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What are the best maps for a hiking trip in the BWCA?
The KTC has recommended McKenzie Maps because they tend to show the most accurate trail locations.  Make sure your map is current (check the copyright date.)  You'll see the detailed GPS traces made by the USFS/KTC partnership on the Kek, Pow Wow and Snowbank Lake Trails. 

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The Kekekabic Trail Club (KTC) is dedicated to preserving and maintaining backpacking trails of the Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Bill Rom Memorial

A memorial service for Bill Ron, long-term Ely outfitter who was one of the founders of the BWCAW, will be held 10:30 am Friday, August 8, at the Y Camp Widgi, north of Ely. Bill passed away in January and will be greatly missed.


Trail Updates/Cautions
(June 2008)

Kekekabic Trail

Both ends of the trail present new challenges. The Cavity Lake fire burned over much of the trail just east of the Agamok bridge, making navigation a challenge. As our trail-clearing crew reported, with no trees you can see the big lakes easily, so you do have a sense of where you are, but finding the actual trail can be rather difficult. In some areas, the trail is marked by the slightly taller grass, as the trail tread was the first to regenerate.

The west end has a sizable piece that is outside the Wilderness boundary, and logging activity has obliterated parts of the trail–another navigation challenge, although our trail-clearers did work to make it more obvious. The Forest Service intends to mechanically brush it out and flag the trail to correct the issue.

The Strup Portage area was not cleared in May as usual, but will be cleared mid-summer.

Pow Wow Trail

The main concern for hikers is likely to be where the old bridge was near Lake Diane (SE section of the trail). That bridge is now totally gone (only a few metal spikes remain) and the log crossing is now just a single log. One can cross using a long pole for balance, but many might consider it impassable with a full backpack. We are working with the Forest Service to see about constructing some sort of bridge ASAP. (See photo)

The northwest section, from the campsite at Path around to the Wilder Lakes has been cleared every year, but not this year, as the lakes were still ice-covered when our trail-clearing crew came up, so they focused on the trailhead to the Wilders.


Please note: The KTC has found that few people are calling the 800 phone line, so the Board of Directors has decided to terminate that number as a cost savings measure.

Inquiries may still be made to our email address:
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Due to an incredibly high volume of spam email, please use "KEK" as the subject line of your email inquiries. If you don't receive a timely response, contact us via our mailing address (see below).


 

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Updated August 5, 2008