Superior-St. Croix-Brule Hikers

The Wisconsin Roving Trail Crew ("Rovers") will be spending the majority, if not all, of their 2024 time opening the Foster Falls / Potato River corridor (8+ miles), building trail tread, constructing bridges throughout, and possibly building some stone stairs as well. Swimming in the falls (both Foster and/or Wren) as water temperatures allow will be a highlight. This work area falls within the Heritage Chapter area and the crew looks forward to working with their members and volunteers to complete this significant new stretch of the trail - see https://nct.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=23a2c0d674cb443ea9835af2e8c5f13a&extent=-90.5783,46.4145,-90.3585,46.4806.
If you have never been on one of the Rovers' workweeks, it is the NCTA's flagship volunteer crew program and has built most of the new NCT and trail structures in Wisconsin over the last couple of decades. Here is how it works: The crew gathers on Monday afternoon to set up camp and enjoy dinner together. Volunteers work on the project from Tuesday through Friday morning. Camp is broken down on Friday and volunteers depart for home. The crew camps together and all meals are provided at no charge. Volunteers can join the crew for a day, a couple of days, the whole week, or the whole season.
If interested, email Brad (rovers@northcountrytrail.org) and he will be more than happy to answer any questions regarding camping, meals, packing list, link-up locations, etc.
The crew campsite is the Quiet Pines camp which is located on private land on Vogues Road off of WI Hwy 169 south of Gurney, WI.

You are invited to join the Superior Hiking Trail Association, Border Route Trail Association, and all Minnesota and Wisconsin NCTA Chapters for a Technical Trail Skills training session to be held at Spirit Mountain in Duluth, MN. To get more information and TO REGISTER please head to https://tinyurl.com/DuluthTrailSkills. You must register prior to September 15th, 2024 to attend. Attendance is limited to 100 people.

The training will offer hands-on, in-the-field technical trail skills workshops, including:

• Rockwork with Willie Bittner of Great Lakes Trailbuilders
• Trail building
• Women’s trail building and maintenance
• Rock water crossings
• Use of Trail building tools / Hand saw safety / PPE 101
• Boardwalk/wet area crossings
• Trail maintenance – tread
• Trail maintenance – vegetation
• Trail maintenance – drainage
• Use of brush cutters & brush mowers / Using and maintaining motorized equipment
• Wilderness trail maintenance

Free camping and RV set-up in Spirit Mountain’s parking lot. (Hey, it’s free!)

Free food from dinner on Friday night through lunch on Sunday afternoon.

Time to socialize with fellow trail volunteers from Minnesota and Wisconsin.