In the early 1980s, Troop 335 would return year after year to backpack on different sections of the North Country Trail, which stretches for 4,800 miles from North Dakota to Vermont. Thanks to Scoutmaster Bob Gray and his family, many of these trips are well-documented and preserved with photo albums and notes.
During this time, the troop did an exemplary job of assembling trek plans with itineraries, maps, budgets, pack lists, histories and pamphlets, and other rich information about the places they were going.
For this section of the trail in 1984, the troop backpacked and camped in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore from Munising Falls to Grand Marais. Much of the trail hugged the edge of 200-foot cliffs along Lake Superior with beautiful rock formations and the cold water below.
On the way back, they hiked around Tahquamenon Falls, toured the Soo Locks, and visited the Gerald Ford Museum (he was an Eagle Scout!)
Were you a scout or scouter in Troop 335? We’d like to connect with you and share memories as we prepare for our centennial celebration in May. Contact us!