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A three-day weekend of skiing and boarding at Lutsen, overlooking Lake Superior. Includes lodging Thursday-Saturday nights, lift tickets for Friday-Sunday, continental breakfasts, whirlpool, sauna, microwave and refrigerator. Staying in Lutsen Mountain Inn, at the foot of the mountain (video). Free shuttle buses take us the 1/4 mile to the chairlifts and gondola. We’ll have lunches …
Leaving on Friday evening at 6:00 p.m., for the Hoeppner lake house near New Auburn WI, approximately 2 hours 30 minutes. Saturday night dinner will be coordinated. Breakfasts – oatmeal, milk and brown sugar unless others want to coordinate/contribute more. Lunches will be bought/packed inidually. Bring a sleeping bag.
Centennial Lakes Park features a 10-acre lake that is groomed daily during the winter for ice skating. Spread out over three main ponds connected by narrow, meandering canals, the rink gives skaters a unique skating experience reminiscent of a Currier & Ives setting from bygone days. Rentals and concessions are available at the rink-side warming …
Ice Skating or Ice Sledding at Centenial Lakes ParkView trip details »
Join us for West Coast Swing at the Social Dance Studio. Social dancing is a great way to meet new people, as the expectation is that you dance with multiple partners. All ages welcome with many younger people present. Lesson 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Party 9:00 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Estimated cost: $15 for …
Ski trails for everyone! William O’Brien State Park, an hour from the Cities on the St. Croix River, has trails to suit everyone from flatlands to hills, groomed for both classic and skate skiing. Bring a lunch and your skis and let’s meet at 10:00 a.m. at the Visitor Center for a day of skiing …
Cross-Country Skiing at William O’Brien State ParkView trip details »
Leave at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, returning Sunday evening. Stay in Ely at a motel and leave the trailhead Saturday morning. This is a short trip but it visits a nice area less than 5/8 mile in the BWCAW. The lake has the best indian pictograph rock art site in the BWCAW. Call Basil Loney …
Stay at deluxe 3BR/3BA townhome in Beaver Bay on Lake Superior. Cross-country ski at any or all of three nearby and exceptional trail systems: Gooseberry Falls SP, Northwoods, which links up with Tettagouche SP trails (mostly all classic). Snowshoe on the Superior Hiking Trail. Depart Friday late afternoon or early evening, return Sunday. Price includes …
Leave Friday morning to arrive in western Minnesota’s Glacial Lakes State Park in time to Snowshoe to the Peak, a three-mile guided trek to the highest point. The park also has groomed and ungroomed cross country ski trails, hills for moonlight sledding, and good ice fishing nearby. We should have time for hiking and photography, …
Cross Country Skiing/Snowshoeing in Bayfield, WI. Join us for 2 or 3 days of cross country skiing and/or snowshoeing, watch the start of a dog sled race, and if Lake Superior is frozen we will go to the ice caves and drive out to Madeline Island. We are in an old bed and breakfast (which …
Cross Country Skiing/Snowshoeing in Bayfield, WIView trip details »
Join us for beginner winter camping at a state or county park north of the cities. I can help you with equipment and clothing choices, since we are camping in a regular car campground you can bring extra gear along to spend your first winter camping night out comfortably. Estimated cost: share campsite cost. Deposit: …
60k of scenic well-groomed cross-country ski trails weave through the Superior National Forest at Giants Ridge. Two-day XC trail pass is included in cost estimate. Or of course, there is also great downhill skiing. We will be staying 3 nights at the Sports Dorm, where we have 3 rooms, each with 2 bunk-beds. It has …
Downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, etc. in Winter Park, Colorado. The Land Only price of the trip is $585 which includes, five nights lodging; trip pre-party, opening party, and post party; and 10-minute shuttle to downtown Winter Park, Colorado. Bulk rate downhill/XC passes are extra and are available now. The accommodations are 2 bdrm/2 Bath, …
Can’t get to that all-inclusive on the Riviera Maya? Have no fear! Venture 3 hours north to the Deep Portage Learning Center in Hackensack, north of Brainerd for winter fun instead! The Deep Portage campus in Hackensack includes a 54,000 sq ft Heritage Center with two great halls, a giant climbing wall, library, and food …
Winter Fun at Deep Portage in Hackensack!View trip details »
We will meet at the park and ride near Scandia Trail and 35W early on Friday morning. We travel to the Mudro Lake entry point and snowshoe/ski in as far as we can that day pulling our gear on sleds. The lakes traveled will be Mudro, Sand Pit, Tin Can Mike, and then the final …
Two days of winter camping in the Ely district of the BWCAW. Leave Friday at 6:00 p.m. and return Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Estimated cost: transportation costs. Max trip size: open. Basil L.
Join me Sunday morning at Elm Creek Park Reserve for Classic or Skate Skiing. Meet in the Chalet by the fireplace at 10:00 a.m. This park also has snow boarding and tubing! Check the link for pricing fees on ski rentals, tubing or snow boarding. We could gather at a local restaraunt after for lunch. …
Cross-Country Skiing at Elm Creek Park ReserveView trip details »
Ice climbing at The Ice Pit in De Pere, WI. Top rope ice climbing on walls over 100 feet high!You must have your own harness and helmet and know how to belay. Ice climbing demo gear will be available. Party with door prizes Saturday night at Ramada Inn Green Bay. See “current events” section on …
Annual popular winter ski trip to Itasca State Park. Stay at the Mississippi Headwaters Hostel, cross country ski, snowshoe, hike in our beautiful state park -maybe over to the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi. Cost includes 3 nights lodging (bunk style rooms) and 7 meals and probable evening games or read in an easy chair …