Minnesota

Activities

Calendar

February 11 – Star of the North (STN) Chapter meeting & Panel on Lightweight/Ultralight Backpacking at Midwest Mountaineering - Minneapolis

March 27 – Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota annual dinner meeting

February 24: Itasca Moraine Chapter’s (ITM) Snowshoe hike—Lake George, MN

March 1: Star of the North Chapter (STN) XC skiing/hiking/snowshoeing day trip to Afton St. Park - Hastings, MN

March 29: LLC Chapter meeting—Frazee, MN

April 11: ITM Chapter meeting—Walker, MN

April 25-27: NCTA booth at Outdoor Adventure Expo at Midwest Mountaineering - Minneapolis

April 28: STN Chapter meeting —Location TBA

May 2-4: Superior Hiking Trail Association (SHTA) annual meeting at Wolf Ridge ELC—Finland, MN

May 2-4: Trail building weekend with the LLC in Clearwater County

May 3: ITM Chapter’s wildflower hike—Location TBA

June 7: National Trails Day...there will be events at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Chippewa National Forest, and Two Harbors (SHTA)

July 12: ITM Chapter’s “Woodtick Picnic”—Akeley, MN

July 19: STN Chapter Meeting & Picnic @ Fort Snelling St. Park— Bloomington

August 7-11: NCTA Annual Meeting—Cazenovia, NY

August 23: 2nd Annual North Country Trail Fest @ Itasca State Park co-sponsored by ITM and LLC—Itasca Park, MN

TBA in September: Friends of Itasca’s Ozawindib Walk @ Itasca State Park co-sponsored by the LLC—Itasca Park, MN

September 13: Trail Fest @ Fort Ransom State Park w/ the Sheyenne River Valley Chapter —Fort Ransom, ND

September 22-26: NCTA Volunteer Vacation in Minnesota—Look for details in a future issue of the North Star

September 27: National Public Lands Day in the Chippewa National Forest—Walker, MN

September 26-28: Trail building weekend with the LLC—Location TBD in Clearwater/Becker County

October 4: Red River Valley Volkssport Assoc. Volkssport event & LLC meeting at Tamarac NWR—Rochert, MN

November 16-18: NCTA booth at Outdoor Adventure Expo at Midwest Mountaineering - Minneapolis

November 21: ITM Chapter meeting & end of trail-building season celebration—Park Rapids, MN

Be sure to check the NCTA Trail-wide Calendar (http://www.northcountrytrail.org/events/trailcal.htm) for the latest on these and other events happening on the North Country Trail.

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