From Thanksgiving until Easter [or later] you can find weekly snow conditions and trail reports. Find out about recent snowfall, trail conditions and suggestions for where to ski, snowshoe, snowmobile plus links to the weather and forecasts. Snow varies from less near Lake Superior, where the big lake keeps temps slightly milder to more as climb the ridgeline to most when you go over the ridge.
How Long is Winter?
Snowfall begins in October, coming and going and usually beginning to stick late in November. Lutsen Mountains typically is open Thanksgiving weekend with a few runs and cross country skiers get their first runs in on the Onion River Road in Lutsen and along the Central Trail system up the Gunflint.
Trail / Snow Reports are listed below in this order;
scroll to see conditions – click on a link to learn more about trails
While above-average temps have made for more fun skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing and snowshoeing, the conditions are starting to deteriorate. We have a chance for an inch of snow or so tonight into tomorrow. It will help, but we need more snow. Overall, you will find fair to good conditions on most trails; fair meaning some thin spots. If we get snow of any amount, I will update before next week.
Every Cross-Country ski trail system is open, but not all trails within every system are open. Buy your MN Ski Pass online – it’s easy and required at most cross country ski trails.
Snowmobilers will find packed, but largely ungroomed trails.
Lutsen Mountains is open daily.
Fat-biking trails are mostly open as are snowshoe trails.
Last Updated: 01-15-2021
Snow Depth: 24-40" machine groomed
Snow Depth: 3-4" good conditions
Snow Depth: 8" poor conditions
Snow Depth: 4" poor
Snow Depth: 5-8"
Snow Depth: 1-6"
Snow Depth: 1-9" fair to very good conditions
Snow Depth: 3-6" good conditions
Snow Depth: 5-6"
Snow Depth: 10"
Snow Depth: 4-6"
Snow Depth: 4-8"
Snow Depth: 1-3" poor to fair
Snow Depth: variable
Snow Depth: variable
Snow Depth: 3-6"
Snow Depth: 4-6"
