Tibbets Falls Hike
On Friday we were back on the North Country Trail with our friends Mark and Jennifer to hike along the Sturgeon River to Tibbets Falls and the Oren Krumm Shelter. We arrived at this choice of locations to hike on the NCT after evaluating the weather forecasts across the Peter Wolfe Chapter. It turned out that this area was showing the lowest probability for rain. As it turned out, we made a great choice!
After a short walk from the trailhead through the forest, the trail follows alongside the Sturgeon River. For most of this hike we were right alongside the river, but there are some stretches where you are well above the river. In both instances we enjoyed beautiful views which were enhanced by the emerging fall colors.
Tibbets Falls is largely a series of drops over slate outcroppings in the river. In higher water this area looks more like a rapids as the drops are much less discernable.
Farther downstream the Oren Krumm Shelter would come into view. This is an awesome campsite located on a high bank overlooking the Sturgeon River. We enjoyed our lunch here before making the turn back toward the trailhead to complete our four-mile hike and get ever closer to completing the 2023 #hike100NCT.
You can see my GoPro video from the hike on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel at this link:
Saturday morning we headed into Houghton to meet up with friends for Michigan Technological University’s Parade of Nations parade. We enjoyed some tasty Indian cuisine afterwards at Dee Stadium on the Houghton waterfront.
Sunday we would head out toward Mt. Arvon for a backwoods adventure to The Rock Cut and waterfalls on the Slate River. More about that next time!
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