The Itasca Moraine Chapter has just finished flagging a roughly 6-mile, double loop trail system with spurs and connectors around scenic Waboose Lake in Minnesota’s Paul Bunyan State Forest.  Currently, the NCT traverses the NE corner of Waboose Lake and there’s a spur trail to a backcountry campsite located at the end of a peninsula […]

Written by Dan Watson, NPS’ Volunteer Coordinator for the North Country and Ice Age National Scenic Trails The National Park Service (NPS) partnered with the North Country Trail Association (NCTA) again in FY10 for a very successful year of volunteer efforts. The North Country NST Annual Activity Report for FY10 shows 770 volunteers (down from […]

So…it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that autumn is a great time to be out on the NCT. But it’s still cool when one tells ya so! Here’s a recent note of thanks I received from feller whose day time gig is at NASA – Matthew: Thank you for the information and the map you […]