Cross Country Skiing in Minnesota

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Minnesota is one of the cross-country ski triumvirate of north central USA with over 2,400 km of groomed trails and more than 100 ski areas. As with Michigan and Wisconsin, most of the trails are on public land and offer few services.

Two of the largest groomed trail networks in North America are located here: the Gunflint Trail (#13-16) and the North Shore Trail (#19-25). Both are actually comprised of several connected trail systems and each boast a total of about 200 km of groomed trails. Don't confuse the Gunflint Trail road with the Gunflint Trail ski trails--you drive on the former and ski on the latter.

A Minnesota Ski Pass is required when skiing at many areas, even in state parks and at areas that charge a trail fee.

Cross Country Ski Areas in Minnesota

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Cross Country Ski Areas in Minnesota

Location	Length	Nbr of Ratings	Average Rating
Northwestern Minnesota
1 Old Mill State Park	11 km
2 Zippel Bay State Park	10 km
Northeastern Minnesota
3 Tilson Creek Trail	19 km	1	3.5
4 Voyageurs National Park	13 km
5 Ash River Falls Trail 20	km BC
6 Ashawa Trail	40 km
7 North Arm Trails	46 km BC	1	5.0
8 Angleworm Trails	24 km BC
9 Jasper Hills	32 km
10 Hidden Valley Rec Area	19 km
11 Tower City Trail	10 km
12 Bear Head Lake State Park	15 km
13-16 Gunflint Trail
13 Upper Gunflint Trail	100 km
14 Banadad Trail bgcolor="#ffffcc"	30 km
15 Central Gunflint Trail	70 km
16 Pincushion Mountain Trails	25 km
17 Grand Portage Area	31 km
18 Grand Portage Nat'l Monument	14 km BC
19-25 North Shore Trail
19 Bally Creek Ski Trail	25 km
20 Cascade River and Deer Yard Lake Trails	38 km
21 Cascade River State Park	27 km
22 Caribou Trails	15 km
23 Lutsen Mountains Ski Area	31 km
24 Sugarbush Cross Country Ski Trail	48 km
25 Temperance River State Park	27 km
26 Flathorn-Gegoka Ski Trail	40 km	1	4.0
27 Tettegouche State Park	20 km
28 Northwoods Trail	10 km
29 Bird Lake Trail	17 km
30 Giants Ridge Recreation	57 km
31 Lookout Mountain Trails	25 km
32 Big Aspen Trails	32 km
33 Sturgeon River Trails	32 km
34 Carey Lake Regional Park	15 km	1	5.0
35 Thistledew Lake Trail 20	km BC
36 Scenic State Park	16 km
Central Minnesota
37 Suomi Hills & Trout Lake Rec. Area	36 km
38 Sugar Hills Trail	27 km
39 Blueberry Hills Trail	12 km
40 Simpson Creek Rec. Area	20 km
41 Bemidji Area	38 km
42 Lake Bemidji State Park	16 km
43 Buena Vista Ski Area	25 km	1	4.0
44 Itasca State Park	44 km
45 Maplelag	53 km	2	5.0
46 Soaring Eagles Trail	12 km
47 East Frazee Trail	16 km
48 Maplewood State Park	15 km
49 Spidahl Ski Gard	23 km
50 Cut Lake Trail	17 km
51 Spider Lake Trail	12 km
52 Deep Portage Cons. Reserve	18 km
53 Goose Lake Recreation Area	22 km
54 Washburn Lake Solitude Area	26 km	1	3.0
55 Quadna Four Seasons Resort	30 km
56 Fond du Lac State Forest	20 km	2	4.0
57 Lester-Amity Trail	18 km	1	4.0
58 Magney-Snively Trails	15 km
58A Snowflake Nordic Ski Center*	15 km
59 Spirit Mountain Ski Area	22 km
60 Split Rock Lighthouse SP	13 km
61 Two Harbors Ski Trail	11 km
62 Gooseberry Falls SP	24 km
63 Jay Cooke State Park	52 km
64 Remote Lake Solitude Area	24 km
65 Savanna Portage State Park	24 km
66 Breezy Point Resort	16 km
67 Larson Lake Memorial Forest	13 km
68 French Rapids XC Ski Area	16 km
69 Northland Arboretum	19 km
70 Pine Beach Trail	45 km
71 Crow Wing State Park	10 km
72 Mille Lacs Kathio State Park	30 km	1	3.0
73 Vasaloppet Ski Area	30 km	2	4.5
74 Banning State Park	17 km
75 St Croix State Park	21 km
76 Eagle Mountain Resort	10 km
77 Andes Tower Hills Ski Area	18 km
78 Sibley State Park	16 km
Southern Minnesota
79 Riverside Park	15 km	1	3.5
80 Lake Maria State Park	22 km	2	4.0
81 Manitou Lakes YMCA	20 km
82 William O'Brien State Park	19 km	2	4.5
83 Wild River State Park	56 km
84 Bunker Hills	29 km
Minneapolis-St Paul Area
Twin Cities
86 Elm Creek Park Reserve	16 km
87 Baker Park Preserve	12 km
88 French Regional Park	10 km
89 Theodore Wirth Regional Park	19 km
90 Carver Park Reserve	21 km
91 Hyland Lake Park Reserve	11 km
92 Cleary Lake Regional Park	16 km
93 Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve	19 km
94 Lebanon Hills Regional Park	20 km
97 Gateway State Trail	16 km
98 Afton State Park	30 km
95 Fort Snelling State Park	20 km
96 Lake Elmo Park Reserve	20 km
96A Saint Paul	15 km
97 Gateway State Trail	16 km
98 Afton State Park	30 km
99 Frontenac State Park	13 km
100 Cannon Valley Trail	32 km
101 Nerstrand Big Woods SP	13 km
102 Flandrau State Park	14 km
103 Douglas State Trail	20 km
104 Root River State Trail	32 km
105 Whitewater State Park	15 km
106 St Mary's College	15 km
107 Great River Bluffs SP	14 km

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