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Category: Other Winter Activities
Meet at the Picnic Shelter right by the parking lot where the park road ends. Dress for the weather. Join me for a hike around Crosby Farm Regional Park, 2595 Crosby Farm Rd., St. Paul. For the most part I think we will stay on snow cleared paths, but it is fun to meander down …
Hiking/Bonfire! — Crosby Farm Regional Park, St. Paul, MNView trip details »
Category: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking, Downhill Skiing
Granite Peak (formerly known as Rib Mountain) in Wausau WI has reduced lift ticket prices M-F if tickets are purchased for specific dates, 20 days in advance. There is also nice snow shoeing in the area as well as X-Country Skiing if the weather cooperates. We will stay at a lake home about 10 minutes …
Downhill Skiing, Snowshoeing and XCountry Skiing — Granite Peak, Wausau, WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Sunday, Jan 23 @0900 AM, meet at Vadnais Lake Regional Park. Meet at Lot C, 100 County Road F East, Vadnais Heights. (Entrance is south side of County Road F East just east of Rice Street). We will plan to hike East and SE along Vadnais Lake and then backtrack on same route. Bring water …
Hiking — Vadnais-Snail Lake Regional Park, Vadnais Heights, United StatesView trip details »
CanceledCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking, Other Winter Activities
Join me for an overnight trip with cross-country skiing and snowshoeing at Jay Cooke State Park, just south of Duluth. Jay Cooke SP offers 32 miles of cross-country ski trails and 6.8 miles of snowshoe trails. Plan on arriving at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 22. Once we’re all together, we’ll rove around the park …
Skiing, Hiking, Snowshoeing — Jay Cooke State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Winter Activities
Check out the Kite Festival & Art Shanty Projects on Lake Harriet. Meet at 2:00 this Saturday, January 22nd. Meet lakeside at Roseway Rd and Lake Harriet Pkwy intersection.
Hike to Kite Festival and Art Shanty on Lake Harriet — Lake Harriet, MinneapolisView trip details »
Category: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking, Winter Camping
We will pull our gear in with pulks starting at the Wood Lake entry point with skis or snowshoes. We will setup camp on Good Lake and then do day trips to nearby lakes. We will return home on Martin Luther King day. I plan to have a practice camping trip for any beginners at …
MLK weekend camping in the BWCA — Wood Lake to Good Lake, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
1.5 to 2 hour hike in Tony Schmidt Park at 2PM. Meet across South end of street as parking lot in Tony Schmidt Park is closed for the winter. Park is open for hikes. There is a map where we will meet near restroom building, near Swimming Beach. There is an outdoor Biffy. Address where …
Hiking — Tony Schmidt Regional Park, Arden Hills, United StatesView trip details »
Category: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking, Winter Camping
11-13 Jan Winter Camping, Cross Country Skiing, and Snowshoeing at Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Join us for a two-night midweek winter camping trip to the Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, 85 miles north of MSP, it will take about 1.5 hours to drive. Covid-safe carpooling is encouraged. This campout is very suitable for beginners …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Snowshoeing / Hiking, Other Winter Activities
See the beauty of hiking a frozen creek(s) by “IceCreeking”. Planning to hike for 2-5 hrs. Based on conditions and group. Starting on Amity creek and then depending on the group cut over to “IceCreek” the Lester River back. 80% of the hike is next to a road or packed trail so a person can …
IceCreeking – Snowshoe/Hike up Frozen Creek — Lester Park, Duluth, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Winter Activities
Who wants to visit 200+ animals at the Wildlife Research Center in Stacy, MN? https://www.wildlifesciencecenter.org/wsc-admission/wsc-admission?fbclid=IwAR08lupd6qA6I8JkHfcXL-0yvA0ePiUixjxmWnXMlE2l33jOHHbzHwmBPPU We can meander around the outdoor enclosures and observe several packs of wolves, wild cats, arctic foxes, and more! (Bears should be snug in their dens at the moment). The weather forecast is around 25F for the morning, so should …
Category: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking, Winter Camping
We will meet at the Smith Bay boat launch on the south side of Lake Minnetonka and then snowshoe or ski across the lake to Wawatosa Island camping in a bay on the east side of the island. We will be practicing for our BWCA camping the next week. Bring all of the gear that …
Beginners Practice Winter Camping — Wawatosa Island on Lake Minnetonka, MNView trip details »