This dataset contains gray wolf (Canis lupus) study area section counts of pack wolves by method (observing radiocollared wolves and their packmates via aerial telemetry and also noninvasive methods including ground snow tracking, aerial snow tracking, camera trapping, community scientist reports) from a three winter noninvasive methods trial during 2019-2021 in the USGS Wolf Project study area (2,060 square kilometers) of the Superior National Forest, USA, an area that also includes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Also, included are the total section counts by year during the three winter noninvasive trial and also the prior winter (2018) before the noninvasive trial. Also, included are the annual counts since the study began in 1967 through this trial's end (2021).