Test running Minnesota's new 400 mile Adventure Trail. The North-Central Minnesota Adventure Trail

[@Kilted-Jeeper]

Shared to the Okoboji Jeep Clubs page! Thanks to the hard work by ALL putting this together. I have also mentioned this group to others on this page as well. Safe Travels!

[@firstpathfrontier]

I will have a total of three vids. Now I just need to keep editing! :). Thanks for sharing!

[@BackcountryNomad]

Good stuff nice to meet you at the Expo maybe our paths will cross again

[@firstpathfrontier]

I’ll see you tomorrow. :)

[@chrisschramm8550]

Very nice! I am very familiar with the Woodtick trail area. Might have to try this route someday

[@firstpathfrontier]

Very nice stretch of road!!

[@johnnori7465]

I'm going to take my dog Ed, and run this trail this weekend. Great video! Tanx!

[@firstpathfrontier]

Awesome! Let us know how wet it is ... and the bug conditions!

[@jaysonduval]

Great video, thanks for doing the recon! I saved the NCMAT Google map, can't wait to get out there! ✌️

[@firstpathfrontier]

You’ll love it!

[@MacsSpecialitiesProperties]

The good stuff came around 18:43. Great Video

[@firstpathfrontier]

Agree…. Thanks for staying with it to get the whole day’s picture.

[@driftless1870]

Thank you. If you haven’t run the Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail I highly recommend it. But this was beautiful. Especially the Chippewa and Paul Bunyan NF sections. I was up there last weekend and it was gorgeous. HEAVILY FLOODED and no cell service, so recovery gear is recommended. Definitely picked up some fresh Poplar Pinstriping.

[@firstpathfrontier]

I did the TWAT this time last year. Wonderful! I’ve made a WI border to border route I plan to run next year. Thanks again!

[@Nomaswearefull]

I've riden the TWAT many times

[@josephb7400]

Dude! You like blues?,you like. BBQ?bothl? Lucky the frontier made it down 85thst!!

[@killerx1307]

BB's is great.

[@Xploring_The_Outdoors]

Great video

[@firstpathfrontier]

Thanks!

[@dougdes612]

Where is it located?

[@firstpathfrontier]

I started just north of Mora, MN and went counter clockwise through Pine River, north to Walker, west through Chippewa and Paul Bunyan national forests, up to Lake Itasca and around the headwaters, then south to Detroit Lakes and then back east to my starting point at south end of Foothills State Forest. It really is in the central heart of the state of Minnesota.

[@jimbrown7261]

Do you have a video where you show what you carry for personal recovery gear? I think most of my back road driving will be solo in my Outback Wilderness and I'm trying to get together some stuff that would greatly reduce my chances of having to walk out to get help.

[@firstpathfrontier]

I haven’t done one but I do carry traction boards and have the Harbor Freight Badlands winch.

[@xiongpaolee]

Awesome, gonna check it out!

[@firstpathfrontier]

It’s a fun route!

[@Kilted-Jeeper]

Also, I enjoy the History information about the area as well.

[@jjteal6272]

How long would it take to complete the route in your estimation?

[@firstpathfrontier]

I did it in two nights but it depends on how often you stop or sight see.

[@iffykidmn8170]

most of the techincal stuff looked like logging roads which would mean semi-trailer and 40+k plus loads.

[@firstpathfrontier]

Definitely logging roads for sure. There were some more narrower sections that I didn’t record that would not work with a semi-trailer.

[@trimmin420]

Hmm when i seen the thumbnail of this video i got excited and thought i found some great trail but after watching the video you learn its just a path some person has driven around the state and it is NOT a 400 mile trail threw the woods after all. It is just some path someone has taken that goes threw towns down streets and some dirt roads, UGH!

[@firstpathfrontier]

Unfortunately we just don’t have that kind of open vastness like out west. Forest roads and minimum maintenance roads are the norm. The thumbnail is from the trail and one of the more scenic sections. Still a great way to see the forest areas of central Minnesota and the surrounding areas. Fun is what you make it! Thanks for checking it out.

[@NytronX]

Is the trail open yet? I wanna run it, how do I contact the trail "owner"?

[@firstpathfrontier]

You can run it. Track is available on MN adventure trails FB page

[@NytronX]

@@firstpathfrontier Debating on trying this or Spider Lake first. I have a GX (Land Cruiser Prado)

[@shanegreen9019]

Will these two route connect in some way?

[@firstpathfrontier]

I believe that is Jake’s plan so they could all be run pretty much together.

[@jakegroteboer5133]

There's only 4 miles between the two trails. People will be able to link them up no problem.

[@theparadigmshift74]

How do you find and navigate all these?

[@firstpathfrontier]

The routes for this trail and others are available on the MN Adventure Trails FB page. I used Gaia to navigate.