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Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Thursday, September 29, 7:00 p.m. After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series, a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, and a Beginner Backpacking overnight trip, come practice with a two-night trip out in the wilderness! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so …
Category: Hiking
Join me for a hike around Bde Maka Ska and Bakkenalia at Bakken Museum. Event includes minderbenders, beer, food truck and music. Go to website for more details and tickets. https://thebakken.org/calendar/mindbender-mansion?fbclid=IwAR2jcUH3udY6KpAI67JcJww6GCAZsABxiWkmTGTERMGyEMdDzGBekMdN3g0 We will meet at 4:45 Thursday at museum visitors entrance – 3537 Zenith Ave S, Minneapolis. Hike will begin at 5:00.
Category: Other Summer Activities
Pop-up prairie seed collection – I can bring up 3 guests on my Three Rivers permit and there is a ton of good seed at Carver Park (in Victoria a couple miles past the Arboretum) just ready to pick. If more people show up, we can split into two groups and take turns being the …
Prairie Seed Collection — Carver Park Reserve, Victoria, MNView trip details »
Join me for a fall colors BWCA trip. Could be warm or cold, I’ve been swimming this weekend and had frost in the past. Enter Snowbank Lake (Fernberg Road east of Ely) and see where we go, depending on group interests and abilities. Camping and paddling experience required. Food is on your own, cost is …
Category: Bicycling
Pack your MTB and come ride the singletrack trail system at Lake Rebecca Regional Park; conveniently located near the Extravaganza! Meet at 1PM at the trailhead, located at 9831 Rebecca Park Trail, Rockford, MN 55373; I’ll be there with a red Jeep. The trail system is approximately 12 miles, and there are a number of …
Mountain Biking — Lake Rebecca Singletrack Trailhead, MNView trip details »
Ditch the car and join us for a bike tour to and from the Fall Extravaganza, which is being held at Baker Park Reserve. We are biking on Friday, Sept 30th to the Extravaganza, camping for the weekend and biking back on Sunday, Oct. 2nd. The Luce Line Trail Regional and Luce Line State Trail …
Biking — Baker Park Reserve (Part of Extravaganza), MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Other Summer Activities
The Extravaganza is our semi-annual “welcome & check us out” trip for anybody who likes the outdoors and wants to find out more about the Minnesota Rovers. Activities — including hiking, biking, star gazing, and paddling — will be scheduled throughout the weekend. We’ll be camping in a group camp setting at Baker Park Reserve. …
Fall Extravaganza — Baker Park Reserve, Maple Plain, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Mid-Week Afternoon Hike, 2PM to 330 or 4PM. Silverwood is part of the Three Rivers Park system and is very scenic. There is an inside cafe for snacks and drinks, if interested afterwards. The trail is about 1.6 miles. Meet at/near entrance to Visitors Center at 2PM. Address: 2500 County Road E, Saint Anthony The …
Hiking — Silverwood Park, Saint Anthony, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Nine Mile Creek hike, Harrison Picnic Grounds – 1701 West 100th Street, Bloomington, MN Join me for a 4-5 mile easy walk along Nine Mile Creek, starting at Harrison Picnic Grounds parking lot in Bloomington. We will hike a route along Nine Mile Creek and the Minnesota River. Our route will take us on grass, …
Walking/hiking — Nine Mile Creek hike, Harrison Picnic GroundsView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
We will bike approximately 22 miles on the Cannon River Bike Trail from Welch Village to Red Wing and back, stopping for lunch at the St James Hotel. This will be a moderately paced bike ride. Tires roll at 10:05 so please be punctual. There is a $5 trail pass required that can be purchased …
Category: Hiking
We’ll go for an approximate 1 ½ hour hike around the grounds on blacktop and grass/wood chip trails. It will be hilly in places. Afterwards we can have lunch in the Arboretum restaurant. Dogs are not allowed except service dogs. Only bad storms would cause a cancellation. Non-Rover members should sign online liability waiver below. …
Hiking at The Arb — MN Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us for a 45-mile loop from Saint Paul to Stillwater, over St. Croix Crossing into Wisconsin, back on the Lift Bridge then return home. We’ll start at 10:00 am from Saint Paul Brewery with a stop for snacks likely at River Market. The average speed is 10-12 mph and the ride will last approximately …
Biking — Gateway, Brown’s Creek, St. Croix Bridge Crossing, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Summer Activities
Celebrate National Public Lands Day with Rovers at Lost Valley Prairie SNA in Hastings. We will join the Lost Valley Prairie Site Stewards in searching for and removing invasive species and collecting native plant seeds from this relatively untouched bedrock prairie site. Fall is a beautiful time to be out on the prairie! Tools and …
Come join us at the Dodge Nature Center – Main Property. We will hike on trails around the woods and wetlands on the Main and Marie properties. Unfortunately, dogs (except service dogs in uniform) are not allowed on these trails. Due to the sunset, we will be hiking promptly at 6pm, so please show up …
Hiking — Dodge Nature Center – Marie/Main property, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Saturday, September 17, 10:00 a.m. After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series, a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, and a Beginner Backpacking overnight trip, come practice with a two-night trip out in the wilderness! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so …
Category: Bicycling
Join us for a 15-mile ride around Lake of the Isles, Bde Maka Ska, Harriet and Nokomis. We’ll start at 5:00 pm from Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis. (neighborhood parking) The average speed is 10-12 mph and the ride will last approximately 2 hours. Sunset is at 7:10, so please bring lights/reflective gear …
Category: Backpacking
Join me for a short Intermediate level backpacking trip along the superior hiking trail. We will hike through George Crosby Manitou State Park and check out the Cascades waterfall along the Manitou river. We will go by the Caribou river and Caribou Falls and hike along the Cross River. During weekdays there are fewer people …
Backpacking — SHT — Crosby Manitou to Skou Rd , MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us biking on Monday evening on September 19 at 5:15 pm at the Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis. The parking is neighborhood parking. All bikes and fitness levels welcome. The rides are 17-20 miles long on bike trails as much as possible. The average speed is 10-12 mph and last approximately 2 …