The North End and Nucy Meech Trails Cleared for Hiking and XC Skiing
/The North End trails are in the best shape in years! Lots of work done to clear for hiking and XC skiing. We also cleared the Nucy Meech — sweet trail.
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The North End trails are in the best shape in years! Lots of work done to clear for hiking and XC skiing. We also cleared the Nucy Meech — sweet trail.
Read MorePictures from a lovely hike through dappled forest to an old hemlock grove on a bluff above Lake Superior.
Read MorePictures from a leisurely hike on the Capser Trail on a lovely August day.
Read MorePictures from a Memorial Weekend hike on the MIWP trails revealed that Spring has not completely sprung,
but trees are blooming, leaves are budding, ferns are unfurling and spring flowers are out!
It was raining on the morning planned for this early October hike, but a bunch of us bundled up in our rain gear anyway, and hiked the North End Trails — and we were really glad we did!
The beautiful colors were enhanced by the mists, and our boots and hats and coats kept us warm, and added to the colors of the forest.
The annual potluck afterwards at Toria Erhart’s home was a lot of fun, too, and the food was great!
Read MoreA group of hardy individuals worked to clear trails and touch up trail markers on the North End Trails from the Sowl Trailhead to Engine Block. View the pictures!
Read MorePictures of Tavis Lynch presentation and a mushroom foraging and ID hike on the Capser and Nucy Meech Trails in the Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve.
Read MoreThe morning of October 6 was a glorious day for a hike to the Lake Superior shore on the Burroughs Trail. After hiking to the lake we then hiked the inland trail. This hike was not as wet as the September hike, and we saw lots of beautiful mushrooms!
Read MoreThe Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve is a non-profit land trust dedicated to the protection and preservation of natural areas on Madeline Island. The nature preserve lands are open to the public for hiking, skiing, berry-picking and hunting. MIWP is committed to education and advocacy — each summer we sponsor field trips and evening programs. Madeline Island is adjacent to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on the South Shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin.
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