https://davidohnstadminnesota.com/superior-hiking-trail-myths-best-sections/ Minnesota Outdoors — Hiking, Boundary Waters & North Shore Adventures Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://davidohnstadminnesota.com/superior-hiking-trail-myths-best-sections/#comment-2046 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:54:05 +0000 https://davidohnstadminnesota.com/?p=273#comment-2046 […] The section we worked on had been surveyed and flagged a year earlier. The route had been GPS-mapped and approved by the Forest Service. When we cut brush, we stayed within the flagged ten-foot corridor. When we encountered a large red oak that had fallen across the planned route, we couldn’t just cut it — the crew leader had to consult the work plan to see if it was marked as a “leave tree” for wildlife habitat. It was. We rerouted the trail fifteen feet north and re-flagged the corridor. That fifteen-foot detour took another forty-five minutes of brushing and an updated GPS file that would get uploaded to the chapter database. For more on this, see Best sections beyond the crowds. […]

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