BIKEPACKING: North Country Trail, Michigan-Episode 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Come along with us as we traverse through the North Country trail in the lower peninsula of the mighty mitten state Michigan. Our journey was four days and three nights starting in near Baldwin, MI at the Bowman Trailhead. We covered about 70-80 miles of mostly mountain bike single track trail and a little bit of relief from some pavement and dirt roads. Our first camp site was 17.5 miles from the start at the beautifully secluded McCarthy lake rustic camp ground in Sauble Township, MI. We are not professionals by any means and we hope that this video can and will inspire those that are thinking about doing any overnight bikepacking trips but are apprehensive. We just used the mountain bikes we owned and gathered a few specific bags that would fit and loaded up. It was challenging, but oh so satisfying! I hope you guys enjoy episode one and I can not wait to get the following episodes finished! God bless!
Cool! Just found this. Will look for other episodes.
Man, great job! As a hiker and vlogger, love the mix on the video, footage and fun, and nice work editing! Loved it!
Thank you Northern Hikes! I appreciate you taking the time to watch!
Thanks Andy. Been biking for years and did one bike packing in late 1980s. May check this one out in 2022.
It was a blast and I hope to get out there again sometime!
Pretty sure those steps were totally rideable. 😁
Janne Blom, maybe for someone with a little more confidence than what we had! Lol
Awesome! You know after watching this I still have a "Jonesin' for some Joneses!" Great video. I can't wait to see the rest of the trip.
John, this time I am gonna get some too!
It's nice to do bike packing but sometimes with multiple people you have to put up with riders that have very little concept of time were three hours late so let's stop for ice cream then at the end of the day you get to finish trail in the dark & set up camp Different strokes for different folks it's all good
Nice video! Hoping to do GR up the White Pine trail, later up to Mackinaw and maybe to Copper Harbor someday next Fall. Watching this video makes me think I need to bring my mountain bike, my gravel bike tires would be pretty dicey on those trails.
I really enjoyed having my mountain bike! We passed one gravel biker that was holding her own on the trial but she said that she wished that her MTB was available for her. They suggest 2.0 wide tires or bigger for this trail. We had a blast and hope to do it again soon! Thanks for watching!
I know putting out videos takes some time.. but if you get a chance could you do a video of yor set up, bike and gear etc.. and what works and what doesn't I am looking to get into this aittle bit.. I would like to try this at least once this summer.. thanks
Hey Scott, yeah I have been asked before to do that kind of video and I will make it a priority to get one in the works. In the mean time you should check out Pathlesspedeled. Russ will talk through all kinds of bikepacking and touring bikes and gear and you could watch his channel for days!
awesome videos and a worth subbing Channel.... a fellow creator.
Thank you Yasin! I appreciate you watching!
You look like a group of fun lads to hang out with. Nice video.
Hey Biking360, thank you so much! We had tons of fun and can't wait to get out there again!
@@andrewraquepaw9878 Great to hear
Looked like a good workout! Looking forward to more adventures ! Been out this year yet?
It was pretty crazy! By the fourth day I was pretty spent but man it was fun! I have not been able to do any bikepacking overnight stays but I have braved the cold weather a few times to get the legs pumping. lol
Is there a map of this trail? Is this a loop or is it point to point?
bikepacking.com/routes/north-country-traverse/
This is the route we based our route on but we only did about half of it. We started in Baldwin and ended near Mesick, Mi. At Marrilla trail head.
Any more videos of NCT to come?
Yes! I have about 3 more days of footage to go through! I will have them up as soon as I can get those video sorted. Thanks for watching Kevin!!
@@andrewraquepaw9878 awesome, looking to try out bikepacking this year and I've been considering NCT. Might do a trial over nighter at Green Lake campground/DTE foundation trails first before going for a multi-day trip.
Yeah Kevin! I started with just an overnighter to see if i really like it. Well now I am hooked! I want to do those trails down there too! I am from mid michigan so I have to drive a bit to get to some good trails!
@@andrewraquepaw9878 I feel you pain, I am also in Mid Michigan. MCF is the closest decent trails to me. Hoping to get some Saginaw County.
@kevin keilitz, hit me up on Facebook or Instagram if you ever want to go ride. I would love to meet up with you!