2025 NCT HIKE 100, Part 1 | Miles 1-5 | The Challenge Starts NOW!!

Today we begin our first challenge, the North Country Trail HIKE100! Our goal: hike 100 miles on the North Country Trail in 2025. This challenge will be divided across several videos throughout the year. Today, I hike 5 miles towards our goal starting near downtown Rockford, MI and hiking north (from about NCT MI-965 to about MI-962.5 and back).

Join me on this challenge!
Consider signing up for the HIKE100 challenge: https://northcountrytrail.org/hike-100-challenge/
Join my hikes throughout 2025! All of my 2025 NCT HIKE100 videos will be included in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkr0LRCl3xsMVjRusAHi_GM54wWjqreaM

Location: North Country Trail (Portion, MI-965 - MI-962.5); Rockford, Michigan
Weather: 18° F / -7.8° C, Sunny

Difficulty: 1/5
Length: 5.3 miles / 8.5 kilometers
Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

Explore the North Country Trail: https://northcountrytrail.org/

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Filmed on GoPro Hero 13 Black and the GoPro Media Mod.
Filmed February 1, 2025.