"Second Day" Hike: A Backcountry Exploration on the North Country Tail
Date and Time
Saturday Jan 2, 2016
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM CST
Saturday, January 2, 11:30 am - 3 pm.
Location
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 11:30 am. People will be shuttled to the start of the snowshoe route and back to the main parking after the hike. Route may change based on weather and snow conditions.
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Description
"Second Day" Hike: A Backcountry Exploration on the North Country Trail.
Help keep your New Year’s resolutions going on the second day of the new year! Join us for an invigorating snowshoe hike along the North Country Trail as we explore the backcountry area around Hernando deSoto and Morrison Lakes. The hike will go along the shores of several lakes, over a rolling landscape and through a mature mixed old growth pine and deciduous forest. This will be a strenuous 3 mile hike. (refer to Maps 13 and 13-A, page 109 of the “Guide to the North Country National Scenic Trail in Minnesota”).
This is the first 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/