Overnight permits go live today at 9am for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. If you are planning a canoe trip in the BWCA this year they will be available for booking first come first serve today. If you have any questions, need any help reserving your permits, selecting a route, or if you need canoes, food, or any other equipment for your trip send me a PM or call me at 218-365-3466.
-Ben
Watching the clock tick by… Come on 9:00! 
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Watching the clock tick by… Come on 9:00!
We were chewing our nails waiting for the site to open up, did you get your permit?
What ius the website? I can’t find it? All I can find is the generic BWCA propaganda sites….
Thanks for the quick respose.
I missed out. Dang it.
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We were chewing our nails waiting for the site to open up, did you get your permit?
Yep. Got them both. 
Sawbill Lake on July 11th and Mudro Lake on July 31st! 
I wait for the crowd to sign up first!
THEN, I find a spot away from the crowd. 
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I wait for the crowd to sign up first!
THEN, I find a spot away from the crowd.
Once June hits most entry points will fill their quotas by or on each date, so regardless of how few permits may be booked when you reserve, the remaining quota will likely be filled by the time you start your trip. The best way to get away from crowds is to select an entry point with route options that allow you to do so. Often times the only permits left for last minute bookings are the ones that only have a few lakes accessible by the entry point, leaving you with fewer options to “escape”. There are also several different definitions of “crowds” up here. There are the actual crowds like Moose Lake -> Ensign, and then there are entry point “crowds” where you tend to see more people at campsites the closer you are to an entry point. For the most part, once you get a day’s travel into the woods (as long as you aren’t entering at Moose Lake) you begin to leave these crowds behind regardless of how many permits were taken.
I usually get my permit on the day I enter. I travel off the beaten path and never have had an issue finding an entry point to use. (If I don’t plan on a specific entry then I can’t be disappointed that it is already taken)
I like an adventure but my wife doesn’t like knowing where I’ll be. I tell her not to worry, I’ll be “up north”.
I love it
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