THE LOUD ROAR Traditional Cache
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Located on the Bass Lake Trail 6 miles north of Ely, Minnesota. Follow 169 east of Ely to Co. Rd. 88 (Grant McMahan Blvd). Take 88 north to the Echo Trail (Co. Rd. 116). Go North on the Echo Trail to the Bass Lake parking lot on the north side of the road.
I WILL DELETE ANY SPOILERS(LOGS/PICTURES) THAT INDICATE WHERE THE CACHE IS LOCATED or of the CONTAINER. A picture of the view is OK.
Cache is inaccessible in winter. BYOP
USFS PERMIT
A stylized map of the trail may be picked up at the USFS across from the International Wolf Center on HWY 169. It would be about a 4 hour hike to do all 3 cache on this trail in one day.
In places,the hiking trail can be very rocky, with exposed roots,pine needles,loose leaves, and wet spots. Wear footgear with good ankle suppport. BRING LIQUIDS TO DRINK OR A WATER FILTER TO DRINK LAKE WATER.
Start at the BASS LAKE PARKING LOT ( N 47 56.954 W 091 52.464 ). Follow the trail (south side of the lake) for about 2.40 miles. Follow the trail and cross at the bridge if you come by the south trail-
The cache is a 2 qt thermos cooler. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE FOOD OR LIGHTERS IN THE CONTAINER.
If you want to, you can put in at the canoe access at either the Bass or Low Lake and paddle to the portage. You can also reach the BASS LAKE VISTA, and DRY FALLS AT BASS LAKE caches by paddling from either of these access points.
THE LOUD ROAR
Prior to 1925, there were only two lakes at this location – Bass and Low.
On March 20, 1925, a long abandoned and rotted out wooden sluiceway, once used by loggers to move logs from Bass to Low Lake, gave way.
The collapse of the sluiceway, located in a 55 foot high glacially deposited gravel ridge, emptied Bass Lake into Low Lake and then through the waterway system into Canada.
It took about ten hours to drain Bass Lake, and what water was left created Dry Lake, Little Dry Lake, the falls, and Bass and Low Lakes as you see them today.
The initial noise- the loud roar- as described in the Ely paper, was heard all the way to Ely, about 6 miles away.
The SNF map shows the lakes as they are now. The pictures: #1 “X” shows the sluiceway looking from about where you are standing if it was still in place looking from Bass into Low Lake.. #2 “X” shows the washout and where you are looking toward Bass Lake. #3 Shows Bass Lake drained- the original shoreline was about 55 feet higher than the lake level now.
This completes the Bass Lakes cache series.
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