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Category: Hiking
Saturday, August 3 I will be starting a backpack practice run that will be 11-14 miles with full packs. If you’re training for an upcoming backpacking trip or you’re interested in joining my upcoming BRT thru hike and would like to learn more about it while we hike, then come join me at 9am at …
Backpacking training – Afton State Park — Afton State Park, MinnesotaView trip details »
This trip has been cancelled. We are working out the details for a 2-3 day trip to hike Eagle Mountain on National Summit Day (SAT AUG 3) and additional trails such as the Pigeon River Middle Falls and Mount Josephine Trails at Grand Portage. Camping will be at backcountry sites, either organized or dispersed. We …
Category: Hiking
Please adjust the description for my trip as below… We will leave early on Friday morning of August 2nd from the parking lot of Gander Outdoors in Forest Lake, drive to Brule Lake and leave a car at the end of the trail. Then we drive to the Eagle Mountain trailhead. We hike in three …
Backpacking — Eagle Mountain and Brule Lake Trail, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Other Summer Activities
Sail a 39′ sloop in Apostles. Sail, anchor, swim, walk beaches (not a hiking trip). Listen to the waves, sails flap, boat rocking for music 🙂 Drive up on Aug 1st, arr. @ 6pm, load gear/food on boat, overnight on boat, sail Fri, Sat, Sun, clean boat, drive back. Share food, gas expenses. Boat down …
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, August 1st to bike a 21-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing (FKA 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, …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Saint Paul BrewingView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me on July 31st for a 2 hour moderately paced hike at Lebanon Hills. We will meet at the Jensen Lake Trailhead parking lot (1398 Carriage Hills Drive) at 6:30pm. (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 …
Midweek hike – Jensen Lake trailhead — Lebanon Hills, EaganView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Monday, July 29th 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 — Como Park PavilionView trip details »
Come and share beautiful hikes along rushing rivers, view spectacular waterfalls, and enjoy some of the most splendid forests in Minnesota. This is a 3 day camping and hiking trip. There are 3 nights – July 28, July 29, July 30 – at Temperance Lower Campground. To get three nights I booked the first night at …
Camping and hiking — Temperance State Park , MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Camping, Paddling
Come on a wonderful trip to the remote Ontario wilderness, where there’s no cell signal, and the blueberries should be in season. This will be a 6-8 day long canoe camping trip, but the exact route and length of the trip will be determined before applying for our permit in February. Planned entry is through …
Wilderness Canoe Camping — Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, CanadaView trip details »
Two day paddle, camping on the river. Route is from Nelson Landing to Sunrise Ferry Landing, total of 30 miles. This section includes some Class 1 rapids depending on water levels. https://www.nps.gov/sacn/index.htm https://www.nps.gov/sacn/planyourvisit/upload/Map-6-Sand-Creek-to-Highway-70.pdf https://www.nps.gov/sacn/planyourvisit/upload/Map-7-Highway-70-to-Highway-8.pdf Paddlers should be prepared to primitive camp out of their kayak/canoe, and are able to paddle small rapids with a loaded …
Paddling on the St Croix — St Croix River (Nelson – Sunrise Ferry), WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Venture out to Elm Creek Park Reserve for a midweek hike amongst the sugar maple floodplain forest of Rush Creek. After hiking 3-4 miles, we’ll head into Maple Grove for socializing/dinner/drinks. Meeting spot is Eastman Nature Center, 13351 Elm Creek Road in Dayton. Be ready to hike at 5:30pm and don’t forget a water bottle. …
Midweek Hike — Eastman Nature Center/Elm Creek, Dayton, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, July 25th to bike a 14-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing (FKA 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, …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Saint Paul BrewingView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Monday, July 22nd 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: Scott Nelson …
Monday Night Bike Ride — Como Park PavilionView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Paddling
Join us in exploring a lesser known part of the Mississippi River, with relatively shallow water, interesting birdlife, and not a lot of shoreline development. On July 20 we will meet at 10 am at the Clearwater Outfitters in Clearwater, MN and shuttle upstream about 13 miles (towards St Cloud), where we will put in. …
Canoe and Kayak Paddling — Upper Mississippi River, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Paddling
I have rented the house that the Rovers use in the winter for the weekend of July 19-21. I have room for up to 6 people. The cost has gone up a bit under new ownership and I anticipate the cost will be about 100.00 for the room and breakfast. The trip will be loosely …
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:30 pm Thursday, July 18th to bike a 21-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing (FKA 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, …
Thursday Night Bike Ride — Saint Paul BrewingView trip details »
Category: Hiking
**Cancelled due to weather. This will be rescheduled for another date. Join me on July 17th for a 2 hour moderately paced hike at Lebanon Hills. We will meet at the Jensen Lake Trailhead parking lot (1398 Carriage Hills Drive) at 6:30pm. (This is not the visitor center) Bring water and bug spray as the …
**Cancelled** Midweek Hike — Lebanon Hills – Jensen Lake Trailhead, EaganView trip details »
Category: Paddling
It’s summer and the days are long. Full moon paddles are great fun. Meet at the Long Lake launch off of 694 to launch at 8:30. Sunset is at 8:56, moonrise at 9:02 p.m. Bring a headlamp or waterproof flashlight. Let me know you are coming in case plans change. Membership not required, but you …