Cook County’s Volk Ski –400 on January 23
Cook County, between the Gunflint Trail’s three Ski systems, the North Shore and Pincushion Trails, has over four hundred kilometers of groomed trails. To highlight these trails, on Saturday January 23 the county is conducting the Volk Ski 400. Each of the county’s’ ski areas are being asked [...]
Gunflint Trail- The Gunflint Trail receives National Scenic Byway designation on October 16, 2009. Known for winding its way through the Boundary Waters Wilderness east-west corridor, the Gunflint Trail is a historic roadway, dating back to the 1800’s with origins as a footpath for Native Americans and geological surveyors. The Gunflint Trail is also known [...]
First snow of the season! Over the last two days the Mid-Gunflint aroung Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B has registered about three and one-half inches of snow. More is predicted through Monday. But don’t break-out your skis just yet. The trails still need more work; the swamps and ponds along the trails are not frozen and [...]
Gunflint Trail- Sunday was a beautiful partly sunny almost autumn day for this year’s Taste of the Gunflint Festival. Locals and area resort guests traveled up and down the Gunflint Trail stopping at resorts and B&B enroute. The day long event combined fun food, local history and fund-raising on behalf of the new Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature [...]
Great news along the Mesabi Bike Trai! The troublesome one and one-half mile gap between in Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast in Grand Rapid and Mitchell-Tappen House B&B in Hibbing is finally paved. Riders are able now to travel the 39.3 miles stretch between the two B&Bs along a non-stop asphalt biking path.
From Hibbing the [...]
Yesterday, at the Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B, along northern Minnesota’s Gunflint Trail, the temperature rose to 80 degrees for the first time this year. Today it looks like we are in for another warm day. Then it is expect to cool down a bit. Still the nights are cool; never getting above the mid 60s.
However [...]
Lee Foster, Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B’s birding guide- Darrell and Kay Phillips, from the Chicago area. had booked a birding package Gunflint Trail’s Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B and were looking to add to their birding life lists. I told them that great birding was to be had right here on the B&B property and that [...]
At Minnesota Bed and Breakfast Association (MBBA) annual meeting held in Duluth Barbara Young, Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B innkeeper was elected the Association’s new President. Joining Young on the Association’s Board of Directors were Shannon McKeeth, Bingham Hall from New Ulm as Vice President, Chuck Dougherty from Stillwater as Treasure, and Mary Grover from Soglimt [...]
April 17- Starting at Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B, two skiers from Tofte skied 9-10 kilometers out and back from on the Banadad. Upon their return they stated the skiing was great and had a excellent time. The temperature was about 40 degrees. Today it is down below thirty and snowing.
April Fools Day brought 12 – 14 inches of heavy wet snow to the Gunflint Trail’s Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B and along the Banadad Ski Trail. On the morning of the first with guests planning to leave for home the roads and driveways into the B&B’s two rental cabins had to be cleared. Plowing began [...]
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