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    7/11/2016 10:29 am  #1

    Uppa
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    Big Trout to Shippagew - which portage route is better?

    I'll be heading into Shippagew from Big Trout on an upcoming trip. I can either go Big Trout --> Longer --> Shippagew or Big Trout --> Blue --> Shippagew. Distance-wise they're pretty much the same. Has anyone portaged either/both of these routes? Is one a better option than the other, or are they more or less the same? 

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    7/11/2016 11:02 am  #2

    PaPaddler
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    Re: Big Trout to Shippagew - which portage route is better?

    I've walked the P1335 from Longer to Shippagew and it was a routine portage - nothing too steep or difficult.  The 300 between Big Trout and Longer is level and a simple straight shot.  I've never done the Blue Lake route though.  This really is a case of 6 in one, half a dozen in the other.  

    The only argument against the Blue Lake route is that you are doing two "climbs" up to 421 and 427m elevation. The Longer Lake route has one "substantial" climb and I don't really count the P300 as a climb since it's so flat.

     

     

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