Today we groomed (single track Nordic) the 1st 10km of the Banadad Trail. Come ski with us! Picture from today below 1/29/2025

Yesterday we groomed the Banadad and today we skied it and got some pictures. We got about 2 to 3 inches of new snow. We’re expecting...

Groomers were busy this morning on the Banadad Pictures below Solid 4 inch hard base 8 inches new snow We added weights to the tracker to...

At Eastern Trailhead looking West Skiing the Banadad Trail 1/11/2025

Jan 10, 2025 Today our groomers were busy, we got 2" of snow dusting and went to work. With our second snowmobile now operational, we...

Banadad's new roller/compactor Here we are setting up our new roller/compactor; this came with a Grant from the North Star Ski Touring...

Saturday and Sunday (12/15 & 12/16/2024) we cleared and packed (many times) the 1st 10k of the trail. We have at least a foot and 1/2...

We cleared as much as we have in previous years with over 100 hours clearing but the trees keep falling. This year we have had a number...

With the help of the Cross Country Ski Area Association (CCSAA) were able to obtain insurance for our operations. Now we need SNOW!!! Ski...

Lack of snow, cold and insurance are preventing us to groom the wilderness Banadad Trail. We lost our insurance coverage due to the fire...

Volunteer crews were out this fall, brushing the wilderness trail and the east end ski trails.

The entire Banadad Trail , all 27km, was groomed today. Excellent conditions with a fresh 4-6 inches of snow received this week, perfect...

Saturday, February 11, 2023 pictures on Banadad Trail near where the BWCA Lizz Lake Portage Trail crosses the Banadad.

On Thursday we groomed the entire main Banadad Trail, all 27 km. In the days before we groomed much of the snow has fallen out of the...

Recently several snowmobilers (1/27/2023) were traveling West on the Gunflint Snowmobile trail. As they crossed the Banadad Ski Trail, we...

We often send pretty pictures of the freshly groomed trail. But what does it look like when you get there? Well it depends on the...

Today we made great progress. (Picture from Friday afternoon; 1/27/2023) Our Main Banadad Trail has been groomed East End to West End. We...

As it would be Curry's wish, we are trying to put things back together on the Banadad Trail in the BWCA; let's also take time to remember...

"The East End Trails were groomed Wednesday evening (12/28/2022); due to the death of our groomer Curry Thompson and the loss of our...

Our trail worker groomer, Curry R. Thompson, died last night in a fire at the Banadad operations buildings. He and his dog (Ginny) went...