We Build Trail in Low Places–North Country Trail Association Celebrates our Volunteers! from North Country Trail on Vimeo. With a parody of the song "Friends in Low Places" (properly licensed!) this music video celebrates the volunteers who build, maintain and tell the story of America's longest national scenic trail. Stretching 4600 miles from the middle […]

It’s been a busy summer. Here are some items that have been topics of discussion lately so I thought I’d share with everyone. Let me know if you have questions, comments or thoughts on additional topics you’d like to see me cover in the future. This monthly email is not only meant to share ideas […]

The recent increase in making end-to-end thru hikes of the North Country National Scenic Trail, including accomplishing it in one season, has led to a number of questions having to do with NCTA’s oversight of such hikes and claims for their accomplishment. While NCTA welcomes and encourages such attempts, the Association neither assumes nor desires […]