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Winter camping & snowshoeing on the NCT

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Kate Lemon

The group poses in front of the Campground sign

This past weekend a group of four NCTA members gathered at the Chippewa National Forest’s Mable Lake Campground near Remer, MN to enjoy a winter camping & snowshoeing weekend. Our group included Bruce Johnson and Carter Hedeen of the Itasca Moraine Chapter in Park Rapids, MN; Harlan Liljequist from the Star of the North Chapter and Plymouth, MN; and myself (Matthew Davis from Detroit Lakes). Thanks to Mike @ The Canoeist.com in Two Harbors, we had a Snowtrekker 4-person tent and wood stove that kept us warm at night despite the cold temps that reached -17. Here are some pictures of our camp…

Unloading the truck full of gear — Carter unloading the truck full of gear

Hauling the gear into our campsite — Bruce hauling the gear into our campsite

Setting up the tent — Bruce setting up the tent

Carter getting the all-important fire going in the wood stove

Now that camp is setup, we went for a snowshoe hike

Waking up the next morning in the cozy tent

On Saturday, we enjoyed a great snowshoe hike on a very beautiful section of the NCT. We parked at the end of FR2324 (Milton Lakes Dr.) at the boat landing parking lot and hiked east on the NCT. This section follows an esker, which can be clearly seen in the terrain map below.