Mike “Hiker Miker” Cunningham Central patch + Vermont and the Mackinac Bridge So why do I want to hike the North Country Trail? I am a member of the Finger Lakes Trail Conference (FLTC) and back in 2020 (I think) I joined the NCTA. That year I got the 100-mile patch by hiking 5+ miles […]
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Trail Protection with Steiger-Sage Timber
Earlier this year, the NCTA secured a trail license from Tim Steiger across his commercial forest land in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula. This license – along with another agreement with Sage Timber – allows the NCTA to reroute a trail segment onto these private lands, drastically reducing the current 19-mile roadwalk to less than […]
2026 Spring Cleaning Recap
This is a sampling of NCTA Chapter-led trail building and maintenance successes in the spring of 2026. Star of the North Chapter, New Trail: The Star of the North Chapter began construction on a new 11–mile segment of the NCT in Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest last fall. Volunteers from five different NCTA Chapters helped […]
