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Category: Other Winter Activities
Join me to see the Backcountry Film Festival when it hits Minneapolis on Thursday, December 13. The entire show is a series of shorts that runs from 7:00-8:30 PM. Let’s plan to meet up outside the theater at 6:30 PM so we can sit together. More information, trailer and tickets at www.backcountryfilmfestival.org You should purchase …
Backcountry Film Festival — Trylon Cinema, 2820 E 33rd St, Mpls, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Winter Activities
Join us for Springbrook’s Discovery Dinner on Saturday, December 15th. This trip is an educational program with a catered meal, and we’ll plan to do a hike around the park prior to the dinner program. The presentation will be about the 32 bison that were introduced this summer at the Cedear Creek Ecosytem in East …
Hike and Dinner — Springbrook Nature Center, Fridley, MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Snowshoeing
Ring in the New Year in Canada! We’ve rented a house ~30 minutes from Canada’s largest network of daily groomed cross-country ski trails. There’s over 55 km of trails at SilverStar, varying in difficulty from Green to Blue to Black. A dual mountain cross-country ski pass will then allow us to explore an additional 50 km of connecting …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Bicycling, Hiking, Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Other Winter Activities
New Year’s Eve in Hayward! 4 days/4 nights The cabin has direct access to the Birkie and CAMBA trails, near Mosquito Brook trailhead, and a short drive to Hayward. Towels and linens are provided. Bedroom #1 – Queen; Bedroom #2 – 2 bunks (twin over full & twin over twin); Bedroom #3 Queen; Lower level: 3 singles …
XC Skiing, Fat-biking, Snowshoeing — Hayward, WIView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing
Relax and Unwind after all the year-end holiday hullabaloo, and embrace winter! Just 45 minutes from downtown Minneapolis — Whitetail Woods Regional Park (Dakota County) is a lovely little park with some amazing, hard-to-secure, modern camper cabins. Bunk beds, electricity, big windows in the midst of the trees, and nearby flush toilets/shower house. Activities: Weather …
Winter Camper Cabins: Post Holiday Unwinding — Whitetail Woods Regional Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Winter Activities
Meet at the Chalet @ 7pm to rent your tube ($15 for 2 hrs) https://www.threeriversparks.org/location/elm-creek-winter-recreation-area Location: https://www.google.com/maps?q=45.138543936371725,-93.43697971954116
Snow Tubing — Elm Creek Regional Park, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Fat Biking
Depending on the weather, we’ll drive up to Hayward either Friday after work or Saturday morning and get the fire going, then play in the snow. Saturday’s ski options include: The North End trails in Cable The south end of the Birkie trail (Hatchery Creek Park) in Hayward Seeley Ski trails Mukwonago trails Seeley Hills …
Skiing, Snowshoeing, or Fat Biking — Hayward, WIView trip details »
If you are on a trip far from help and a friend is injured or sick, what do you do? How do you decide whether they are fine, what help they need, whether you need to get them out or take care of them while someone goes for help? Wilderness First Aid is defined as …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Other Winter Activities
Spend Martin Luther King weekend – 3 nights, 3+days at the National Forest Lodge within the Superior National Forest, approximately 4 hours from the Twin Cities, on Highway 1 between Ely and Isabella. Amenities include an outdoor hot tub, wood sauna, polar plunge, 30K groomed Classic XC ski trails(classic only), snowshoeing on&off trail, sledding and …
Cross-Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, etc. — National Forest Lodge at Isabella, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Snowshoeing
Join us for 2 or 3 days of cross country skiing and/or snowshoeing, watch the start of a dog sled race, and if Lake Superior is frozen we will go to the ice caves and drive out to Madeline Island. We are in an old bed and breakfast (which has a 4-person sauna) that Seagull …
Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing — Bayfield, WIView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking
Visit Mexico this winter to see millions of migrating Monarch butterflies in a national reserve and travel to the romantic colonial town of Morelia Mexico. We will stay 4 nights at the cozy J&M B&B https://jmbutterflybnb.com/ in the mountains near Zitacuaro Mexico and 3 days in Morelia at the https://www.casonarosa.com/ We’ll be riding horseback on …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Snowshoeing, Fat Biking
60k of scenic, well-groomed cross-country ski trails weave through the Superior National Forest at Giants Ridge. There is also great downhill skiing and snowshoeing. We will be staying Friday and Saturday night at the Villas of Giant’s Ridge. The villas include a fully equipped kitchen, and fireplace, overlooking Wynne Lake. It’s right across the road …
Trip FullCategory: Bicycling, Camping, Hiking
We will be flying to Las Vegas and renting cars for the week; the park is a two hour drive from LV. Expect clear skies and daytime temps 60s to 80s, nighttime temps to the mid 50s. We will be car camping at the Furnace Creek Campground, which has fire rings, picnic tables, and flush …
Hiking, Biking, Sightseeing — Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park, CAView trip details »
Category: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Other Winter Activities
Enjoy a winter wonderland at the Itasca State Park Hostel. Ski in/ski out and snowshoe on groomed trails – both classic and skate. Hike to headwaters of Mississippi River nearby, take a night walk on beautiful Lake Itasca, enjoy a good book in front of the fireplace and play board/card games. One of the best value …
Cross Country Ski & Snowshoe — Itasca State Park, MinnesotaView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Snowshoeing
Cross-Country Ski and/or snow shoe – WI Chippewa Moraine Area and Blue Hills Friday March 1st – Sunday March 3rd 12 maximum Trip cost- deposit of $35 The $35 deposit covers the food that I provide for breakfasts, the main course for the meal on Saturday plus the septic tank emptying and expenses. I don’t …
Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing — Blue Hills, WIView trip details »
Category: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Fat Biking, Other Winter Activities
The Annual Winter Fun at Deep Portage Environmental Learning Center in Hackensack, MN will be from Friday- Sunday. For more info on the location: www.deep-portage.org. This family friendly trip is a combination of outdoor and indoor activities with meals provided and spacious dorm style accommodations. Activities include skiing (11 miles of groomed trails for traditional cross-country), snowshoeing, ice fishing (you …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Fat Biking
We’ll be driving up Friday after work, and on Saturday, we’ll be doing first aid patrol for the Fat Bike Birkie. You’re welcome to participate in the event, volunteer for it, or do your own thing. On Sunday, we’ll ride some of the single track trails. If fat biking isn’t your thing, there are tons …
Fat Biking, XC Skiing, Snowshoeing — Cable, WIView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Boats, Boots, Boggarts, and Beer: This is a two-week canal boat trip in the county of Cheshire, in west central England, near the Welsh border. The canal boat will be our moving base of operations, a sort of floating RV with a kitchen, bathrooms, showers and bedrooms. Each day we will cruise down the canal, …