Events

Snowshoe, ski, hike! The best way to enjoy winter is to get outside and be active! Plan on having FUN! Celebrate Winter Trails Day!

Bring water, a whistle, the 10 essentials for day hiking, skis or snow shoes (or both), clothing appropriate for the trail and for time around a bonfire or two, your camera, and a friend or two!

• 1:00pm — Join us at a bonfire off Brevort Lake Road. Bring your lunch and eat while we organize for the hike. We will cover a couple of miles or more if conditions allow. GPS Coordinates Lat/Long: 45.953272 -84.892921. The meeting location is a little spur road sometimes known as Jolene about 2 miles north of US-2 on Brevort Lake Road — 10 miles west of Saint Ignace. This is where the NCT crosses Brevort Lake Road. See a map that shows the NCT here.
• 5:00pm — Bonus Hike — Stomp the Park! Meet at the Michigan Welcome Center on the east side of I-75 just north of the Mackinac Bridge (Make a left turn on the freeway as you head south, just before the toll booths.) We will hike the NCT into Straits State Park and explore the trails and sights within the park. Great and unique views of the bridge are found here. We will cover a couple of miles with an out and back hike.
• 7:00pm-ish — Dinner at a local restaurant. A great way to finish the day!

Hiking will happen in groups of 10 or less with people from different households maintaining at least 6 feet distancing. Groups of 10 are to maintain 200 feet of spacing from other groups. We will need to record your name and contact information before the hike.

If you are sick or a family member is sick, please stay home. If you have been in contact with someone who develops COVID-19 around the time of the hike, please contact us at hss@northcountrytrail.org. Questions? Comments? Text Tom Walker at 906-322-2617. If you can answer ‘Yes’ to any of the following questions, please stay away: Have you experienced symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the past 48 hours? Within the past 14 days, have you been in close physical contact (six feet or closer for a cumulative total of 15+ minutes) with anyone who is known to have tested positive for COVID-19? With anyone who has any symptoms consistent with COVID-19? Are you currently waiting on the results of a COVID-19 test? You don’t have to tell us you answered ‘Yes’. Please just don’t attend this event.