Superior How-ready-am-i Trail

I'm shopping for boots now, because I know from two high-adventure backpacking trips with Boy Scouts that I will need to break them in before I can do any hiking in them. Blisters can be trip-ending, but they can also be prevented.

By the time I have my boots broken in I will be physically prepared to begin my trip. To be sure I'm ready, I am going to go for a two-week shake-down hike in early March on the Superior Hiking Trail. Temps for March in northern Minnesota seem a little chilly, but I've always wanted to try some winter hiking. My hopes were first going to have me on the SHT on February 1st, but waiting a month warms things up considerably.