Go on a wilderness canoe trip.

“After unloading everything and watching the plane fly off into the mountains we set up camp and spent the next 2 days fishing, hiking and eventually portaging our gear 2kms to the River. Unfortunately, the weather during our time at Duo Lake was a mixed bag of rain and fog, but we enjoyed a few bits of sun before starting our paddle on the Snake. Although the main purpose of our trip was to canoe the River, Duo Lake was definitely one of my favorite parts – it’s the type of place you could spend weeks exploring and never grow bored. Once on the River we were greeted immediately by fast, technical white-water that required constant attention & vigilance from the whole group. The first day was especially challenging, as we navigated tight canyons and tricky water, dotted with submerged boulders, narrow braided channels and many sharp turns into abrupt rock walls. While the River would eventually get wider as we progressed downstream, the fast-paced tempo would persist for basically the entire trip – I ended with very few photos while paddling, simply because the River demanded constant attention all day, every day.”

“The next day, however, the wind picked up out of the West. It blew along the entire length of Saganagons and ripped through our open campsite. The winds were so strong that it blew the tent over with my brother and I inside of it and broke one of the tent poles. We decided that a contingency plan was needed in case the winds didn’t die down for the next day. Looking at the map, a portage was marked in the Southeastern corner of Saganagons lake through the intermediary lakes of Wolf Lake and Mud Lake and directly into Saganaga Lake. We thought we would check out this portage as an in case we were windbound the next day. The opening to the portage was reedy and difficult to find. After much searching, we found the start of a swampy trail. The swampy trail soon changed to a trail through a swamp as we trudged through six to eight inches of mud and water for most of the way. In parts of the trail, we were able to float the canoe while we walked in front or behind.”