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Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Wednesday, September 6, 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 us 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 5:30pm. (This is not the visitor center) We will start at trail point 2 and walk counterclockwise. The trail is mainly dirt but has some boardwalk that we’ll …
Hiking — Jensen Lake, Lebanon Hills, Eagan, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join me for biking on Sept. 20th. Let’s meet at 5:30 at 56 Brewing (3055 NE Columbia Ave, Minneapolis, 55418). I expect to ride at most 15 miles, and plan on getting back before the sun sets at 7:14, leaving time for refreshments on the patio.
Category: Bicycling
Join me for Mountain Biking at Cuyuna, near Crosby MN. We will be staying in a Yurt. Cuyuna has many levels of mountain biking to enjoy. Contact me if you’re interested in coming!
Category: Bicycling
Join us biking September 18th at the Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis at 5:00 pm. The parking is neighborhood parking. The routes are on mostly bike trails with occasional exceptions of short times on the bike lanes on roads and will vary each week. Plan on biking 17-20 miles with the length of …
This is a 65 mile dirt and gravel route through Eau Claire County Forest and Clark County Forest near Augusta, Wisconsin. It should be a very pretty ride. The first day of riding will be about 45 mi on Tues, Sept 19. To get an early start we will camp at the Coon Fork County …
Bikepacking — Coon Fork County Park, Augusta, WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s hike an estimated four miles at Afton State Park at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. Meet at the visitor center at 10:15 so we can start hiking at 10:30. The visitor center is a 1-2 miles drive from the park entrance. When you reach the parking lots on your right, park and you’ll …
Category: Hiking
Join me for a 4-5 mile easy walk along Nine Mile Creek (Harrison Picnic Grounds at 1701 West 100th Street, Bloomington, MN.), starting at Harrison Picnic Grounds parking lot in Bloomington. We will hike a route along Nine Mile Creek and to Minnesota River. We’ll be doing a simple out-and-back route, staying on the maintained …
Category: Other Summer Activities
Join us and other Rovers in its conservation efforts and be a part of the prairie restoration process! Hike with us into gorgeous, lush prairies to collect native wildflower seeds. All seeds collected will support the continued restoration of the nearly 2,000 acres of prairie in Three Rivers’ parks. No experience necessary – we will …
Prairie Restoration Seed Collection — Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Savage, MNView trip details »
Join me for a guided casual bike ride on the Cross City Trail in Duluth. It’s a flat paved bike path. See link for the map. https://www.crosscitytrailduluth.com/ Meet at the Bent Paddle Brewery, (1832 W Michigan St, Duluth), outside- near entrance. Please RSVP so I can look out for you. We will socialize at Bent …
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Other Summer Activities
After flying to Zagreb and touring that town for a couple days, we’ll rent a car to journey to visit the beautiful Plitvice and Krka national parks. We’ll stay overnight in each place one day, then journey on to Trogir and Split. We’ll hop a ferry at Split and visit the island of Korcula before …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Climbing
This annual trip started as a Climbers Only trip but with the spacious campsite and wide variety of things to do in the area we expanded it to all Rover campers that want to experience the area. Activities are coordinated by participants – sometimes in advance of the trip, but often the day (or hour) …
Multi-Sport Black Hills — Custer State Park, SDView trip details »
Category: Paddling
Join me for a day paddle of approximately 6.5 miles, with lunch, and explore Chippewa River and sloughs loop. Flood plain forest, birds, scenic fun. We’ll start at the Hwy 35 bridge landing at the Chippewa River and take out at Tim’s Slough. Meeting at Hwy 25 bridge landing at 10 AM Sunday. From Twin …
Kayak/Canoe — Chippewa R. Canoe Trail – Nelson Trevino SNA, WIView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
I’m signed up to do the shorter ‘lollipop loop’ going from Como, around lake Phalen and back to Como. It’s perfect for those of us who aren’t long distance bikers. If you’d like to join me on this 14 mile ride, register for the early check in time. https://www.bikemn.org/all-events/st-paul-classic/ I plan to get rolling around …
Biking — St Paul Classic Bike Tour Como Park to Lake Phalen, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s hike at Schaar’s Bluff at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. We’ll hike for about 2 hours and then do lunch in downtown Hastings at The Spiral Brewery or The Quarry Taproom. If ice cream is more your jam, I recommend The Schoolhouse Scoop, also in Hastings. The Schaar’s Bluff trailhead is west of …
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Wednesday, August 23, 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 — Afton State Park , MNView trip details »
Come for a bike ride on Wednesday from the parking lot at the corner of Glenwood and Thomas (near Utepils Brewing 225 Thomas Ave N #700, Minneapolis, MN 55405). We’ll leave at exactly 6pm, ride for about 15 miles, and be back (hopefully) in plenty of time before the sun sets at 7:41. I recognize …
Biking — Utepils Brewing, Mpls (Bryn Mawr)., MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Join me for a fun BWCA fall trip! September is the perfect time in the BWCA with few/if any mosquitos and cooler temperatures. We will enter Moose River North Entry Point 16, which is popular and has very scenic lakes (Nina Moose, Agnes, etc.) and offers a variety of paddling (streams and lakes), some intermediate/challenging …
Paddling — BWCA – Entry Point 16 near Ely, MNView trip details »