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Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:00 pm Thursday, July 28th to bike a 23-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106. Meet in the East parking lot behind the distillery! We intend to bike every Thursday …
Thursday Bike Ride — Saint Paul Brewing, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us biking on Monday evening, July 25th at 5:55pm at the Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis. The parking is neighborhood parking. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. The ride will be between 17 and 22 miles on bike trails. The projected weather looks promising for the longer ride. Please text 217-248-0072 …
Monday Evening Bicycling — Longfellow Grill, Mpls, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me at 1:00 for a meandering walk along shaded Minnehaha Creek. We will start at the Lake Nokomis playground, 2601 E. Minnehaha Parkway. We will walk on the shaded walking path that meanders on the North side of Minnehaha Creek. It is about a 2 mile walk to Minnehaha Falls. We will stop at …
Category: Backpacking
After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Series “Choosing, Fitting & Packing Backpacks” education session, come join us for a day training hike to experience firsthand what it’s like to hike with a fully loaded backpack! We are offering multiple dates and times throughout June and July, pick one that works for you! As part …
Join us for a paddle around Pike Island at Ft. Snelling State Park. We will take off from the boat ramp on Picnic Island and head clockwise around Pike Island. We will be paddling on the Minnesota & Mississippi Rivers. Arrive by 10am and we can unload the boats and pack them for the paddle. …
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Thursday, July 14, 7:00 p.m. After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series and a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, come practice backpacking with an overnight trip in a local park! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so we can help ensure …
Beginner Backpacking Series: Overnight Practice Trip — Lake Maria State Park , MNView trip details »
CanceledCategory: Camping, Paddling
Lake One Entry Point – Numbered Lakes Loop Trip- Friday July 22 To Tuesday July 26 This is a 5 day, 4 night trip. The Lake One entry point is very popular with good paddling, minimum portages, abundant campsites, and scenic lakes. We are focusing on experiencing the BWCA without pushing super hard or racing …
Paddling — Lake One Entry BWCA Ely, MN, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:00 pm Thursday, July 21st to bike a 13-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106. Meet in the East parking lot behind the distillery! Please RSVP to Julie McEathron at …
Thursday Bike Ride — St Paul Brewing , MNView trip details »
Join us biking on Monday evening, July 18 at 5:55 pm at the Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis. The parking is neighborhood parking. All bikes and fitness levels welcome. The ride will be between 17-20 miles on bike trails. Please text (217-248-0072) or email ([email protected]) if you are joining, although the surprises are …
Category: Bicycling
Join us at 9 AM, Saturday, July 16 for a 24 mile ride from Brindisi’s Pub at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, 501 W 78th St. Chanhassen, to the Lowry Nature Center in Carver Park. The outbound route includes 5.6 miles on quiet residential streets with hills and turns. Another 8.4 miles on the Lake Minnetonka LRT …
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip In-Person Planning Meeting: Thursday, June 30, 7:00 p.m. at Como Park After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series and a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, come practice backpacking with an overnight trip in a local park! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so we …
Beginner Backpacking Series: Overnight Practice Trip — Lake Maria State Park , MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Backpacking
Lost Creek Wilderness is located approximately 60 miles southwest of Denver. Unlike most of Colorado’s jagged Wilderness profiles, Lost Creek is a land of fascinating rounded granite domes and knobs, split boulders, rare granite arches, and tree-lined mountain parks. Its rock formations are among the most spectacular in the entire Rocky Mountains. Wilderness elevations range …
Lost Creek Wilderness Backpacking — Lost Creek Wilderness, Bailey, COView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me for a hike to unwind from the week while we appreciate Hyland Lake Park Reserve’s forests and prairie on a summer evening! (We’ll come back in the fall to see what the prairie looks like then, too.) We’ll leave from the Visitor Center at 7:00 p.m. for a hike of 1.5 to 2 …
Summer Evening Hike — Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:00 pm Thursday, July 14th to bike a 19-mile loop. All bikes and fitness levels are welcome. Saint Paul Brewing is in the old Hamm’s Brewery overlooking Swede Hollow at 688 Minnehaha Ave. East, St Paul, MN 55106. Meet in the East parking lot behind the distillery! We intend to bike every Thursday …
Thursday Bike Ride — Saint Paul Brewing, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Bike 20-30 Miles on Cannon Falls Trail. Meet at 500 Main St W, at Cannon Falls Bike Trail Head. We will take a break in Welch and other places along the trail as desired by the group. We expect the trip to last 3-4 hours depending upon how far we go and breaks we take. …
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling
Join me at Little Sand Bay Campground for a 3-night 4-day tent camping trip. Little Sand Bay Campground is a city campground where I have reserved the group tenting site from Thursday July 14 – Sunday July 17th, 2022. Please no large multi-room tents; this helps maximize tent space and number of participants. From here …
Group Camping: Choose your own Adventure — Bayfield, WIView trip details »
Join us for a hike through a beautiful park tucked into an Edina neighborhood, known more often to locals although the new Nine-Mile Creek Bicycle Trail skirts the edge of it. We will meet at the kiosk in the parking lot off at 5901 Olinger Blvd in Edina MN. Note: This will be buggy! So …
West Side hiking — Bredesen Park, Edina, MNView trip details »
Join us biking on Monday evening, July 11 at 5:55 pm at the Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis. The parking is neighborhood parking. All bikes and fitness levels welcome. I am planning on repeating the ride to Theodore Wirth Regional Park which is 20 miles on paved trails. It was a lovely ride …