Tara Atkinson Central patch + Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, 1000 miles and 2000 miles On April 14, 2025, I flew from Portland, Oregon to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Though I had done some research on the NCT, I didn’t yet know about the wonderful trail angel networks or the Chapter coordinators who do so much […]
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Jill Wilson: NCNST Long Distance Hiker
Jill Wilson Central patch + Vermont NCT End-to-End Essay, Part I: The Beginning and Vermont I began hiking the North Country Trail sort of by accident! It was really the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) that drew me in and got me to do my first long distance section hiking of a trail. I completed that […]
Jay Shutt: NCNST Long Distance Hiker
Jay Shutt Pennsylvania (Previously received the central patch + Ohio, Mackinac Bridge and 1000 Miles.) I began hiking the North Country Trail in May 2018 when I joined the Buckeye Trail Circuit Hike Group for a hike in the New Straitsville Section of the Buckeye Trail that runs concurrently with the North Country Trail. In […]
