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Trip FullCategory: Other Summer Activities
I acquired half price passes for the Kerfloot Canopy Tour, with 14 ziplines plus a suspension bridge for a 2.5 hour tour over the Minnesota River Valley Check out the website here: https://www.kerfootcanopytour.com/zipline-tour/ Since we have to be there by 8:30 a.m., some may seek to camp nearby and avoid the drive and traffic. Zipline …
Ziplining — Kerfloot Canopy Tour, Henderson, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Monday, August 6th to bike a 12-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Meet by Hamm Memorial Waterfalls next to Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavilion. We intend to bike every Monday night through August, alternating between 12 and 21 mile loops. Call if you’re running late: Brian Goodspeed …
Monday Night Bike Ride — Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavilion, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
“Ancient lava flows, deep gorges and spectacular waterfalls make Copper Falls one of Wisconsin’s most scenic parks. Log cabins built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s add to the park’s charm.” (Park website). The park offers 17 miles of hiking trails (including part of the North Country National Scenic Trail), a swimming beach, …
Hiking, Paddling, Swimming, Waterfall Viewing — Copper Falls State Park, WIView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, August 2nd to bike a 14-mile loop. 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 flatearthbrewing.com . We intend to bike every Thursday night through August, alternating between 14 and …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Flat Earth Brewery, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Monday, July 30th to bike a 21-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Meet by Hamm Memorial Waterfalls next to Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavillion. We intend to bike every Monday night through August, alternating between 12 and 21 mile loops. Call if you’re running late: David Byrne …
Monday Night Bike Ride — Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavilion, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Enjoy a summer day by biking the Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail! Stretching 15 miles between Hopkins and Carver Park, this aggregate trail offers scenic views of Lake Minnetonka and passes through several small towns, including Excelsior and Victoria. We will bike out to Victoria, where we will have lunch at Carver Park before heading …
Bike Ride — Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail, MNView trip details »
Category: Paddling
Full moon paddle. Launch at 8 :15 near boat launch off of 694. Moonrise at 8:09, sunset at 8:48. Must wear PFD. Must have lights.
Full Moon Paddle — Long Lake, New Brighton , MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, July 26th to bike a 21-mile loop. 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 flatearthbrewing.com . We intend to bike every Thursday night through August, alternating between 14 and …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Flat Earth Brewery, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us for a moderately paced hike on dirt paths with lots of hills. We plan to hike for 1 – 2 hours. Meet in the parking lot of the Battle Creek Community Rec Center, 75 Winthrop St. S., St. Paul. Possible social after the hike, to be determined by the group. Membership is not …
Weeknight Hike — Battle Creek Park, St. Paul, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Monday, July 23rd to bike a 12-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Meet by Hamm Memorial Waterfalls next to Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavilion. We intend to bike every Monday night through August, alternating between 12 and 21 mile loops. Call if you’re running late: David Byrne …
Monday Night Bike Ride — Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavilion, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Camping, Paddling
This is a Voyageurs National Park trip appropriate to people who are newer to sea kayaking or kayak touring. You will need a kayak 14 feet or longer with significant room for your own gear, a share of the group gear and food for a 4 day trip. You may be able to access a …
Kayaking, camping, hiking — Voyageurs National Park, MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Camping
Want to try backpacking for the first time? You’ve been out once and want to solidify your skills? Want to coordinate a beginner backpacking trip yourself and want to co-coordinate with someone first? This is the trip for you! We’ll plan this trip together from selecting the route to figuring out meals. Along the way …
Beginner Backpacking — Superior Hiking Trail, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, July 19th to bike a 14-mile loop. 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 flatearthbrewing.com . We intend to bike every Thursday night through August, alternating between 14 and …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Flat Earth Brewery, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Summer Activities, Trail Maintenance
Border Route Trail construction of several hundred yards of new trail on each side of the brook to connect to a new Portage Brook bridge site We hope to complete this Friday. Removal and lowering into the water of the current bridge and floating it 100 yards downstream to the new shorter, higher and dryer …
Border Route Trail Portage Brook bridge move — Otter Lake access camp site, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Leisurely bike ride (10 MPH or so) on the Minneapolis chain of lakes (Harriet, Bde Mka Ska (Calhoun), and Isles) bike paths. We will meet at the Lake Harriet Bandshell at 7:00 pm, and head to Calhoun, then Isles, and finally Harriet. Total distance is about 10 miles. If you don’t have a bike, you …
Mid-Week Chain of Lakes Bike Ride — Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me on July 18th for a 2 hour moderately paced hike at Lebanon Hills. We will meet at the Jensen Lake Trailhead parking lot (1398 Carriage Hills Drive). (This is not the visitor center) Bring water and bug spray as the bugs may be out as well. We’ll start at the trail point 2 and …
Weeknight Hike — Lebanon Hills, Jensen Lake Trailhead, Eagan. MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Monday, July 16th to bike a 21-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Meet by Hamm Memorial Waterfalls next to Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavilion. We intend to bike every Monday night through August, alternating between 12 and 21 mile loops. Call if you’re running late: David Byrne …
Monday Night Bike Ride — Spring Cafe at Como Park Pavilion, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, July 12th to bike a 21-mile loop. 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 flatearthbrewing.com . We intend to bike every Thursday night through August, alternating between 14 and …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Flat Earth Brewery, MNView trip details »