well. My concern is that they may be "too thin to plow, too thick to drink," as some described certain Western rivers. Too much water to walk through, not enough water to paddle through...
I'm intrigued at the idea of exploring the northern half of the WA with a backpack and a small packraft, north of Inlet (the inlet off Big Moose Lake, not the town), but it looks like it's difficult to access this area without a boat that is capable of handling Big Moose Lake (which would be too much for my little packraft, though paddling Inlet or any of the smaller lakes should be fine).
I've read with interest some of the trip reports to Gull Lakes, Andy's Creek, and even Terror Lake, but I haven't read any that didn't start out with a boat trip up Big Moose Lake, something that wouldn't fit into my current trips.
Just curious...
Has anyone successfully bushwhacked from Russian Lake to Inlet, between Andy's Creek and Big Moose Lake? Just looking at a map, the bushwhack from Constable Pond to Russian Lake over the saddle looks very doable, but the trip from Russian Lake to Inlet appears to be over very low-lying ground that could easily turn out to be swamp.
If some of these areas can be paddled with a packraft, that could work well. My concern is that they may be "too thin to plow, too thick to drink," as some described certain Western rivers. Too much water to walk through, not enough water to paddle through...
I'm intrigued at the idea of exploring the northern half of the WA with a backpack and a small packraft, north of Inlet (the inlet off Big Moose Lake, not the town), but it looks like it's difficult to access this area without a boat that is capable of handling Big Moose Lake (which would be too much for my little packraft, though paddling Inlet or any of the smaller lakes should be fine).
I've read with interest some of the trip reports to Gull Lakes, Andy's Creek, and even Terror Lake, but I haven't read any that didn't start out with a boat trip up Big Moose Lake, something that wouldn't fit into my current trips.
Just curious...
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