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CAMPSITES: All members of a permit group must camp together. You may camp up to 14 consecutive days on a specific site. If you are traveling on a popular route, choosing a campsite early in the day will ensure that you will have a place to stay. Camp only at Forest Service designated campsites that have steel fire grates and wilderness latrines. It is unlawful to cut live vegetation for any reason. Old camping traditions, such as using moss or boughs for a bed and digging drainage trenches around tents, tarps, or anywhere else is also not permitted.

LATRINES: If a latrine is not available at your campsite, dig a small hole 6 to 8 inches deep at least 150–200 feet or more back from the water’s edge. When finished, fill the hole and cover with needles and leaves. Do not use latrines as garbage receptacles.

LEAVE NO TRACE (LNT)

Every paddler and camper who visits the BWCA, no matter how diligent, leaves a record of that visit. Understanding the consequences of our interactions with the environment and practicing a Leave No Trace ethic can preserve the wilderness for the generations that will follow far into the future.