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Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking, Winter Camping, Fat Biking
Join us for a two-night weekend winter camping trip to the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, 200 miles north of MSP. It is about a three hour drive from Minneapolis. We will hike, snowshoe, and possibly fat bike. I have reserved a cart-in campsite on the cliff overlooking Lake Superior which is only a 0.6 …
Winter Camping and Snowshoeing — Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Winter Activities, Other Summer Activities
I am organizing a 12 month trip challenge that will begin March 2023 and run through the end of February 2024. Goal: More trips for Rovers to participate in. Opportunity for people to find out how much fun we have so they join Rovers! Get people more comfortable with coordinating trips How to participate: Coordinate …
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
Join me for a final “challenge” activity Tuesday morning. We’ll take a moderately paced hike around Richfield’s Wood Lake Nature Center (6710 Lake Shore Drive). The area is flat with large sections of boardwalks. The route will be a figure 8 of the area in order to rack up about 4 miles total. Grippers on …
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking, Winter Camping
If you enjoy camping in the summer, we invite you to try it out in a gentle, cooler setting. We can promise that there will be no mosquitos, no bears, and great sleeping weather. Wild River is only 1 h from the twin cities and we will be close to a standard drive-in site allowing …
Winter Camping Intro — Wild River State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
Ol’ Man Winter’s not done yet! Join me for a winter hike around Lake Harriet (Dakota name – Bde Unma) on Saturday morning. Maybe we’ll be lucky, and it will be snowing while we’re hiking. We’ll meet at 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of Lake Harriet Parkway and West Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55409 (4801 …
Urban Hike — Lake Harriet (Bde Unma) , United StatesView trip details »
Category: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking
Annual Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing and Nature Education at Deep Portage Environmental Learning Center. Come to Deep Portage Environmental Learning Center in Hackensack (north of Brainerd) for a pleasant weekend of winter fun. Activities include skiing (11 miles of groomed trails for traditional cross-country), snowshoeing, ice fishing (you just need your license), climbing wall, stargazing …
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
This is my last activity for the 12 month trip challenge of 2022-2023! It has been a lot of fun to commit to coordinating an activity for the club over the past 12 months. I met so many new people, renewed old friendships, and shared some great trails and kayaking. Please come and join me …
Winter hiking — Lebanon Hill Regional Park, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking
Calling all Rovers with kids, grandkids, or nieces and nephews! Please join me in the winter wonderland of Itasca State Park President’s Day Weekend 2023. This trip will focused on elementary age children– meaning we will coordinate kid friendly snow shoeing, cross country skiing, sledding, and playing in the snow for kids ages approximately 5-12. …
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
Join Rovers for an 8.7-mile loop hike in Elm Creek Park Reserve, north of the Twin Cities, near Dayton, Minnesota. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 52 min to complete. This trail is great for hiking and walking, and it’s unlikely you’ll encounter many other people while exploring. …
Day Hike — Elm Creek Park Reserve, near Dayton, MN, MNView trip details »
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
Join us at Dodge Nature Center – Main & Marie Property. We will hike on the trails around the woods and wetlands. Cleats may be helpful, but we’ll make a decision when we get there. We’ll be hiking promptly at 1pm (after brief intro’s). The walk will take about 1.5-2 hrs. Park at the Main …
Hiking — Dodge Nature Center – Marie/Main property, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Winter Activities
The ice is great in the evening. Get it while you can! Come on out to Bryant Square (31st and Bryant Ave S), whatever your skating skills and give it a whirl! Then as the sun is setting we’ll walk over to lake street for drinks nearby. Bring your skates, bring your walking boots, hat, …
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
We will start by hiking the 3.4 mile Bluff Trail starting at the Old Cedar Ave Trailhead, then circle back on part of the MN Valley State Trail and part of the Long Meadow Lake Trail, to the Old Cedar Ave bridge and back to the parking lot. A total of about 7 miles. The …
Hike — Old Cedar Ave Trailhead, 9551 Old Cedar Ave. , MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping
We will be flying to Las Vegas and renting cars for the week; the park is a two hour drive from LV. Expect clear skies and daytime temps 60s to 80s, nighttime temps to the mid 50s. We will be car camping at the Furnace Creek Campground, which has fire rings, picnic tables, and flush …
Hiking, Camping, Sightseeing, Stargazing — Death Valley National Park, CAView trip details »
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
Come and join us for an approximate 2-hour night hike on the trails around the park. It is a full moon and hopefully we can see it if it isn’t cloudy. Dogs with well-behaved owners are welcome. Non-Rover members should submit the online liability waiver below. Please be punctual so others aren’t standing around in …
Full Snow Moon Hike — Lebanon Hills Regional Park (Jensen Lake), Eagan, MNView trip details »
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
This is the second in a series of long(er) distance walks. Walks will be posted weekly, with a goal of preparing for future long distance end-to-end or through hikes. Please join us if you are interested in training for long-distance hikes, or if you just want to enjoy some longer local walks. Come as often, …
Long(er) Distance Walk — Minneapolis Chain of Lakes Loop, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing / Hiking
Join us for 2 days of cross skiing, and/or snowshoeing in Bayfield, WI., and if Lake Superior is frozen we will go to the ice caves and drive out to Madeline Island. There is also a small downhill ski place. We are staying in an old bed and breakfast that Seagull Bay Motel owns. It …
Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing — Bayfield, WIView trip details »
Category: Cross Country Skiing
This park has over over 20km of groomed and tracked trails. Skaters and Classic skiers welcome. I will be on classic skis. Depending on who comes to ski, we’ll sort out slower to faster/farther skiers who can ski together. The staff at Finn Sisu highly recommended this park, so I’m gonna check it out… Park …
Cross-country skiing — Willow River State Park, WIView trip details »
Category: Snowshoeing / Hiking
Yep, it is gonna be cold! Dress warm and join me for a medium to fast paced hike around Lake Nokomis. The distance is somewhere in the 2.7 mile range. I am not sure what the trail conditions will be so you may want to bring you ice cleats. We will meet at 4955 West …