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Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Let’s visit Wyalusing State Park in Southwest Wisconsin over the July 4th weekend. Dates are Wednesday, July 2 to Monday, July 7, 2025, designed to avoid the high-traffic travel days. Wyalusing is on top of the 500-foot bluffs at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers. The park is roughly 4 hours from the …
Camping, Hiking, Biking, Paddling — Wyalusing State Park, WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me for a morning hike at 9 a.m. in Whitetail Woods Regional Park. We will do a moderately paced 4 to 5 mile walk/hike on the park’s paved trail around the lake and other trails. It could be sunny, so you might want a hat and sunblock, and bring bug spray for mosquitoes. Whitetail …
Hiking — Whitetail Woods Regional Park, Farmington , MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
This is a reschedule. Rain or wet trails have foiled a few of my June mountain biking trips. Even when not raining, biking on wet trails causes damage to the trails, so we’ll continue to avoid the trails when wet. If we’re unable to ride, I plan to shift to either a road bike ride …
Repost! Mountain biking — Salem Hills, Inver Grover Heights, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us for a moderately paced hike around Fort Snelling State Park. This will be an initial 3-mile hike on the Snelling Lake Trail and then an optional 3.5-mile hike on the Pike Island Trail. The trails will be a mix of blacktop, grass, gravel and sand trails. Meet IN the Thomas C. Savage Visitor …
Kayaking on Lake Marion — Casperson Park Boat Launch, Lakeville, MN On Saturday morning, June 28th, I will be at Casperson Park Boat Launch, Lakeville, MN, at 9 a.m. until noon. Please join me for leisurely paddling on a quiet lake in Lakeville. Paddleboards and canoes also are welcome! Bring your own boat! Casperson Park …
Kayak or Paddle Board — Casperson Park Boat Launch, Lake Marion, Lakeville, MNView trip details »
Please join me for a 10-11 mile double loop hike in beautiful Afton State Park! There will also be opportunities to veer off from the group to make a 3.6-mile or a 6-7 mile loop, instead (distances are approximate). This is a hilly hike. The plan is to go at a medium pace or more, …
Category: Bicycling
Come join us to bike on Stillwater’s scenic Brown’s Creek and Gateway Trails! We will stop for Lunch/refreshments midway at the infamous Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter and then head back on the trail to downtown Stillwater. Pace is moderate. Fun ride! Bike Plan: Scenic, wooded out-and-back bike ride! We will meet up in downtown Stillwater and …
Casual Biking & Lunch — Downtown Stillwater, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
This hike is open to registered participants in the 2025 Beginner Backpacking Program who have completed the education session on Choosing and Fitting a Backpack. Come join us for a day training hike to experience firsthand what it’s like to hike with a fully loaded backpack! Day hike goals are to: Think about what you …
Beginner Backpacking Program: Day Hike — Afton State Park, Hastings, MNView 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 1.5ish hours. Well-socialized …
Summer Evening Hike — Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Hello Rovers! Join us for this year’s Rovers Astronomy Weekend trip to Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC)! This year’s trip will be from Fri. 6/27 thru Sun. 6/29. On this trip we’ll hike, paddle, nature walk and do other Roverish activities during the day, and then stargaze at night, peering at some of the sky’s cosmic wonders thru …
2025 Rovers Astronomy Weekend — Long Lake Conservation Center (LLCC), MNView trip details »
Join me in Inver Grove Heights to bike the MORC trails at Salem Hills, 5640 Asher Ave E, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077. This a neighborhood park with three loops (A, B, C) totaling 4.4 miles, let’s aim to ride them twice. We’ll meet in the parking lot and there’s a port-a-potty and drinking water …
Mountain biking — Salem Hills, Inver Grove Heights, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
I’m taking over for Pam for the week. Please join us for a Monday evening bike ride at 6:00 pm on June 23rd. The location is the Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN, 55406. The ride will be between 17-20 miles over 2 hours on bike paths. Please have bike helmets and water. …
Category: Hiking
UPDATED CHANGES DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING: No dogs on this hike Everyone must carry water to drink Bring electrolytes in some form. It can be salty food or an electrolyte drink Bring an extra water bottle for getting your shirt or head wet. I would suggest you come with a shirt you can take …
Hike 6 or 9 Miles SEE CHANGES! — Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Come join us at Kensington Park for a hike to and around Dodge Nature Center – Lily Property at 8 am. We will hike early because it is supposed to be hot. We will hike at a moderate pace and aim to do 4.4 miles in an hour and a half. Here is the hiking …
Hike — Dodge Nature Center (Lilly Property), Mendota Heights, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
This trip is open to 2025 participants in the Rovers’ Beginner Backpacking Program. Pre-Trip Planning Meeting: June 11 at 7:00 PM, via Zoom. The planning meeting is required. Registration for this overnight will close as of the planning meeting date. After completing the six Education classes and a Beginner Backpacking day hike, come practice backpacking …
Category: Backpacking
This hike is open to registered participants in the 2025 Beginner Backpacking Program who have completed the education session on Choosing and Fitting a Backpack. Come join us for a day training hike to experience firsthand what it’s like to hike with a fully loaded backpack! Day hike goals are to: Think about what you …
Beginner Backpacking Program: Day Hike — Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
Escape the heat & Stay at in Lutsen MN townhouse in a lodge— 2 nights for participation in Grand Marais summer Solstice festival & boat show, hiking in Lutsen & other area outdoor activities. 2BR townhouse is complete with mini kitchen for making your own breakfast etc. Organizer will have 2 owned rover dogs along—please …
Bicycle rides on the Mesabi and Paul Bunyan Trails! Join us for a long weekend (Juneteenth Holiday) bicycling on the Mesabi* and Paul Bunyan Trails. We will ride (out and back) 40+ miles per day. Stay with us at my family cabin near Palisade, MN (up to 6 people) or tent on the Mississippi River …
Bicycling (intermediate to advanced) — Palisade, Grand Rapids, & Brainerd, MNView trip details »