Hello Everyone,
I am new on this board, been living in MN, for the past 4 years, and have done alot of canoeing/camping in the BWCA. I was looking for a new adventure, and came across GNP, and now I'm hooked on exploring this magnificent park. I have done some research about the park and trails, and am looking for some advice on routes. Initailly, my g/f and I were looking at getting up to Goat Haunt and heading west on the Boulder Trail, but it appears that finding a ride out of the PoleBridge area is going to be pretty difficult, without having to hitchike. It's too bad, because I wanted to check out Hole in the Wall. Next time! So, now I am looking for other routes, I have checked the highline trail, and I think that will be our secondary, but looking for a primary route. A bit about us, and when we are planning on going. We are looking around the last week of June or 1st/2nd week of July. I would like to be there, so we can drive the Going to the Sun Hwy, and it looks like that doesn't open until July 4th. We might push it back another week or two, to the 1st week of Aug, but that would be the latest. We are both in pretty good shape, I run 5-10K's, she runs 1/2 marathons, so our fitness is pretty good, but never been at elevation, and never really have gone backcountry hiking like this. We were looking for a 4-5 day trip, could be point to point (as long as their is a shuttle on the other end), or a loop.
Any advice or help would be great.
I think we are going to go for a few hikes/trial runs up at the Superior Hiking Trail, this spring.
Looking forward to hearing suggestions.
Thanks,
R