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This magical time of year is here! Let’s make some kids’ dreams come true! Sign up online to clean or fix bikes for kids. Volunteering for FB4K (Free Bikes 4 Kidz) is a Rover tradition – cleaning & fixing donated bikes that get gifted to kids. Warehouse location: (new, better, location): 11260 Wayzata Blvd Minnetonka …
Category: Hiking
Weekly hike! We will hike for 30 minutes and then turn around. Please wear appropriate layers, bring a headlamp, and carry something to drink. Meet at the Bass Lake trail, 1548 Echo Trail, Ely, MN 55731. Here is a link to the meeting pace! https://maps.app.goo.gl/hqwCJVsrvCMcFyA88 If you are interested in participating in a local subgroup …
Category: Hiking
Please join me for a 3-4 mile evening hike at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington. We will head into the park and walk on trails near the ski jump and Richardson Nature Center. There will be an optional steep stair/hill climb for those who want it. Please bring a headlamp or flashlight since it …
Monday Evening Hike — Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us for a 5 mile/2-hour hike around the perimeter of the Arboretum on blacktop, grass and wood chip trails, which will be hilly in places. Hopefully the colors will be good. You can go back early if you don’t want to do the full hike. We also have the option of having lunch in …
Autumn Colors Hike — Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MNView trip details »
This magical time of year is here! Let’s make some kids’ dreams come true! Sign up online to clean or fix bikes for kids. Who: Calling all MN Rovers What: FB4K (Free Bikes 4 Kidz) – a Rover tradition volunteering to clean & fix donated bikes that get gifted to kids. Where (new, better, location): 11260 …
Category: Hiking
12:45 pm Meet in front of Visitor Center, 10145 E Bush Lake Rd, Bloomington, MN. Please note: This is not Richardson Nature Center. We will start hiking at 1:00. Join me for a easygoing afternoon of hiking in Hyland Park on the dirt hiking trails. This hike will have two parts. The first hike will …
Afternoon easy-going Hike — Hyland Lake Pk Res. , Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Come join some other MN Rovers as we partake in a city-run event. Moonlight Hike on Parkpoint. We will meet at the end of park point parking lot. (Near airport). Then grab a drink afterward at Hoops Brewery 7:30 PM Estimated time meeting afterward at Hoops Pack a headlight or the city will have some …
Moonlight Hike on Park Point — Duluth, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Moderate pace on a moderate difficulty trail. Please wear appropriate layers, bring a headlamp, and carry something to drink. Meet at the Bass Lake trail, 1548 Echo Trail, Ely, MN 55731. Here is a link to the meeting place!
Category: Hiking
Please join me for a 3-4 mile evening hike at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington. We will head into the park and walk on trails near the ski jump and Richardson Nature Center. There will be an optional steep stair/hill climb for those who want it. Please bring a headlamp or flashlight since it …
Monday Evening Hike — Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Bike 45 miles of rollercoaster hills to bluffs on the Mississippi River and back along the Trimbelle River. Pack a lunch and meet at 9:30 am on Saturday, October 12th, at Forestville Vines Winery in River Falls, WI. Take I-94 east to Wisconsin, then exit #3 on Hwy 35 south to River Falls. Take Hwy …
River Falls Rollercoaster Bike Ride — Forestville Vines Winery, WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s hike about 6 miles at William O’Brien State Park on Saturday, Oct. 12. Meet at the Interpretive Center at 10 a.m. and we will aim to starting hiking at 10:15 a.m. Park signs might say Visitor Center, but the park map has Interpretive Center. We’ll go south to start and follow the hiking club …
This magical time of year is here! Let’s make some kids’ dreams come true! Sign up online to clean or fix bikes for kids. Who: Calling all MN Rovers What: FB4K (Free Bikes 4 Kidz) – a Rover tradition volunteering to clean & fix donated bikes that get gifted to kids. Where (new, better, location): 11260 …
Category: Hiking
Please Join me for a loop hike of about 6 miles at Baker Park Reserve! In the past, I have seen some vibrant colors along this hike at this time of year so I’m calling it a Fall Color Hike. We will start at the Katrina 1 & 2 group campsite where the Extravaganza is …
Fall Color Hike — Baker Park Reserve, Maple Plain, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us for a two-hour hike down Nine Mile Creek to Minnesota River and back, with an option to hike to the ferry if people want to. This is a nice quiet wooded trail in the middle of the city. The trail is asphalt & crushed rock. Non-Rover members should sign online liability waiver below. …
Category: Bicycling
Join us for a 22-mile bike ride (or 28, see below or turn around for a shorter ride) to the Noerenberg Memorial Gardens, including parts of the Lake Independence Regional Trail, the Luce Line Trail, and the Dakota Trail, plus some “bike-friendly” roads. Afterward, you can also join me on the beautiful 6-mile loop around …
Biking — Baker Park Reserve, Maple Plain, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us to explore Wolsfeld Woods Scientific and Natural Area as part of the Extravaganza weekend! Meet at the Picnic Shelter at the Katrina Group sites at 12:45 for directions and possible carpooling. We will depart shortly after. Or meet us at Wolsfeld Woods SNA at 1:00 p.m. Wolsfeld Woods is about 2.7 miles from …
Afternoon hike in the Big Woods — Wolsfeld Wood SNA, Long Lake , MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, 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 (mushroom & wildlife), biking, star gazing, paddling & more — will be scheduled throughout the weekend. We’ll be camping in a group camp setting …
Fall Extravaganza – REGISTRATION OPEN! — Baker Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Trail Maintenance
I have reserved bunkhouse #2 at Clearwater Lodge Grand Marais MN so people can arrive the evening of 10/3 and be ready for an early start on 10/4. THANK YOU TO CLEARWATER LODGE, THEY ARE NOT CHARGING OUR HARD WORKING TRAIL CREW FOR THIS STAY. We will leave the lodge at 9 AM on Friday …
BRT trail clearing east end of Clearwater Lake and Gogebic — BWCA, MNView trip details »