Paul Bunyan & Chippewa Forests NCT hikers

Join the ITM Chapter for a mushroom foray hike on August 29. Watching for a “North Country Trail Access” sign, meet at the roadside parking area about 2 ½ miles south of the junction of state highways 371 and 200 by 10 AM. This event is a cooperative effort of the Itasca Moraine Chapter of the NCTA , and the Paul Bunyan Mushroom Club whose members will provide identification of mushrooms collected.

Join the ITM Chapter on September 26 for their Fall Equinox / NCNST Day Hike. They will hike from the Thorpe Tower Lookout to Waboose Lake public access. Meet at 12:45 at Waboose access for a shuttle to Thorpe Tower site. The group will hike south to the Waboose Lake loop trail where hikers can choose to hike either the 1 mile west route back to the Trailhead or east 3-mile route around the lake back to parking (total hike lengths 4.5 or 6.5 mi.) Map: http://bit.ly/2TEwD9L Hike leader: Bruce Johnson [masked]

Join the ITM Chapter on October 4 for their annual Hike for Hope. Hike from the Nelson Lake Trailhead to either Refuge Rd., (2.1 mile hike), or Steamboat Rd., (4.7 mile hike). Meet at the Nelson Lake parking area at 1 PM. Map: http://bit.ly/2VWr4oz Hike leader: Florence Hedeen [masked]

Join the ITM Chapter on November 27 for their annual Black Friday hike. Meet at the junction of Trail crossing Hubbard Co. 4 at Halvorson Forest Rd. and hike east to the Steamboat Pass Forest Rd. (3 mile hike). Meet at Co. 4 at Noon. Map: http://bit.ly/2PZBOOZ Hike leader: Mark Evans [masked]