Northern Tier Team Paddles 60.5 miles

Posted by Prescott on August 1, 2010

The results from the Spot GPS are in and the final tally is that the Northern Tier team paddled just over 60 miles. Maybe more stunning is they did 21 miles in one day, which included a 0.9 mile portage. This is evidently the longest portage customarily done by NTier teams. In Boundary Waters/Quetico terms this portage was 340 “rods” long. A rod is something like 16.5 feet.

You can download a Google Earth path file by clicking here. If you have Google Earth installed it should provide you an opportunity to “fly-over” the exact route.

Here are the daily distances.

N-Tier Distances (miles)
Day 1	8.2
Day 2	21.0
Day 3	12.7
Day 4	9.3
Day 5	9.2
Total	60.5

Also, on behalf of the entire N-Tier Team, we want to thank Kristian Ambors, our Interpreter/Guide and Troop 16 Eagle Scout Alumnus. He did a tremendous job teaching and guiding the group.  Thanks Kristian… you’re a towel!!