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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 »
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 »
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, …
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 »
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 »
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: Paddling
An afternoon paddle on Minneapolis Chain of Lakes. If your vessel is human powered and it floats, bring it. We’ll depart about 1:00 from Thomas Beach on the south shore of Bde Maka Ska. There is no specific street address, but it’s on W Bde Maka Ska Pkwy (44.9356, -93.3155), Thomas Beach – Google Maps …
Memorial Day Paddle — Thomas Beach, Bde Maka Ska. , MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Hike the hills of Richard T Anderson Conservation in Eden Prairie for a more intense workout. There are several to choose from (with varying degrees of intensity), so we can choose our own adventure as a group or break into smaller groups. Very roughly, we’ll plan to hike for an hour and cover 2 miles …
Hill Yeah! (Hill Hiking) — Richard T Anderson Conservation, Eden Prairie, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Join me for an easy hike around Staring Lake in Eden Prairie. We’ll meet at the Eden Prairie Outdoor Center’s Edible Playground at 1:00pm and we’ll head off to hike promptly at 1:05pm. There are plenty of paved sidewalks so it’s inclusive for wheelchairs or children in strollers/wagons. We could attempt to walk the entire …
Hiking — Eden Prairie Outdoor Center at Staring Lake, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s try this again and hope for good weather. Join me for a spring hike around Lake Harriet on a Friday 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 …
Urban Lake Hike — Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Let’s meet at the Lowry Nature Center Visitor Center on May 31st at 10 am for a hike. We will walk paved trails so it’s wheelchair friendly and stroller/wagon friendly for kids. We’ll figure out the exact route to take when we get there!
Hiking — Lowry Nature Center, Victoria, 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 …
Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Other Summer Activities
Join us for a visit to Minnesota’s Bluff Country and camp at Whitewater State Park in early June. Whitewater State Park is one of Minnesota’s most popular parks, east of Rochester, about a 2 hour scenic drive from the Twin Cities. It has a very low mosquito population (gnats are possible), great bluffs to hike …
Camping, Hiking, Biking & More — Whitewater SP, Elba, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
The Hard Work Part: We will meet at 5 pm at the Hyland Ski Chalet parking lot LOCATED HERE. We will meet in the shade of the building on the parking lot side. Once we share names, we will start to hike up and down the steep ski hills. Everyone can go at their own pace …
Hill Training with Music/Drink/Food — Hyland Hills Ski Area, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Climbing
Join the Minnesota Rovers community for a weekend to make new friends and memories, learn new skills, and enjoy the beauty of nature. Our Spring 2025 Extravaganza is scheduled from Thursday, June 5 to Sunday, June 8, 2025 at Wild River State Park. Activities will be scheduled all weekend. Past Extravaganzas have offered hiking, biking, …
Spring 2025 Extravaganza — Wild River State Park, Center City, MNView trip details »
Category: Climbing
This ‘class’ is mainly for those who’ve climbed a little and want to take the next step. Brand new climbers are welcome as well. Rovers will provide all the safety gear and you’ll be required to wear a helmet. We’ll show you the 3 elements needed to belay: knot tying, safety checks, & then belaying. …
Learn to Belay & Climb — Taylors Falls, 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 — Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan, MNView trip details »
Category: Climbing
This trip is focused on getting new to novice climbers an opportunity to climb real rocks. I’ll be coming from the Extravaganza event at Wild River and will aim to get there around 10am. I’ll have to break camp & pack up so arrival time is a but fungible. Participants do not need to arrive …
Beginner Outdoor Rock Climbing — Taylors Falls, MNView trip details »