Trackspotting: Tracking Club on Sun, Jun 17

Post date: Jun 11, 2018 6:44:38 PM

Come join us for our next Tracking Excursion at Ft. Snelling State Park: Sunday, June 17 9:00am - 1:00pm We will gather at the Ft. Snelling State Park visitor center: Ft. Snelling State Park 101 Snelling Lake Rd West St Paul, MN 55111Trackspotting: noun, chiefly British English, referring to the hobby of recording the footprints one has observed, particularly when an identifying feature of the footprint is a spot.Come join us this coming Sunday as we spot a few tracks of our own. This is an all-weather event and we spend time off trail. Please bring appropriate footwear and dress for several hours outdoors in whatever weather we may have that day.We will gather at 9:00 in the fireplace room in the Visitor Center. We will head out on the trail about 9:20 and return to the visitor center about noon for a brief mapping exercise and wrap-up session. If you need to reach us the day of the outing, please call Jon's cell phone at 612-388-4700. Please note that cell reception is poor in much of the park.

Note that you need a State Park pass to drive to the Visitor Center, but you can park for free at the Historic Fort Snelling visitor center. It is about a half-mile walk past the historic fort and down the hill to get to the State Park visitor center. The Historic Fort parking is located at 200 Tower Ave, St Paul, MN 55111

RSVPs are encouraged, but not required.

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