NorthStar Trail Travelers

NorthStar Trail Travelers NorthStar Trail Travelers is a Volksmarch club committed to providing quality walking events in Minnesota State Parks.

Volkssports ("folks' sports") are Sports for the People ("volks" in German) and are geared to the recreational participant.

If you missed the NSTT “snowshoe”/walk event at Afton on Saturday, here’s a few photos taken at the event. Photos by Dia...
03/04/2026

If you missed the NSTT “snowshoe”/walk event at Afton on Saturday, here’s a few photos taken at the event. Photos by Dianna and Donna.

02/25/2026

Join NSTT on Saturday, February 28th at Afton State Park for our annual snowshoe/walk event. Registration will be at the Visitor Center between 10:00am and 1:00pm. There are several walks available including: 4km out and back along the bike trail, a 1km goes around the Interpretive trail, and a ~2km nature walk into the prairie. The nature walk will depart the Visitor Center around 10:30. As always, our famous sloppy joe lunch will be available for donation. We'll see you at the park!

01/28/2026

IMPORTANT!!!!
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DO NOT OPEN!
Instead forward the email to your email host (Yahoo, Gmail, etc) as an attachment. You may have to do this online if your email program doesn’t offer “Forward as attachment.”
I have contacted Earthlink already and have additional info I am giving them after hearing from a couple of folks.
Punchbowl is a legit digital invitation service, but this is a spammer who is faking an invitation to get your private info.
Also let me know if you did receive an email just so I know.
Sorry! And thanks!

We gathered at Ft. Snelling State Park to close out our program year by walking, eating, and conducting our annual meeti...
10/25/2025

We gathered at Ft. Snelling State Park to close out our program year by walking, eating, and conducting our annual meeting. In addition to offering a variety of walking trails, this event included a book swap as a memorial to our friend Jim Deye.

Join NSTT at Ft. Snelling State Park on Saturday, October 25th as we close out our 2025 events with a guided walk, potlu...
10/24/2025

Join NSTT at Ft. Snelling State Park on Saturday, October 25th as we close out our 2025 events with a guided walk, potluck lunch and annual meeting. We'll be walking to honor Jim Deye. Jim was an avid reader, NSTT member and volunteer. Remember to bring a book to swap in his honor. Walk registration is at the Thomas C. Savage Visitor Center starting at 9:30am.

This is the one time per year that we have the opportunity to walk in groups. Pick your distance and destination and enjoy walking with your NSTT friends.

10km group - this group will walk both 5km routes. This group will start at 10:00am.

5km Historic Fort Group - this group will walk up the steps to Historic Fort Snelling and the Chapel, down the hilly road to the river and to the old landing on the river, back along the Minnesota River to the Visitor Center. Please note, there are 150 steps from the back of the Visitor Center to the upper bluff bike trail. This does not include a few short sections that are sloped up trail without steps. There is at least one bench on the way up and several spots to stop and rest. The group walk leader will stop several times for folks to take a break. This group will leave at 10:30.

5km Park Group - this group will stay in the park and will go to Pike island and back along the Minnesota River and up to the Berglund Trail to the steps and back to the Visitor Center avoid the hardest of the hills/steps. This group will leave at 10:30

Naturalist Group - this group will enjoy a 1 to 1 1/2 mile naturalist walk to the Minnesota River and over to Snelling Lake. This group will leave at 11:00. This route will NOT have any hills.

Bring your favorite dish to share for the potluck. After eating, stay for a short meeting where you'll learn our 2026 event schedule.

Our Walkers enjoyed a second day of spectacular fall weather as we walked Minneopa State Park. Thank you to the event or...
09/29/2025

Our Walkers enjoyed a second day of spectacular fall weather as we walked Minneopa State Park.

Thank you to the event organizers and all of the volunteers who keep this club vibrant.

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