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Sierra Club Wilderness
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Chapter: Michigan (Mackinac)
Group: Central Upper Peninsula (CUPG)
Leader: Michael Neiger, Marquette,
Michigan (Web site; e-mail;
bio)
Review journal
no. 1, journal no. 2, photo
album, found turtle shell
from this completed trip
November 5-8,
2004
Backpacking
Destination:
North Country
Trail area & surrounding bush
Trout Lake & Strongs area
Chippewa & Mackinac Counties
Eastern Upper Michigan, northwest of St. Ignace
Experience level:
Intermediate-level,
0-degree backpacking
Difficulty:
Strenuous
Off-trail/on-trail rating:
80 percent off-trail
map & compass recon
Participant requirements:
-- Notice:
please review the homepage on this Web site
for general wilderness tripping requirements
-- 18 years old or older
-- non-smoker and non-drinker
-- very physically fit (good aerobic endurance)
-- adventurous spirit
-- proficient swimmer
-- prior wilderness tripping experience
-- fully equipped with lightweight backpacking gear
including rucksack, bivouac gear,
survival gear,
foul-weather gear, rations, stove,
etc.
Bivouac
advisory:
This
is not a basecamp trip.
We will move each day
and bivouac in a different location each night,
often deep in the bush and far from roads,
dry & level campsites, potable water, toilets, and
fire rings.
Trip info:
-- 8 a.m. Friday
to late afternoon Monday
-- Club fee: $10
-- Sign up
by Oct 21 appreciated
-- Contact trip
leader for sign up, or application form if new
-- Review journals
and photos from similar wilderness trips
Specialized equipment required:
-- In-pocket survival
kit (knife, matches, firestarters,
compass, whistle); Sierra Club survival
kits can be
borrowed free of charge
-- River-fording footwear
Rations required:
-- Breakfasts--3
-- Snacks--4
-- Lunches--4
-- Dinners--3
-- Backup rations--1 full day
-- Rations and stoves info
Additional destination info:
Read "The
North Country Trail in Upper Michigan" by Byron and Margaret Hutchins
(Hutchins Guidebooks [815-633-1952], 1997)
Read USFS North Country Trail brochures entitled "St.
Ignace Segment" (906-635-5311) and "Sault Ste. Marie Segment"
(906-643-7900)
Read "Following the North Country National Scenic
Trail," by Wes Boyd (North Country Trail Association [http://www.northcountrytrail.org]
Search destination in http://www.google.com
search engine
Travel
info:
-- Driving
maps
-- Road conditions and weather
reports
-- Tourism info
-- Road trip gear
Wilderness skills and resources info:
-- Backpacking
skills
-- Land nav skills
-- River fording skills
-- Water purification
skills
-- Lightning safety
-- Low-impact skills
-- Backpacking links, books,
& vendors
-- Ultralight backpacking
links, books, & vendors
--
Dressing warm skills
-- Sleeping warm skills
-- Winter-camping skills
-- Ice-crossing skills
-- Snowshoe links, books,
& vendors
-- Winter-camping
links, books, & vendors
Emergency contacts:
County Sheriff:
Chippewa Co, 906-635-6355
County Sheriff: Mackinac Co, 1-800-892-6156
State Police: Sault Ste. Marie, 906-632-2216
State Police: St. Ignace, 906-643-8383
Hospital: Sault Ste. Marie, 906-635-4460
Hospital: Newberry Hospital, 906-293-5181
Hospital: St. Ignace, 906-643-8585
Sierra Club Outings Department 24-hour help line: 1-888-outings
Land Nav Team Info:
Topographic maps:
1:24,000 Trout Lake, Michigan (primary map)
1:24,000 Eckerman, Michigan (primary map)
1:24,000 Strongs, Michigan (primary map)
1:24,000 Hulbert, Michigan (limited
use)
1:24,000 Rexton, Michigan (limited use)
1:24,000 Sullivan Creek, Michigan (probably
not needed)
--Notice, maps may lack UTM
grid lines
--Topo map ordering
information
--Topo map waterproofing
& GPS prep
County maps:
Mackinac
County
Chippewa County
--County map ordering
information
2004
Magnetic declination specs:
Magnetic declination
for Lat 46° 15'N, Lon 85° 00'W:
06° 31' west
UTM easting grid line to meridian
line deviation:
01° 24' east
UTM easting grid line magnetic declination:
07° 55' west
GPS
configuration specs:
Grid coordinate
system
1000-meter Universal
Transverse Mercator Grid (UTM)
UTM grid horizontal map datum:
1927 North American
Datum (NAD 27 CONUS)
UTM grid zone:
Zone 16
UTM grid hemisphere:
Northern hemisphere
Unit of measures:
Metric
Misc nav setup:
Roamer
UTM plotter scale(s):
1:24,000
Ranger pacing
beads:
Metric--9 100-meter
beads; 4 1-kilometer beads
Magnetic declination setting on compass:
0° of offset
More land
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