Safe Snowmobiling
Everyone is anxious to get out and go for a snowmobile ride but the conditions are not safe yet. The lack of snow is preventing the majority of the people in the state of Minnesota from riding. According to the …
Cross Country Skiing
The Gunflint Trail is home to some of the finest cross-country skiing in the state of Minnesota. There are wilderness portages, frozen Boundary Water’s lakes, and over 176 kilometers of marked and groomed tracked trails. With good snowfall(an average …
Christmas Mourning
While most people celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Morning, others mourned the death of long-time Gunflint Trail resident, Jerry Parsons. Jerry died in his home on Christmas Eve and is survived by his son Forrest Parsons. …
Winter Tracks 2007
If you’ve been looking for a way to experience all winter has to offer then look no further, The Gunflint Trail Winter Tracks Festival has it all. When can you ice skate, cross-country ski, play broomball, slide down a hill, …
Merry Christmas
I would like to share the following Christmas story with you all, the author is unknown but I enjoyed it very much. May you all enjoy a very Merry Christmas today. I hope you are healthy, happy and surrounded …
Ice
We’re still waiting impatiently for the ice on the big lakes to freeze so we can safely ski and snowmobile. Then there’s the people who live on the Canadian side of Saganaga who are waiting for the ice to …
White Christmas
If you are looking for a White Christmas then come on up to the Gunflint Trail or Lutsen. The Gunflint Trail has most of the cross-country ski trails packed but not tracked yet. The sleigh rides at Okontoe are …
Christmas Tree Safety
It seems every year you hear a story about how a Christmas Tree started a house fire. Some fires are put out rapidly while others leave the family homeless for the holidays. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a …
Winter Solstice
Today is one of my least favorite days of the year because it has the shortest number of hours of daylight. The sun won’t rise until 7:47 AM and will set around 4:15 PM, leaving us under 9 hours …
Spearing for Northern
One thing I have missed since we moved up to the Gunflint Trail fourteen years ago is spear fishing for Northern Pike. There isn’t anything like sitting in a toasty warm dark house, peering into the water with a …