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The 2nd Annual “24 Hours of the Chip” is a success!

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Kate Lemon

The volunteers and Forest Service staff pose before heading out on Saturday morning

Volunteers from the Star of the North, Itasca Moraine, and Arrowhead Chapters helped to mow about 20 miles of the North Country Trail within the Chippewa National Forest near Longville and Remer this past weekend.

Ray Burpo of the Forest Service delivers the safety message on Saturday morning at the Mabel Lake picnic area shelter

ARW chapter volunteer Doug Baker mows the trailhead parking area at CR-4 north of Remer

ARW Chapter volunteers Doug Baker, Larry Best, and Ken Zimmer taking lunch along the Trail

Sunlight streams through the pines along the NCT casting neat shadows

STN Chapter volunteer Harlan Liljequist mowing the NCT where it crosses FR2101 northeast of Remer

ARW Chapter volunteer Larry Best and STN Chapter volunteer Phil Nimps frame the mowers, Harlan Liljequist and Harry Schlieff

STN Chapter volunteer Phil Nimps walks on the NCT through the Al Dots logging camp historic site. — STN Chapter volunteer Phil Nimps walks on the freshly mowed NCT through the Al Dots logging camp historic site.

Volunteer Harry Schlieff mows the NCT. Do you think it needed it?

24 Hours of the Chip volunteers included: Harry Schlieff; Phil Nimps, Brian & Barb Pavek, Harlan Liljequist, Doug Thomas, Carol Zazubek, and John Leinen – Star of the North Chapter; Doug Baker, Larry Best, Tom and Mary Moberg, and Ken Zimmer – Arrowhead Chapter; and Carter Hedeen – Itasca Moraine Chapter. Forest Service staff who helped out included: Wade Sandstrom, Ray Burpo, Tasha Woodwick, and Darren Buckentin.

Thanks also go to the volunteers who had already mowed their trail sections before this past weekend.