If you have trekking poles and feel comfortable crossing a beaver dam, you can go just a little south of where the old boardwalk is flooded you can cross over a beaver dam there. It isn't very difficult or dangerous. You will get wet but that won't be the only chance at type 2 fun on the Angleworm. It really is a magnificent trail. Well worth crossing that dam.
Secret little tip, If everything is booked in Ely, try the Junction Inn Suites, 20 mins south in Babbitt, usually has something available and it's nice.
I've failed the Angleworm as well, about 15 years ago, never went back. Don't know the Big Island trail. I'll have to look into it. I got 5 inches of rain a couple days ago and was stranded for a day or two because of washed out roads. Good see an old Jodi video if you don’t mind me saying so.
The rain this year is making BWCA extremely unpredictable in terms of access and also we've had some crazy storms roll through. I dont mess around , the best month to go to ensure safe weather conditions is august
That flooded part of the trail, has been flooded for almost a year now. I took that hike last July, it looks the same. The boardwalk was washed out even last July.
Nice job making the best of the situation. We did what I think is that same section a few years ago to get to Spring Creek. The water was almost as high, but the weather was better so we trudged through it. The paddle on Spring Creek was interesting to say the least.
I did this trail a while ago and swapped shoes to walk through flooded areas and kept a pair of shoes dry. I wasn’t able to see how deep the water was on the far end of the flooded piece here this go around. I haven’t been on spring creek yet!
I was heading to Lake Vermilion from Indiana to photograph Loons. So glad I found your video about the flooding. I guess I'll have to wait until next year. Good to see you still had fun.
