Welcome to our winter wonderland.  Conditions on our ski trails continue to be excellent.  As we’ve posted previously, don’t let the low snow conditions along the North Shore concern you as you drive up here. Once you go up the hill to the Gunflint Trail, it becomes a deep snow winter.

We’re in that usual winter stage where we seem to get a little more snow each day. That’s one of the reasons we’re a great ski destination: it always seems to be snowing.   Groomers have been out regularly freshening up the trails, but otherwise nothing significant has changed — no major snowfalls, no rain or melting, just regular little additions of more snow.

Please be carefully watching for moose as you come up the trail now.  There have been a huge number of moose standing out in the road lately, seemingly challenging drivers to hit them.  That’s not a fight you will win.  Watch for their dark shadows ahead on the road if you drive up here after dark!

Moose in the road. Photo by Nace Hagemann.

A good reminder

Here are the latest snow statistics from Golden Eagle, as measured on 1/14:

New Snow Last 24 hours:  3/8”

New Snow Last 7 days:  1-3/8”

Trail Base, Staked:  7” – 8.5” average

Snow in Woods, Staked:  Low 14”   High 17”

Groomed with classic tracks:  70 K

Groomed for skating:  53.4 K

Surface Conditions:  Fresh Snow

Snowshoe trails:  Open

Total snowfall since Nov. 1:  47.63”

Comments:  Skiing is still the best it’s been all season! All trails are open, conditions are excellent, the snow is plentiful, and the wilderness is inviting, peaceful, and waiting for adventurists. Come on up and have some fun cross-country skiing; it is full-blown winter on the Gunflint Trail!

Please contact Bearskin Lodge (1-800-338-4170) or Golden Eagle Lodge (1-800-346-2203) for specific conditions and grooming information on each trail or route. Central Gunflint Ski Pass required.