on January 29th, 2010

Roundtrip: 5 km
Difficulty: Easy
Location:  Grand Marais, MN
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This trail is part of the Superior Hiking Trail and is the only part which is directly on the shoreline of Lake Superior.  This is one of those hikes everyone should do sometime for the sheer pleasure of such an extended stretch of beach-combing.  If [...]

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on October 2nd, 2009

Roundtrip: 6km
Difficulty: Moderate
Location: Grand Marais, MN
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The next time you are in Grand Marais, MN take the hike to the lookout on Pincushion Mountain. This is a perfect afternoon or evening hike.  From the Pincushion Lookout you will have views over Lake Superior, the Devil Track River and the town of Grand [...]

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on July 3rd, 2009

Roundtrip: 3km
Difficulty: Moderate (lots of stairs)
Location: Hovland, MN
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The Devil’s Kettle trail follows along the Brule River with views of its waterfalls and rapids.    The trail starts in the Judge CR Magney main parking lot and ends at the Devil’s Kettle Falls.  But you can connect to [...]

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on May 22nd, 2009

Roundtrip: 7  km
Difficulty:  Moderate
Location:  Lutsen, MN
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Hike to Lookout Mountain along the Cascade River in Cascade River State Park.  This hike is great in the spring when the river is flowing full boar but it really is enjoyable any time of year.  The hardest part about this hike is figuring out which path to [...]

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on November 7th, 2008

Difficulty: Intermediate
Roundtrip: 14.6 km
Location:  Two Harbors, MN
To my disappointment there were no castles or danger anywhere along this trail.  But there were some beautiful lookouts and waterfalls that sort of made up for it
Castle Danger to Gooseberry Falls is a section of the Superior Hiking Trail in Minnesota.  This is a linear hike [...]

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