I'd like to set up a base camp in the St Regis Canoe area and portage and paddle to Fish Pond as a day trip. I'm looking for ideas to help me choose from:
Come to think of it the first two options can be combined. Camp in one of Long or Turtle and use different routes to go out and back to Fish.
Can anyone comment on these three routes? I'll be carrying a tandem canoe that weighs about 50lb and has a fairly decent yoke, so hopefully not too onerous....
I have already camped on all of these ponds and done the seven carries, but never had the urge to portage my camping gear out to Fish.
I see there was a thread on this forum four months ago about some possible closures due to blowdowns and beaver.
- camp in Long Pond and take the Bessie carry. DEC's Backcountry Information for the Northern Adirondacks General Notices mentions flooding by beaver.
- camp in Turtle and go via Clamshell. Looking at the topo, this route has a 120ft hump between Turtle and Clamshell.
- Camp in Saint Regis Pond. This would have extra portages just to get to the base camp, but I've heard it's possible to paddle to Ochre, so that route might have the least carrying. Is it better to take the Mud Pond route, or the Truck Trail?
Come to think of it the first two options can be combined. Camp in one of Long or Turtle and use different routes to go out and back to Fish.
Can anyone comment on these three routes? I'll be carrying a tandem canoe that weighs about 50lb and has a fairly decent yoke, so hopefully not too onerous....
I have already camped on all of these ponds and done the seven carries, but never had the urge to portage my camping gear out to Fish.
I see there was a thread on this forum four months ago about some possible closures due to blowdowns and beaver.
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