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Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, June 8th to bike a loop of up to 18 miles. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome (Meet here thru September). Flat Earth Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106 http://flatearthbrewing.com/contact.php Call me if you’re running late: …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Flat Earth Brewing, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Come join me at the Lily Property of Dodge Nature Center. It is located on the south side of Highway 110 between Dodd Road and Delaware in Mendota Heights. We will meet at 7:00 p.m. at the Mendota Church of Christ, which has parking. This will be a casual hike on grassy trails and we …
Midweek Hike — Mendota Heights (Dodge Nature Center, Lily Property), MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Monday, June 5th to bike a loop of up to 18 miles. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. The Bicycle Chain is at the northeast corner of Lexington& Larpenteur in Roseville (behind Dairy Queen and a block south of Ol’ Mexico). Call me if you’re running late: 612-214-3219.
Monday Night Bike Ride — The Bicycle ChainView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us on June 5 at 6 p.m. for an evening hike in Battle Creek Park. We’ll meet at the Winthrop Rec. Center. We’ll hike about 5 miles and will go for about 90 minutes. There will be more Monday evenings at different locations around the Cities for a 5-mile hike, usually about 90 minutes …
Hiking in Battle Creek Park — St. Paul, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
This trip was originally scheduled for May 21, but rescheduled because of weather. This casual bike ride will be about 27 miles. From the West High School parking lot in Mankato, we will bike to Minneopa Falls and do a very short hike to the falls. From there we will take a trail to the …
Bicycle Ride to Minneopa State Park and on the Red Jacket Trail — MANKATO, MNView trip details »
We are looking for 10 Rovers to join Great River Greening to help plant wildflowers and pull invasive garlic mustard at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park on Saturday, June 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The address is 8300 W Franklin Ave, St. Louis Park, MN 55426 Once a golf course, …
Camp at the Frontenac State Park Group Camp on Friday night, June 2 and Saturday night, June 3. Meals: Potluck on Saturday night. Other meals on your own, although bringing something to share is a bonus. Activities: hiking and sharing stories around the camp fire. Dogs and children are welcome as long as they are …
Hiking and Camping — Frontenac State Park, MinnesotaView trip details »
There is to be 1 night of camping at Upper Sioux Agency State Park. White water paddle on Yellow Medicine River. I quote from Paddling Southern MN book. “In its final 10 miles the Yellow Medicine River cuts a deep gorge to the MN River.Freguent class I-II rapids means exciting paddling.” Call or email me …
White Water Paddling and Camping — Yellow Medicine River, Granite Falls, MNView trip details »
Weekend of mountain biking for all levels through the Chequamegon National Forest Region of NW Wisconsin (Cable/Hayward). The Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association (CAMBA) off-road bike trail system consists of over 300 miles of marked and mapped routes through a near-wilderness area of striking beauty and peaceful solitude.This well-mapped trail system includes many routes that …
Mountain Biking — CAMBA Trails, NW WisconsinView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, June 1st to bike a loop of up to 18 miles. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Flat Earth Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106 http://flatearthbrewing.com/contact.php Call me if you’re running late: 612-214-3219
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Flat Earth Brewing, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
A birding walk by the Old Cedar Road Bridge: Meet at the parking lot at the north end of Old Cedar Road Bridge in Bloomington. This area is also referred to as the Historic Cedar Avenue Minnesota River Crossing and also the Long Meadow Bridge. It can be located by taking E. Old Shakopee Road …
Birding Walk at Old Cedar Road Bridge — Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Meet 10 am in Plum City, WI (park on street near trout pond). Vino in the Valley closes at 5 pm Sunday; so we’ll bike the same loop but starting in Plum City and eat at Molly’s on Main afterwards. Not for beginners with challenging hills in bluff& coulee country. We’ll bike a 60-mile loop …
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Climbing, Other Summer Activities
A trifecta of state park fun! Palisades SP (SD) has pink quartzite bluffs overlooking the rushing water of Split Rock Creek. Less than 25 minutes away are Blue Mounds SP, the city of Luverne (home of Bradenburg Gallery and Take 16 Brewing), Split Rock Creek SP, and the Sioux Falls Bike Trail. Palisades SP offers …
Category: Bicycling
Bicycle the Root River Trail from Preston to Lanesboro and beyond and back to Preston. We will stop for a snack and/or dessert along the way. If you want to go for a shorter or longer ride, that is fine. We will meet in the Preston Trail Park (at the corner of Filmore and Center …
Bicycling the Root River Trail from Preston — Preston (the Root River Trail), MNView trip details »
Five days of canoeing/camping on Brule lake in the BWCAW. Depending on what type of trip people want in the trip and the groups ability to carry canoes or not carry them, the trip would remain on Brule lake the whole weekend or exit toward Baker lake involving several portages. whole trip we would move …
Category: Paddling
The plan is to camp Friday night at Indian lake Campground. There should be an early start Sat morning from Indian Lake. Proceed down Cloquet River,a section designated as primitive/remote and describe by the DNR as wonderfully wild. The trip entails 35 miles, some class I& II rapids so intermediate paddling skills are desired. Most …
Canoeing, Camping, Fishing — Cloquet River, MNView trip details »
Category: Trail Maintenance
Friday evening, May 26th, the crew will drive up to a bunkhouse or ranger cabin and stay overnight. Saturday the crew will paddle from the “West” Bearskin landing to a campsite on Duncan Lake (includes a 1/4 mile portage), setup a base camp and spend the rest of the day trail clearing on the BRT. …
Duncan Lake 3 — Border Route Trail, MinnesotaView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, May 25th to bike a loop of up to 15 miles. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Flat Earth Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106 http://flatearthbrewing.com/contact.php Call me if you’re running late: 612-214-3219
Thursday Night Bicycling — St. Paul (Flat Earth Brewery), MNView trip details »