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Boulder Lake Management Area Ski Trails
Duluth, MN
21.0k
Skating/Classic
No
No
1 North Lot 1 South Lot 1 East Lot
218-721-4903
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Located 18 miles north of Duluth, the groomed trails are in nice primitive outdoor setting. The trails feature the "Wolfski's Ski Den" warming shack, open daily sunrise to sunset. In addition to the 21 kilometers of classical skiing, there will also be 11 kilometers groomed for skate-skiing. Trails are groomed Fridays and Mondays, and/or as needed. No fee or Minnesota State Ski Pass is required.
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2024-2025 season
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Reports 23 to 28 of 28    Month: Mar | Feb | Jan | Dec | Nov
Friday, January 24, 2025
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
Skate deck has been groomed on all trails and has been skied in. Good pole plants due to a firm base under loosely packed upper layer of snow that is deep in some places. Bear Paw is in the best shape follwed by Blue Ox. Nine Pine is the most uneven, lumpy, soft spots and some stubble poking up. No classic tracks set including lonesome grouse. Worth the ski. Get out and enjoy it!
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(Chandra Shoberg)
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ B skis ]
The south loops have been rolled but not tracked. Coverage is mostly good, with occasional brush poking up. There is a shallow skied-in track which sometimes goes down the middle of the trail. It seemed to me that it would be a bit soft for skating.
(Catherine Winter)
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
Nine Pine was soft, bare, with lots of ruts. It was difficult to get a rhythm (skating). Blue Ox was a little better. There are lots of classic tracks, man made. Lots of debris and weeds especially on Nine Pine. I'll hope for some groomer magic but ultimately we need more snow. Either way, it was lovely to enjoy the snow and sun today.
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(Tammy Davis)
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Afternoon
Observation 
Boulder is still not groomed. There's some fluffy snow on top of a crust that you punch through. Footprints. We didn't even try it.
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(Catherine Winter)
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Rock skis ]
We did some laps on Bear Paw Thursday, so there's a kicked in track now. There was enough snow to roll, maybe not to set tracks, but it hadn't been groomed as of late afternoon. It had been heavily used by walkers (which I think Boulder was allowing given the lack of snow) but was still better than I expected.
(Catherine Winter)
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Morning
Observation 
There is not quite enough snow, and even if there were, Boulder has not been brushed or mowed, so there's a lot of grass and tansy and such poking up. There are some trees down on Ninepine.
Photos:
(Catherine Winter)

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