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Learn more about the NCT at the Outdoor Adventure Expo this weekend

Once again, the North Country Trail and NCTA will be represented by the Star of the North Chapter at this weekend’s Outdoor Adventure Expo hosted by Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis, MN.  We’ll be “next door” to the Border Route Trail Association and Kekekabic Trail Club and close to the Superior Hiking Trail Association.  There will be numerous other outdoor non-profit organizations and businesses there (including our sister National Scenic Trail organization the Ice Age Trail Alliance).  If you’re “in the neighborhood,” stop by and say “Hi!”

You might also want to check out one or more of the following presentations…

• Minnesota & Wisconsin NCT volunteer Todd “T-Man” McMahon will be offering a program entitled “The Coolest Backcountry Campsites on the North Country Trail in Minnesota” on Saturday at 10:30am.  His presentation was recently featured by the Friends of the Boundary Waters in their Entry Point blog and TMan will be talking about it this Thursday on KFAI at 7:40am CT (listen online).

• Matthew Davis, NCTA’s Regional Trail Coordinator for MN & ND, will be offering a program entitled “What Goes into Building Your Local Hiking Trail?” on Sunday at 11:45am.  This presentation will feature “the rest of the story” behind the Parks & Trails Legacy grant-funded NCT development project in Becker County, MN that resulted in 21 new miles of NCT in 2012.  Download his program slides (PDF, 0.9MB).