If April showers bring May flowers then what do April snowstorms bring? It sounds like we may be able to tell you after today’s forecast. We’ve seen flurries throughout the weekend with intermittent sunshine. The ice on the lakes …
Feathered friends are flocked and flying about the Gunflint Trail and the Boundary Waters. Our resident eagles have returned to their perch on Saganaga Lake and the snow buntings line the Gunflint Trail. The bird feeder at Voyageur continues …
When the forecasters said there was a chance of rain or snow I didn’t think they meant an entire foot of new snow. I also didn’t think that snow would be so wet and heavy that it would sink …
I’m sure there are quite a few folks who would be willing to give up our wolves on the Gunflint Trail to Isle Royale. Isle Royale’s wolf population may be in trouble and could possibly disappear altogether. Scientists have been studying …
Some days I get so bogged down with all of the work I have to do I don’t get outside with the exception of taking the kids out to the bus stop in the morning. Those days tend to end with …
I wasn’t sure we were going to be able to get out ice fishing this year but on Sunday we were able to. The temperature was in the high 20’s and there was barely a breeze in the air. The sun …
This is such an exciting time of the year in the northwoods. Conditions are constantly changing and every day it seems more animals are out and about. The grouse have been seen out sunning themselves and some of the …
The Ham Run Half Marathon and 5k Fun Run is coming to the Gunflint Trail on Sunday, May 1st, 2011. If you haven’t signed up to run the Trail Less Traveled then now is the time to do so since …
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On a quest to ski 200 kilometers in one winter for the Volksski Tara and I drove down to Bearskin Lodge for a ski on Thursday. According to my ski diary on the Volksski page I only had about 12 kilometers …
Almost every morning on our Marine Radio we hear chatter from the folks who are on the Canadian side of Saganaga Lake. Since the Minnesota side of Sag is in the BWCA there are no cabins allowed but in …