Jill Wilson Central patch + Vermont NCT End-to-End Essay, Part I: The Beginning and Vermont I began hiking the North Country Trail sort of by accident! It was really the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) that drew me in and got me to do my first long distance section hiking of a trail. I completed that […]
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2025 NCTA Volunteer Awards: Outreach
This award is presented to volunteers whose efforts to build coalitions, partnerships or other forms of local support have contributed significantly to the ongoing success of the North Country Trail. Nikk Adams In 2016, teacher and trail runner Nikk Adams decided to create an event to raise funds for the NCTA Brule-St. Croix Chapter, attract […]
2025 NCTA Volunteer Awards: Communicator
This award is presented to volunteers for their exemplary work in promoting the North Country Trail Trail or the NCTA through a communications medium (newsletter, web site, brochure, etc.) or personal contacts. David Irvine When David sees a need, he doesn’t complain, he simply works to fix it. Not only is he an integral part […]


