Join the North Country Trail Ni-Miikanaake Chapter volunteers for a trail maintenance session with Friends of the Porkies on National Public Lands Day. We’ll start at the corner of Co Hy 519 and South Boundary Road, Michigan mile marker MI-47.5. We’ll work south brushing and maintaining the trail to about the rope climb – four miles south. We plan to leave a car on Hwy 519 to shuttle back. GPS coordinates of the starting point are: 46.69560, -89.9754.
Plan for fall hiking weather, bring water, snacks and mosquito nets. Light trail maintenance tools such as nippers and loppers would be useful.
The trail parallels the Presque Isle River and features larger old-growth trees. It includes some small hills. There is no potable water or restrooms along the way.
This part of the NCT goes through a not-heavily-trafficked part of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. We hope to address some maintenance issues reported for this stretch, and develop a working relationship with Friends of the Porkies.
