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Category: Bicycling
Join us biking on Monday evening August 15 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 ride will be between 17-20 miles on bike trails. Please text 217-248-0072 or email [email protected] to RSVP. There is the option to socialize …
Category: Bicycling
Join us 6:00 pm Thursday, August 18th to bike a 13-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 »
Category: Hiking, Trail Maintenance
Bridge repair on the Portage Brook & Stump River bridges. Hiking and deadfall sweep on the Border Route Trail East end just outside the BWCA Wilderness. Using hand and some power tools. Lots of hiking on the BRT overlooking famous Pidgeon River and South Fowl Lake is expected. As an added bonus we will …
Category: Hiking
Start off your Saturday morning with some fresh air and exercise! We’ll meet in the parking lot at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park and start hiking at 9:30 a.m. Westwood Hills has three miles of trails, including a boardwalk. We’ll hike around the lake and then up into the maple-basswood forest. Along …
Saturday morning hike — Westwood Hills Nature Center, St. Louis Park, MNView trip details »
Trip FullCategory: Backpacking
With dense forests, granite slabs, high alpine meadows and lakes cradled beneath craggy granite peaks, The Wind River Range, or The Winds, as they’re called by fans, are jammed with bucket-list day hikes and backpacking trips that reward you with epic views and unbelievable beauty. Titcomb Basin should be a place on everyone’s bucket list. …
Backpacking — Titcomb Basin, Wind River Range, WyomingView trip details »
Category: Hiking
At 10am on August 23rd, we will meet at the Hidden Falls Picnic Shelter and hike along the Mississippi to Crosby Farms and back. No big hills, good paths, pretty views. 4-5 miles at 18-20 minute miles. Please send one of us your phone number in case there are any last minute changes. Be there …
Moderate Hike — Hidden Falls Regional Park, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Planning Meeting: Sunday, August 14, 7:00 p.m. 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 help ensure you …
Beginner Backpacking Series: Overnight Practice Trip — Afton State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Other Summer Activities
Join your fellow Rovers to collect prairie seeds that will be used to restore native prairie habitats in Three Rivers Parks! Late summer and fall are beautiful on the prairie with grasses, wildflowers, butterflies and the sounds of crickets. I absolutely love collecting prairie seeds. I’ll be happy to help you learn the targeted plants …
Prairie Seed Collection — Murphy Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping
Join me for a 950 mile bicycle tour of the Gaspe Peninsula with stunning coastal scenery. Fly in to Quebec City then start a bike tour of the Gaspe Peninsula along the Saint Larence River camping along the way. Some of the rest days will include: Pointe a la Renommee Light House North America’s first …
Bicycling the Gaspe — Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, CanadaView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Sunday, August 21, 5:00 p.m. After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series, a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, and a Beginner Backpacking overnight trip, come practice with a two-night trip out in the wilderness! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so …
Beginner Backpacking Series: Two-Night Practice Trip — Superior Hiking Trail , MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking, Other Summer Activities
All backpackers welcome! Beginners, experienced, new members, and in between! The more we mingle, the better. Potluck starts at 5pm and goes until 8pm. I will arrive around 4pm to start setting up. The MN Rovers thrive on community and relationships. This is what makes us AWESOME. Come grow our awesome community of backpackers by …
Backpacker Potluck — Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, MNView trip details »
Wait List Open Trip FullCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Climbing, Other Summer Activities
Camp in Stockade Lake Group Site. Pay only for nights you stay. Nine days, 8 nights. CLIMBERS: Climbers must have a predetermined climbing partner, use our collaboration site to make arrangements. Area offers trad & sport climbing at all levels of ability. If you climb inside and want to experience the outdoors, this is the …
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Saturday, September 17, 10:00 a.m. After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series, a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, and a Beginner Backpacking overnight trip, come practice with a two-night trip out in the wilderness! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so …
Category: Other Summer Activities
Save the Date! The Fall Extravaganza is fast approaching and you do not want to miss it!! Whether you have just heard about us or have been a long-standing member, this is the perfect chance to see what the MN Rovers are all about!! We will have a variety of outdoor experiences for you to …
SAVE THE DATE: Fall Extravaganza — Baker Park Reserve, Maple Plain, MNView trip details »
Category: Backpacking
Pre-Trip Zoom Planning Meeting: Thursday, September 29, 7:00 p.m. After you have completed the Beginner Backpacking Education Series, a Beginner Backpacking day training hike, and a Beginner Backpacking overnight trip, come practice with a two-night trip out in the wilderness! As part of this trip, we will ask you to dump out your backpack so …
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Arriving on Friday at 6:00 pm at Main Street Cafe in downtown Bloomer, WI (dinner on your own) http://www.mainstreetcafe.com/ Hwy 53 exit for Bloomer WI, approximately 2 hours from Bloomington, MN. After dinner, we leave for my cabin near New Auburn WI. For those that arrive later, detailed instructions are available to find the lake …
Paddling/Hiking — Chippewa Moraine- New Auburn area, WIView trip details »
Category: Other Summer Activities
Come enjoy beautiful Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve and volunteer to remove invasive buckthorn! Rovers volunteers have worked in this Adopt-A-Woodlot since 2015, contributing hundreds of hours of volunteer efforts. Meet at the Horse Trailer Parking lot off of Sunset Lake Road, please arrive early or on time since we will be hiking to the work site …
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Other Summer Activities
This is a *Save the Date!* for the annual Halloween trip to Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center near Lansboro MN, 2 hours SE of the TC. This is the same location as our October 2019 & 2021 Rover Halloween trips. Registration for the trip will start after Labor day, 2022. Part of your trip cost, …
Annual Halloween Trip (Save the Date!) — Eagle Bluff, Lanesboro, MNView trip details »