MN Trip ~Day 4 The SHT

On day four of our MN Trip Nick and I grabbed our packs and headed north to the Superior Hiking Trail!

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Our plan was to go from Silver Bay to Tetteguche Campground and back in 3 days.

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There were some beautiful views on this part of the trail!

We even got to see Lake Superior.

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The plan was to go to the Bear Lake the first day which was 3.4 miles.

I wanted to take it easy since I knew we would be driving up that day also and I did not know how I would handle a pack.

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This section of the trail does have a lot of up and down.

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I was pretty excited to be in this part of the country.

I love it up there.

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We got to Bear Lake really early in the day despite driving 4hrs to get to the trailhead to begin with.

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After taking off our packs for a bit we decided to keep going to the next campsite to save us some miles the next day.

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My pack was pretty light.

I have never carried a full load but am working my way up.

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Round Mountain Campsite!

It was supposed to be around 4.6 miles from the Silver Bay trailhead but might have been a bit further.

We got water while at Bear Lake.

I am really glad we did because the creek and beaver pond near this campsite did not look very appealing.

I will be doing a post on what gear we brought.

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There campsites are really nice.

I did not expect backpacking sites to have seats!

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bathroom

All the campsites have a designated bathroom.

It is just a hole in the ground pretty much but still it is nice to have something!

Am I the only woman that has trouble with the zero privacy backpacking brings?

I was really glad no one else decided to camp here!

fire

The wood was really wet so a fire was way too much work.

We just used the little stove we brought to cook our meals.

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After eating dinner we headed up the trail a little ways to an overlook.

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This is me extremely excited to not have my pack on!

I felt like I could hike forever!

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I highly recommend going to the overlook!

Not only does it have a perfect view of the sunset but on the other side you can see Lake Superior.

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You can also get a phone signal…

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I was so excited I made it to the first campsite without injury!

The next day we head north to Tetteguche!

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