North Country Trail - Rainbow Lakes

The North Country Trail running NW to SE through the Rainbow Lakes Wilderness is a nice walk-through hike.

Overview Map

The extent of this walk is highlighted by the blue box in this map.

Map Key

See Iron River Area Overview page for segment color coding key and description for use of controls.

Walk-Specific Map

Take Note
  • Click on a segment to get specific information.
  • Numeric labels correspond to the same labels in the elevation profile and summary information below.

Elevation Profile

Images

GPX Download

A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM trackID Primary Description Type Distance CumDist DeltaElev
1 NCTBF031 North Country Trail W Delta Rd to Unnamed off N Delta Rd Trail 0.52 0.52 -29
2 NCTBF032 North Country Trail Unnamed off N Delta Rd to Rainbow Lake Tower Trail [West] Trail 1.12 1.64 136
3 NCTBF033 North Country Trail Rainbow Lake Tower Trail [West] to Rainbow Lake Tower Loop Trail Trail 0.03 1.66 10
4 NCTBF034 North Country Trail Rainbow Lake Tower Loop Trail to Rainbow Lake Tower Trail [East] Trail 0.11 1.77 -17
5 NCTBF035 North Country Trail Rainbow Lake Tower Trail [East] to Tower Lake campsite Trail 0.48 2.25 -51
6 NCTBF036 North Country Trail Tower Lake campsite to Rainbow Lake campsite Trail 0.90 3.15 18
7 NCTBF037 North Country Trail Rainbow Lake campsite to Anderson Grade Trail Trail 1.41 4.56 10
8 NCTBF038 North Country Trail Anderson Grade Trail to Bufo Lake trail Trail 0.28 4.84 -65
9 NCTBF039 North Country Trail Bufo Lake trail to Reynard Lake trail Trail 0.97 5.80 60