The very first North Country Trail workday sponsored by the newly-formed Arrowhead Chapter in Itasca County, MN was held on Saturday (10/3). It went very well.  The group was formerly known as the Grand Rapids Area Hiking Club and is not officially a NCTA chapter yet.  That should happen at the NCTA’s December Board meeting. […]

Good job Bill, Tom, and the NCTA volunteers in Wisconsin getting the excellent coverage of the NCT on Wisconsin Public TV. Here in Minnesota we don’t like to be outdone by our neighbors across the St. Croix/Mississippi River in the Badger (Cheeshead?) State.  So, a day before the Vikings-Packers rivalry heats up again on Monday […]

From the SHTA website: “September 30, 2009: There was a major wind storm on the trail from Finland to the end of the trail (the entire north end of the trail, about 100 miles) on Monday, September 28th with winds up to 60 mph. Hundreds of large trees came down and now litter the trail. […]