Cross Country Skiing

Cross Country Skiing

Is your heart racing from the excitement or the workout?

Beginners and experts agree: cross-country skiing along the Gunflint Trail offers some of the best conditions and terrain you’ll ever find. And with over 100 inches of annual snowfall, you can strap on the skis from November to April.

The Gunflint Trail Nordic System offers:

  • 200km of marked, groomed and tracked cross-country ski trails
  • skate skiing
  • lighted trails for night skiing
  • Boundary Waters backcountry for breathtaking views
  • Laurentian Highlands terrain for advanced skiers and plenty of room for the novice, too
  • Rental equipment
  • Lessons

Cross Country Ski Resorts

Bearskin Lodge
Golden Eagle Lodge
Boundary Country Trekking
Poplar Creek Guesthouse and B&B
Old Northwoods Lodge
Loon Lake Lodge
Gunflint Lodge
Gunflint Pines Resort & Campground
Heston’s Lodge
Tuscarora Lodge

Download maps of the ski trails

Banadad Ski Trail 1

Banadad Ski Trail 2

Upper Gunflint Ski Trails

Pincushion Mtn. Ski Trails

Central Gunflint Ski Trails

Snow and Trail Conditions