The Weight of Sadness
It is heavy. My heart is heavy with sadness because we have lost an amazing person. Our friend and member of our Voyageur family, Mark Ceminsky passed away Sunday evening. We are not sure what happened medically but the fact …
Love the Banadad?
The Banadad Ski Trail is an awesome trail accessed from the Gunflint Trail that winds its way through the BWCA wilderness. This last summer trees were blown down onto the trail within the wilderness area where chainsaws are not allowed …
Amazing Voyageurs in Canoe and Kayak
Enjoy this story printed by Canoe and Kayak online magazine about our incredible Voyageurs and their trip last summer. Across the Canadian Subartic Going inside this summer’s 8 Rivers North canoe expedition By: Conor Mihell / Posted on November 5, …
Thousands of Words
A picture is worth a thousand words. We have some incredible photographers around here with lots of stories to tell. Enjoy.
Snow Plows on the Gunflint Trail
There’s enough snow on the Gunflint Trail the snow plow had to come out today. Lutsen Ski Hill is opening one week from today. High temperatures for next week aren’t expected to reach 30 degrees and dip as low as …
Lake Turnover
I know I have blogged about lake turnover before and how the process happens but thought I would share this from the Minnesota DNR. Q: How can I tell when a lake has turned over in the fall, and do …
Seasons Come and Go
Swimming suit season on the Gunflint Trail is definitely over and the latest fashion is blaze orange. Yep, it’s that time of the year when hunters of all types don their blaze orange clothing and gather in trucks. This isn’t …
Halloween Boundary Waters Canoe Trip
A group of enthusiastic paddlers went on a BWCA canoe trip over Halloween weekend. They woke up to a thin sheet of ice on the lake and a little bit of snow on the ground. It was all part of …
7 Months in the BWCA
It hardly seems possible a person could spend 7 months in the Boundary Waters but a man from the Duluth area did just that. He entered the BWCA on March 20th pulling a canoe on top of a toboggan and …
Beavers are Achievers
What do you think about beavers? They can be a nuisance but it turns out they can also be beneficial. Reversing Course on Beavers By JIM ROBBINSOCT. 27, 2014 In Washington State, beavers are being trapped and relocated to the …