Beth Gauper – a Minneapolis-based freelance travel writer – maintains the fabulous MidwestWeekends.com website which she bills as “An insider’s guide to travel in the Upper Midwest.” On the site, she recently featured a fabulous story called “Duluth’s Hiking Heaven” about hiking on the Superior Hiking Trail within the City of Duluth.  In the article […]

Below you will find the slides from a presentation put together for the 50th Outdoor Adventure Expo in Minneapolis, MN on 4/23.  It details the recently-completed 130+ mile contiguous section of the NCT within the Chippewa National Forest by Remer in Cass County to west of Itasca State Park in Becker County.  Download the slides […]

“THRU-HIKING” OPPORTUNITY ON THE NORTH COUNTRY NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL A “thru-hiker” is a person who has committed to hiking the entire length of a trail. Thru-hikers tend to catch the public’s fancy.  We have all heard of persons who have hiked the Appalachian Trail, the first National Scenic Trail established by Congress.  We have a […]