Craig Lake to Long Lake on the NCT
The shiitake log soaking in the lake last week paid off this week as the logs fruited in good numbers! Here was the haul on day one of the harvest!
Wednesday evening I ran with the Keweenaw Running Group on the MTU Trails. This included running down Outer Limits and coming back up on Twilight, then running Time Trial on top before heading back to the SDC.
The week overall was spent following up on township business and reaching out to remote workers and others about the event Shannon Vairo and I are working on for October 12th. By Friday, we were ready to get back out on the North Country Trail. This time we headed out for Craig Lake State Park to hike the NCT from there to Long Lake to its west and back again with our friends Mark and Jennifer.
The igneous granite geology in this area is altogether different from the metamorphic slate geology we encountered along the the Sturgeon River on Tuesday. The high canopy as well as the numerous outcroppings and boulders limited the amount of the undergrowth as compared to our last hike.
There seemed to be significantly fewer mushrooms in this area compared to along the Sturgeon. We were not sure if the cause was less precipitation or possibly just better drainage, but there sure was plenty of moss on the outcroppings and boulders.
We enjoyed a late lunch at our turnaround point at Long Lake. This is where the trail enters the Peter Wolfe Chapter as you head west.
The temperature was in the upper 70s which motivated us to take the spur trail to Teddy Lake on our return trip to seek a place to swim! There is a nice campsite a short distance from the lake and an excellent place to swim where the trail meets the lake!
We officially covered 5.5 miles on the North Country Trail which brought our year-to-date mileage up to just over 98 miles. One more NCT hike and we should meet our goal to attain the #hike100NCT challenge!
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