North Country Trail: Pictured Rocks National Park, MI
Trip 2 of 2 of the 2024 NCT 100-mile Challenge
September 14-20, 15-21, 2024
Co-Trip Leaders: Joan Pea and TBA
Type of Trip: Backpacking
Trip Cost/Deposit: $405/$205
Cancellation Date and full payment: June 14, 2024
Wilderness Level: 3
Trip Difficulty: Moderate terrain; 45.8 miles total with max daily mileage of 11.5 miles
Policy on Fitness Self-Assessment Level 3: Applies to backpacking trips in which we hike with 25-35 pound backpacks. In one day, we can hike up to 7 miles and 3000 feet of elevation gain on maintained trails, or up to 5 miles and 2000 feet of elevation gain on more rugged trails. For a Level 3 trip you should be comfortable hiking 6-8 miles in a day in hilly or mountainous terrain with a 25-pound backpack.
Policy on Fitness Self-Assessment
Level 3: Applies to backpacking trips in which we hike with 25-35 pound backpacks. In one day, we can hike up to 7 miles and 3000 feet of elevation gain on maintained trails, or up to 5 miles and 2000 feet of elevation gain on more rugged trails. For a Level 3 trip you should be comfortable hiking 6-8 miles in a day in hilly or mountainous terrain with a 25-pound backpack.
Adults Only
***Before registering***
While considering your participation in CIWC trips, be aware that some trips will involve shared transportation, lodging, and other activities. Each participant is encouraged to evaluate your comfort level with such arrangements based on your health condition, vaccination status, and unknown COVID positivity rates at the time of the trip. Members are encouraged to review the COVID waiver as a part of this evaluation.
This is Part TWO of a two-hike challenge. Pairing of this trip with the Mackinaw trip will earn you the 2024 NCT 100-mile challenge patch. We recommend you sign up for both trips.
Pictured Rocks National Park. Beautiful scenery and spectacular views in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, this trail section is considered one of the best on the North Country Trail. You’ll see waterfalls, rivers, sand dunes, dense boreal forests, plunging cliffs into Lake Superior, white sand beaches, and one-of-a-kind geological features.
Questions may be submitted to ciwcinfo@gmail.com.
All trip participants must fill out and submit a CIWC Medical Form and Long Waiver Form.
Effective on all trips, there will be a $50 nonrefundable registration fee. This fee will be assessed to those who sign up for a trip, get on the roster and then later cancel. Even cancelling before the cancel date. Those who never make the active roster (i.e. those who stay on the waitlist) will NOT be charged the $50 cancellation fee.
