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Category: Hiking
Grab your hiking boots and join Stacey for a late spring hike! (It’ll be warmer and drier than earlier this week!) We’ll meet at the Visitors Center at 1:00 and plan to hike the trails at Clifton E. French Regional Park. We’ll hike for about two hours at a moderate pace and maybe do 4.5-5 …
Spring Hike — French Regional Park, United StatesView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Get your chores (or relaxing) done in the morning and let’s meet at 4:00 pm to ride the Lebanon Hills mountain bike trails. Meet at the West Trailhead (4801 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd, Eagan, MN 55122) and start with the green trail. From there we’ll decide as a group if we’d like to ride the …
Category: Backpacking, Trail Maintenance
We will arrive Thursday evening, convening at the Rockwood Lodge bunkhouse. Friday morning around 8am, we will embark on a five-mile backpacking trip to the eastern shore of Partridge Lake to establish our base camp. This location provides optimal access to a remote section of the trail. After spending two days trail clearing, we will …
Trail Maintenance — Border Route Trail-East Partridge Lake, MNView trip details »
CanceledCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling
Let’s camp at nearby William O’Brien State Park over Memorial Day weekend. The park is less than an hour from most of the Twin Cities area along the St. Croix River north of Stillwater. We’ll camp at the Riverside group site, which has vault toilets and may not have water due to construction that is …
Camping, Hiking, Biking, Paddling — William O’Brien State Park, MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
This is a two-week canal boat trip in the counties of Shropshire and Cheshire bordering Wales, and Staffordshire and the West Midlands north of London. We will be cruising the Shropshire Union Canal, Staffordshire and Worcester Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal and the Middlewich Arm. The canal boat will be our moving base of operations, …
Join me for a spring (?) hike around Lake Harriet on a Wednesday morning. We’ll meet at 10:00 a.m. at the intersection of Lake Harriet Parkway and Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55409 (4801 E. Lake Harriet Parkway). This is by the southeast part of the lake by the Lake Harriet South Beach. We will be …
Urban Lake Hike — Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
This Zoom session covers planning your clothing, so you’ll be ready for anything nature throws at you—heat, cold, rain, and bugs. Learn which fabrics work best, how much to pack, how to layer, and how to NOT spend a fortune. This session is the second of two offerings for Clothing. If you attended the first …
Beginner Backpacking Education Series: Clothing — VirtualView trip details »
Please join us for a Monday evening bike ride at 6:00 pm on May 19th. The location is the Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN, 55406. The rides on Mondays will typically be between 17-20 miles over 2 hours on bike paths (it’s an awesome bridge). The route currently planned for this Monday …
Monday Evening Bike ride — Longfellow Grill, Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Possibly the last chance to try Indoor Rock Climbing for this summer. This trip is to give people an opportunity to try rock climbing either for the first time or to ‘get back into it’ for those who’ve climbed sometime in the past. NO EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED – just a willingness to give it a …
Beginner Indoor Rock Climbing — Vertical Endeavors Mpls, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s hike Hells’ Gate and Quarry Loop trails in Banning State Park (61101 Banning Park Rd) on Sunday, May 18th, starting at 9:50am. Moderate pace. We’ll meet at the main parking lot (not the picnic grounds) and follow the beautiful Kettle River to view old quarry ruins and lovely waterfalls for 3.5-4 miles. I have …
Get your ‘trills’ hiking Banning State Park — Sandstone, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
Come and join me to explore the birds that migrate through and breed at River Bend Nature Center. Many of the migrating song birds are back now and beginning to raise the next generation. We will likely see or hear warblers, sparrows, wrens, flycatchers, woodpeckers, thrushes and vireos common in this area. Bring your binoculars …
Birding Hike — River Bend Nature Center, Faribault, MNView trip details »
Category: Trail Maintenance
Border Route Trail: spring clearing trip Arrive: Thursday May 15 for early start May16 Depart: Sunday May 18 Hold your spot deposit of $25 required. I am planning a wilderness trail clearing trip to the Watap Lake area of the BRT. We will canoe in and base camp at the western most camp site on …
Border route trail clearing — BWCA wilderness, MNView trip details »
Category: Trail Maintenance
A spring maintenance trip is planned on the east end of the Border Route Trail Friday, May 16 thru Sunday, May 18. This is hiking and trail maintenance on the Border Route Trail, a segment of the North Country National Trail, on the eastern edge of the BWCA Wilderness area. We will car camp (tents) …
Trail Maintenance-Border Route Trail — McFarland Lake , MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:00 pm Thursday, May 15th to bike an 18-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! Text if you’re coming to: David …
Thursday Bike Ride — Saint Paul Brewing, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
This Zoom session covers planning for the food you will carry on your backpacking trip. We will share ideas about types and amounts of food, preparation options, budgeting, and meal plans. We will cover cookstove basics and things to consider in selecting a stove. We’ll also pass on a few of our favorite discoveries about …
Beginner Backpacking Education Series: Cooking / Stoves / Nutrition — VirtualView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Please join us for a Monday evening bike ride at 6:00 pm on May 12th. The location is the Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN, 55406. The rides on Mondays will typically be between 17-20 miles over 2 hours on bike paths. The route currently planned is to Theodore Wirth Park. This is …
Biking — Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Please join me for a 3-ish mile hike (up to 4 mi if the group choses) in Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington. We will head into the park and walk on trails near the ski jump and Richardson Nature Center. The route goes by forest, prairie and lakes! Trails may vary between dirt, wood …
Monday Evening Hike — Hyland Lake Park, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
This Zoom session covers choosing and using backpacking tents, sleeping pads, and sleeping bags/quilts. This session is the second of two offerings for Shelters & Sleep Systems. If you attended the first session on Thursday, April 24, you do not need to tune in again. The Beginner Backpacking Education Series of six classes is open …
Beginner Backpacking Education Series: Shelters & Sleep Systems — VirtualView trip details »