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Would you like to be capable of making basic repairs or adjustments to your bicycle (or be aware of when to have it serviced at a bike shop)? Understand how to tweak your position on the bike to feel more comfortable? Learn how to confidently tackle hills? **While this trip/activity is full, if you are …
Category: Hiking
Grab your hiking boots and join Stacey and Jerry for a summer morning hike! (It’ll finally be cooler!) We’ll meet at the Visitors Center at 9:30 a.m. and plan to hike the trails at Clifton E. French Regional Park. French Park is located in Plymouth off of Rockford Road, just east of 494. We’ll plan …
Morning Hike — Clifton French Regional Park, Plymouth, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Series “Choosing, Fitting & Packing Backpacks” education session, come join us for a day training hike to experience firsthand what it’s like to hike with a fully loaded backpack! We are offering multiple dates and times throughout June and July, pick one that works for you! As part …
Category: Bicycling, Camping, Paddling
Join us to explore Duluth on mountain bike and kayak. We’ll ride several days on various intermediate level sections of the recently expanded Duluth Traverse singletrack trails within city limits. We’ll also take a day or two to paddle kayaks on the flat water of the St. Louis River and sheltered bays, and hopefully pass …
Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Camping — Duluth, MNView trip details »
We will be doing a 60 mile ride either this coming Sunday. https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/5059819453 We will meet at 8, be on the road by 8:15 Starting point is negotiable, but this is the preliminary starting point: https://goo.gl/maps/BXKHWZYaunr7Ayxt6 This is some riding on the roads, esp around Afton and some on trails. There are hills. Pace for …
Biking — Two Rivers Overlook to Afton, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us biking on Monday evening, June 27 at 5:55 pm at the Longfellow Grill, 2990 West River Parkway, Minneapolis. The parking is neighborhood parking. All bikes and fitness levels welcome. The planned route for this ride will be to Theodore Wirth Regional Park and will be approximately 20 miles round trip on paved trails. …
Monday Evening Bike Ride — Longfellow Grill, Mpls, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us for a hike in the beautiful Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, just south of Northfield. We will start in the parking area and head to Hidden Falls, then loop around the park for a few miles. Afterwards, hikers may join us for lunch at The Ole Store in Northfield. Moderate, 18-20 minute miles. …
Hiking — Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:00 pm Thursday, June 30th to bike a 19-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 every Thursday …
Thursday Bike Ride — Saint Paul Brewing, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling
A sandy beach, 5 interconnected lakes for paddling (canoe, paddleboard and kayak rental available), 18 miles of hiking trails through pine, aspen and birch, road biking in the park and on the nearby paved Mesabi Trail, and 20+ miles of mountain biking at Redhead Mountain Bike Park. We have the group campsite reserved. Set up any …
Category: Backpacking
Backpack the Steens Mountain, Southeastern Oregon Includes 5 days, 6 nights on trail plus up to 2 travel days to and from Sacramento or Boise area. Around 10 miles hiking per day. Group size: around 4 – 5. Your individual costs depend on your travel arrangements. Rental car vehicles and gas used for shuttle and …
Backpacking — Steens Mountains, SE OregonView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us for an easy, two-mile urban hike at Wood Lake Nature Center. Address is 6710 Lake Shore Drive, Richfield. There’s plenty of parking. Meet at the Interpretive Building at 7:00 p.m. Bring water, bug dope, head lamp, and your GPS if you’d like to geocache in the park. Dogs aren’t allowed in the park, …
West Side Hike – Wood Lake Nature Center — Richfield, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping
If anyone is interested, I am spending the weekend Thursday 7/7 to 7/10 in Beaver Creek Valley State Park. It’s a quite pretty, but smaller park with some very nice hiking along trout streams. Super isolated, in the SE corner of the state. Nice stargazing – looks like good weather for that as well. Park …
Camping, Hiking and Bike Ride — Beaver Creek Valley SP, Caledonia, MNView trip details »
Category: Bicycling, Camping, Paddling
Brunet Island State Park, on the Chippewa and Fisher rivers, offers more than 1,300 acres of scenic beauty and recreational opportunities. Quiet lagoons and channels are excellent for canoeing and wildlife watching. The rolling landscape in Chippewa County is a product of the most recent Ice Age. The park links to the Old Abe State …
Camping, Paddling, and Biking — Brunet Island State Park, WIView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Series “Choosing, Fitting & Packing Backpacks” education session, come join us for a day training hike to experience firsthand what it’s like to hike with a fully loaded backpack! We are offering multiple dates and times throughout June and July, pick one that works for you! As part …
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Thursday, June 30, 7:00 p.m. (Via Zoom) 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 …
Beginner Backpacking Series: Overnight Practice Trip — Afton State Park , MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join us for a hike through a beautiful park tucked into an Edina neighborhood, known more often to locals although the new Nine-Mile Creek Bicycle Trail skirts the edge of it. We will meet at the kiosk in the parking lot off at 5901 Olinger Blvd in Edina MN. Note: This will be buggy! So …
West Side hiking — Bredesen Park, Edina, MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling
Join me at Little Sand Bay Campground for a 3-night 4-day tent camping trip. Little Sand Bay Campground is a city campground where I have reserved the group tenting site from Thursday July 14 – Sunday July 17th, 2022. Please no large multi-room tents; this helps maximize tent space and number of participants. From here …
Group Camping: Choose your own Adventure — Bayfield, WIView trip details »
Category: Bicycling
Join us at 9 AM, Saturday, July 16 for a 24 mile ride from Brindisi’s Pub at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, 501 W 78th St. Chanhassen, to the Lowry Nature Center in Carver Park. The outbound route includes 5.6 miles on quiet residential streets with hills and turns. Another 8.4 miles on the Lake Minnetonka LRT …