The Best Cross Country Skiing in Minnesota!
You'll Love Cross Country Skiing At Giants Ridge Ski Resort
The ski area is closed for the season. Thank you to everyone who visited Giants Ridge this past winter; it was a great season!
The ski trails at Giants Ridge designed to challenge the most serious skier and others to be enjoyed by recreational skiers. Almost all trails are cleared to twenty feet wide with a groomed surface of eighteen feet. Most trails are groomed with classical tracks on the sides and a skating lane in the center. The Oslo Trail is groomed with side-by-side classical tracks and no skating lane. The Gold, Silver, and Cedar trails are one-way trails. All others can be skied in two directions.
Sixty kilometers of scenic well-groomed cross country ski trails weave through the Superior National Forest at Giants Ridge. This system was initially developed for intensive training by the US Ski Team and presents long, gradual grades, spectacular vistas, roller coaster rides and a variety of challenge for beginners through accomplished skiers. Three kilometers of Nordic skiing trails are lit for night skiing, and numerous trails are accessible by lift at the top of the mountain.
Some of the best cross-country ski terrain in the Midwest
The cross-country ski trails climb on and over "Giants Ridge" which straddles the Laurentian Divide with superb overlooks of the scenic Embarrass River, Wynne Lake, and Sabin Lake. Much of the trail system lies within the Superior National Forest. The Giants Ridge trail system is one of the finest in North America.
Cross- Country Trail Report
Cross-Country Skiing Trail Map
Snow Report / Grooming Report
At Giants Ridge Cross Country Ski Resort, you're in the heart of Minnesota Nordic skiing where the pine trees are towering overhead and the landscape is a gorgeous, smooth white of a north woods Minnesota winter. All you'll hear is your own footsteps or the sound of your skis on our perfectly groomed cross country ski trails. We've got miles and miles of cross-country ski trails to explore and they're all right here at Giants Ridge–where you'll find the best cross-country skiing in Minnesota.