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Category: Hiking
Join us for a casual Friday afternoon walk at this beautiful park in Prior Lake. We are planning a 3.5 mi route on paved trails with an option to add an additional 1.5 mi at the end that will be partly unpaved through the woods. We’ve been seeing a lot of birds and spring flowers …
Hiking — Spring Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake, MNView trip details »
Category: Trail Maintenance
Spring is approaching quickly and so are the trail maintenance trips on the Border Route Trail (a unit of the National Park Service’s North Country National Scenic Trail). This trip will focus on the non-wilderness west end which is a 17 mile section near Gunflint Lake. The non-wilderness section of trail maintenance is done with …
Category: Hiking
After what has proven to be a nose-to-the-grindstone kind of month, my pups and I have decided to spend Thursday evening winding down March with a sunset stroll through 218 acre Springvale County Park in Isanti County. Join us if you like for approximately three miles of meandering over combination paved and natural paths through …
Category: Climbing
Climbing from 3:30-6:00. I am top and lead certified, however all are welcome. Ill be wearing a Grey t-shirt and green cargo capris. If you are a rovers member and have your own gear it is considerably cheaper.
Rock climbing — Minneapolis Vertical Endeavors , MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us at 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 30th to bike a 15-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! We intend to bike …
Category: Bicycling
Rain date makeup ride opportunity! Join us for a bike ride from the Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Parkway, Mpls, on Tuesday, April 28th at 6:00 pm. The route will be a 20 miles. Pace of ride is 10-12 miles/hr. We will be getting near dusk by return so bring headlamps/and consider reflective type clothing …
Category: Hiking
🥾🥙🎵 Lakewalk Hike + Food + HomeGrown Music Festival A simple, flexible evening to get outside, grab food, and (optionally) roll into some live music. Plan for the evening: 🥾 4:30–6:00 PM — Hike along the Lakewalk 🌊 🥙 6:00–7:00 PM — Food at Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake or Fitger’s 🎵 7:00–??? — …
Join us for a bike ride from the Longfellow Grill, 2990 W River Parkway, Mpls, on Monday, April 27th at 6:00 pm. The route will be a 20 miles. Pace of ride is 10-12 miles/hr. We will be getting near dusk by return so bring headlamps/and consider reflective type clothing just in case we get …
Category: Climbing
I try and make it out to a vertical endeavors once a week for three hours or so. I have invited some beginners as well. However, I am top and lead rope certified and would love to connect with some mnrovers climbers.
Rock Climbing — Vertical Endeavors, Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s hike again much of the Voyageur Trek Trail at Lebanon Hills THIS Sunday starting at 12:00 Noon Sharp, this time (as we did on January 11th) leaving from the front of the Lebanon Hills Visitor Center at Schulze Lake (the parking lot is a short drive off a turn south off Cliff Road ). …
Moderately Casual Hike — Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me for a moderately paced 3-mile hike from Fort Snelling State Park to Mni Owe Sni (spring) and back and then an optional 3-mile hike to and around Picnic Island. The trails will be a mix of blacktop, grass and gravel trails. Meet “IN” the Thomas C. Savage Visitor Center, which is 2 miles …
Category: Hiking
Come join me on a casual hike at Ft. Snelling State Park. The plan is to go around Picnic Island and then back to the visitor center via the beach trails. Due to foot surgery, I will be on the all-terrain track chair. Please meet in front of the visitor center at the end of …
Category: Hiking
Join Heidi and me for a 3-4 mile hike at beautiful Whitetail Woods park, traveling at about an 18-20 minute mile pace, enjoying wildlife and, hopefully, wildflowers. We will meet in the parking area at the end of the drive near the shelter. Please arrive in time for us to begin right at 10am, allowing …
Hike — Whitetail Woods Regional Park, Farmington, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Backpacking
Backpacking Series: Cooking, Water, and Hygiene The trip will begin with a discussion (roughly 45-60 minutes) about various cooking/meal prep systems, water filtering/treatment, personal hygiene and Leave No Trace. After the discussion we will hike the trails as a group, pace and length will depend on ability of those who participate. Plan on hiking with …
Backpacking Practice & Info — Hyland Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
Come with me to walk casual laps around Round Lake and burn off some winter calories. We’ll meet in the lot right across from the Eden Prairie Community Center. The loop is approximately 1 mile long, we could walk as little as three laps or if we’re feeling ambitious, we can challenge ourselves to 10 …
Casual Walking — Round Lake in Eden Prairie, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Summer Activities
I invite you to help Rovers promote our club by ‘tabling’ at an event titled “Spring Beer & Gear” being held at Hombeck Boats & Outdoor Supply (NE corner of Broadway St N & Central Ave NE) by Hombeck & Lake State Mountaineering (continuing the tradition set by Midwest Mountaineering). The event is open to …
Table Volunteer: Beer & Gear — Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us at 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 23th 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! We intend to bike …
Category: Bicycling
Biking from Hopkins. Meet at the ‘Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail Terminus’ ((9th Ave and 1st St N) in Hopkins. Plan on about 15 miles, easy pace for an early season ride. Socializing after.