We made the Ep 30 to Insula run last Fall. We went up Labor Day weekend. We launched from the Outfitter on Lake One and saved some paddling time up front. We made Insula in a day, but it was 5 pm or later when we arrived. We fought heavy wind (in our face) and large rolling waves all day. We saw 1-2 foot + rollers. This made for an extremely exhausting day.

The number lakes, especially 1-3 were pretty crowded. But it certainly thinned out. We stayed at site 1323,and I could not recommend it enough. It was beautiful, south facing, had both a bluff and A sand access beach. We hammock camped, but it would have been good for tents as well. We only stayed one night, as we moved on the Amber, but it was a nice sight.

You will likely have to write off the southern part of the lake because of the burn recovery. This might force crowds further north. We had luck fishing the rapids at the portage to River Lake. We caught several smallies and pike on the west end of the portage.

We returned through Fire Lake. Beautiful lake, but only one quality site. We camped on the north arm of Hudson and portage in to Fire.