Our Stories

2021 Annual Celebration: Virtual

  “On behalf of the North Country Trail Association Board of Directors and myself, we have made the difficult decision to move 2021 Annual Celebration from an in-person event to virtual.⁠” “The virtual event will be held August 4-18. We will be updating northcountrytrail.org/celebration with information as it becomes available. We greatly appreciate your patience […]

Celebration in Marquette Recap

by Kenny Wawsczyk, Michigan Regional Trail Coordinator For all three days the sun shined down on the largest ever NCTA Celebration, with nearly 400 attendees. With the temperature in the 70s you truly couldn’t ask for better weather, especially considering the fact of how much rain the U.P. has gotten this spring and summer. The […]

Farewell to our Executive Director Bruce Matthews

After a decade of service to the North Country Trail Association, our Executive Director Bruce Matthews is retiring July 31. In this farewell message, Bruce highlights the incredible accomplishments we have all made together over the past decade including how many miles of trail you’ve built, the increase in membership and giving, as well as […]