Bird watchers will find an astonishing variety of birds, both migratory and resident along the Gunflint Trail’s Boreal Forest where Poplar Creek Guesthouse B& B and Cabins are located. Also you are sure to see many more birds at the feeding station located around the property. These bird-feeding stations are maintained year-around. Further up the [...]
The Gunflint Trail Outfitter Association has announced a new program–“Becoming a Boundary Waters Family.” The purpose of the program is to introduce families to the Boundary Waters and assists them in gaining the skills needed for a successful family BWCA canoe adventure. Participating Gunflint Trail businesses will offer a variety of canoeing and camping seminars [...]
At Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B the snow is slowly disappearing. In sunny places it is all gone. However in the woods and where it is shady several inches of snow remains. Also there is still snow along the Banadad Ski Trail but not enough left to ski. With morning temperatures in the low twenties it [...]
The Gunflint Green Up is a tree planting weekend May 2-4 where some 75,000 pine seedlings will be planted in public areas affected by the 2007 Ham Lake Fire. We know we can’t replace the trees and cabins that were lost last year, but we can look ahead and plant a pine forest for future [...]
Barbara and Ted Young owners of Boundary Country Trekking, a northern Minnesota adventure company and the Gunflint Trail’s Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B were featured in the latest Cook County News Herald. The Article in the papers Senior Section was entitled, “Lifelong adventurers Ted and Barbara Young package fun for all.” To view the article click [...]
Banadad Trail Snow Report-Banadad and Adjoining Ski Trails and snowshoeing Trails – Located at Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B along the Gunflint Trail in northeast Minnesota. SNOW DEPTH IN WOODS: 20″ COMPACTED BASE ON TRAIL: 14″ NEW SNOW PAST 24 HOURS: 1″ NEW SNOW PAST 7 DAYS: 1″ GROOM/TRACKED TRAIL: All trails tracked- Banadad tracked March [...]
By bct | February 7, 2008
A three-person production crew from the TV show “Good Morning America” video filmed on the Gunflint Trail and along North Shore this week. The production crew’s first stop was at Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B where they filmed skiers traveling along the Banadad Ski Trail to the Tall Pine Yurt. The crew then filmed the skiers [...]
By bct | December 17, 2007
It was known that last spring’s Ham Lake Fire had burned over a portion of the Banadad Ski Trail but it was not known how much of the forest surrounding the trail was burned. From the fire maps it appeared the fire had burned through the red pine plantation located approximately eight miles west of [...]
By bct | November 6, 2007
Recipes from Barbara’s Kitchen at the Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B are in Midwest Living Magazine’s December issue. Featured are breakfast favorites at the Guesthouse- Finnish Baked Pancakes and Maple-Baked Stuffed Pears. The author, Lisa Meyers McCuntick, stayed at the Guesthouse last winter while on a Gunflint Lodge to Lodge Ski adventure. >
By bct | November 3, 2007
Poplar Creek Guesthouse B&B, which maintains and grooms northern Minnesota’s Banadad and Adjoining Ski Trail System announce that trail system will be manage as a carbon neutral trail beginning with the 2007-08 ski season. According to Ted Young, the b&b’s co-onwer, “we intend to purchase carbon credits to off-set the carbon contributed to the atmosphere [...]
