Saturday Feb 20, 2016
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST
Saturday, February 20, 3-6 pm.
Itasca State Park, 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids, Minnesota. Meet at the North Country Trail Head Parking at the South Entrance to Itasca State Park at 3 p.m. The route will follow the North Country Trail west, parallel the Ozawindib trail to the north and return across Red Pine Trail to the South Entrance Road. Route may change based on weather and snow conditions.
Owl Hooting Snowshoe Hike: Exploring the North Country Trail at Dusk.
Join us for a late afternoon invigorating snowshoe hike along the North Country Trail as we make a loop past Sibilant, Iron Corners and Josephine Lakes. February is the time of year that owls begin to call as they establish nesting territories. The hike will go past the shores of several lakes, over a rolling landscape and through a mature mixed pine and deciduous forest, an ideal area to potentially see and hear barred owls. Portions of this 3 mile route will be a strenuous. (refer to Maps 13 and 13-A, page 109 of the “Guide to the North Country National Scenic Trail in Minnesota”).
Notes: Dress for being outdoors, bring along your snowshoes, water and sunglasses. A limited number of snowshoes are available at the Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center for use during the program and are first-come-first-serve. Please check out the snowshoes before the start of the hike.
This is the second of 12 hikes to be held as we celebrate 125 years of Minnesota State Parks and Trails and 100 years of the National Park Service. This event is sponsored by both Itasca State Park and the Itasca Moraine and Laurentian Lakes Chapters of the National North Country Trail.
Learn more about the North Country Trail in Itasca State Park and east, at the Itasca Moraine Chapter site: http://northcountrytrail.org/itm/
Learn more about the North Country Trail in Itasca State Park and west, at the Laurentian Lakes Chapter site: http://northcountrytrail.org/llc/