Valley City (CSi) North Country Trail Association’s Sheyenne River Valley Chapter has opened the Sheyenne River Valley Challenge program designed to challenge new people to get involved with the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCT) – the nation’s longest hiking trail – and the volunteers who build and maintain it in the Sheyenne River Valley.

The public is invited to take on the Sheyenne River Valley Challenge, a new program started by the Sheyenne River Valley (SRV) Chapter of the North Country Trail Association (NCTA). Participants have a variety of ways of getting more engaged that range from hiking the NCT on their own, sharing social media posts with their friends, joining a Chapter hike, joining the Chapter as a NCTA member, to adopting a trail section to maintain for a year.  Participants earn points for the more challenges they complete and people become eligible by passing 200 points.  Challenge winners will be selected next August 1st for the cash grand prize and other prizes.  More details on the Challenge – including registration and log forms can be found online at https://northcountrytrail.org/srv/.  If anyone has questions, they can contact Matthew Davis at (701) 388-1883 or mdavis@northcountrytrail.org.

North Country Trail Association volunteers are the lifeblood of the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCT) – the nation’s longest hiking trail which extends 4,800-miles from Lake Sakakawea State Park east all the way to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont.  People may learn more about the NCT in North Dakota at https://northcountrytrail.org/north-dakota/.  The SRV Chapter is responsible for 93 miles of the NCT between Lake Ashtabula and the Sheyenne River State Forest.  The Chapter’s 65 members work together to hold trail workdays, offer guided hikes to the public, and host social events throughout the year.

More information on the Challenge may be found online at https://northcountrytrail.org/srv/ or by contacting Matthew Davis at (701) 388-1883 / davis@northcountrytrail.org.