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Category: Bicycling
Join us at 6:00 pm on Thursday, July 30th 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: Climbing
This will be an opportunity for your young adventurers of all ages and experience levels to come try out rock climbing outdoors. We will meet in the small picnic grounds next to the potholes parking area/visitors center, NOT the parking lot near the campground and boat launch. We will take time for some introductions and …
Kids Summer Series: Outdoor Rock Climbing — Interstate State Park, MNView trip details »
This will be an opportunity for families and adventurers of all ages to get together for some summer fun! I currently have three neighboring campsites reserved in William O’Brien State Park (group sites were unavailable). State parks allow 6 people & 2 tents per site, so we may buddy up smaller groups to get the …
Kids Summer Series: Family Camping — William O’Brien State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking
Hello friends! I’m two days back from an overseas trip and would like to finish out July with a local hike and movie. Full disclosure, I’m still wrestling with a hitch-in-my-giddyup, Therefore, I’ve decided to channel the antics of our wandering Rum River and meander with my pups through Spirit River Nature Center. We’ll picnic …
Winding down July hike — Spirit River Nature Area, Cambridge, MNView trip details »
Category: Paddling
Let’s take a leisurely paddle on the St. Croix River, out of William O’Brien State Park. This will be a paddle intended for families with children of all ages, though all are welcome. We will meander through the small sandbars and islands, up river from the launch; this stretch of river is perfect for frequent …
Kids Summer Series: Paddling on the St. Croix — William O’Brien State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Paddling
A classic Rover Trip returns! Come paddle on a beautiful 13 mile stretch of the Mississippi River! We’ll rent canoes or kayaks (or they’ll shuttle yours, for $40 or $32 for a group of 8 or more) from Clearwater Outfitters in Clearwater, MN at their 10:00 departure time. Their business is right on the river; …
Paddling — Mississippi River @ Clearwater , MNView trip details »
Canceled Trip FullCategory: Camping, Paddling
The Wabakimi Boreal Caribou Citizen Monitoring Project is a three year research effort that relies on volunteer citizen scientists. Qualified individual and groups are assigned a research area within the Provincial Park to survey for signs of the threatened woodland caribou. The typical survey trip involves five days of survey work, a couple days paddling …
Caribou Tracking — Wabikimi Provincial Park, Ontario, CanadaView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Join us for a last-minute glamping trip to St. Croix State Park! This is Minnesota’s largest state park! We have both guesthouses reserved for August 5-9th. Come for the whole time, or just partial. Possible activities are paddling on the St. Croix River (if water levels are good), climbing a fire tower and hiking on …
Hiking, biking, paddling & More! — St. Croix State Park, Hinckley, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Thu Aug 13 – Sun Aug 16 2026 Estimated Cost: $17.00 plus park pass Deposit: $17.00 (cash, check, Venmo) Max Trip Size: 20 people (no dogs) Registration begins: 6:00 pm on Tuesday, 5/12, at the Gear Swap Description: It’s back! For many years Rovers have made an annual trek to Gooseberry Falls State Park for …
Biking, hiking, paddling, camping — Gooseberry Falls State Park, MNView trip details »
I have reservations August 17 to 21 at Voyageurs National Park. You need a kayak at least 14 feet long. We will drive up, carpooling, Aug 16, launch Aug 17. Four nights at a wonderful campsite with sand beach landing and campsites overlooking the lake. We will do day trips based on group decisions. This …
Kayak camping — Voyageurs National Park, MNView trip details »
We are looking for a few other cyclists to do a self-contained bicycle tour of the Saguenay fjord and Lac St Jean, a Canadian veloroute a few hours northeast of Quebec City in the heart of French speaking Quebec. This tour is famous because of a unique geological feature that brings nutrients down the St …
Category: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
The Hard Work Part: We will meet at 5 pm at the Hyland Ski Chalet parking lot LOCATED HERE. 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 and do …
Hill Training w/ Music/Food/Drink — Hyland Hills Ski Area, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Other Summer Activities
Join us at beautiful Lake Carlos State Park, near Alexandria. We have the Lakeview group camp, which is right next to the lake with a shelter, flush toilets and a potable water spigot. “Sculpted by ancient glaciers, Lake Carlos State Park contains a tamarack bog, marshes, woodland ponds, and lakes. A variety of recreational activities …
Hiking, bicycling, camping, paddling, swimming… — Lake Carlos State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Other Summer Activities
The Hard Work Part: We will meet at 5 pm at the Hyland Ski Chalet parking lot LOCATED HERE. 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 and do …
Hill Training w/ Music/Food/Drink — Hyland Hills Ski Area, Bloomington, MNView trip details »
Trip Full Wait List OpenCategory: Backpacking
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park – fondly known as “the Porkies” – features 60,000 acres of old-growth forest, roaring waterfalls, Lake Superior shoreline, rivers, trails and ridges. We are looking to take a small, capable group of experienced backpackers on a challenging 4-day trip. Backpackers must be capable of carrying their pack up to 12 miles …
Backpacking — Porcupine Mountains State Park, MIView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Camping, Paddling, Climbing, Other Summer Activities
SAVE THE DATE for the Fall 2026 Extravaganza which will be held from Thursday October 1– Sunday, October 4, 2026, at Whitewater State Park, MN. Everyone is invited to the Extravaganza, our semi-annual “welcome & check us out” trip for people who like the outdoors and want to find out more about the Minnesota Rovers. …
SAVE THE DATE-FALL EXTRAVAGANZA — Whitewater State Park, MNView trip details »
Category: Hiking, Bicycling, Paddling, Climbing
SAVE THE DATE! Annual Halloween Get-Together – please note: We are NOT taking sign ups yet! Rovers will once again get together to hike, bike, climb and paddle at Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center outside Sandstone, MN. We’ll be in dorm rooms and Osprey provides meals for us so we can play more. Banning State …
Hiking,Biking,Climbing,Paddling — Osprey Wilds ELC, Sandstone, MNView trip details »
If you were on a trip in the backcountry and someone was injured or ill, would you know what to do? Imagine if you were in the BWCA in a remote lake, a number of portages in, without a cell signal. How would you decide what to do or when to try to evacuate someone? …
Wilderness First Aid Training — Downtown Minneapolis lication, MNView trip details »