Candle Lit Ski and Volks Ski 400
Pioneer Loop
Just this past weekend Cascade Lodge hosted a variety of fun activities for the annual Winter Tracks Festival. On Friday night we lit up 3 KM of our ski trail with luminaries for our third annual Candle Lit Ski. It was a beautiful evening with light snow falling, no wind and temps in the mid-20’s. Lots of people showed up and were very happy to enjoy a rare night ski and warm up by the campfire with some hot chocolate and cookies! Special thanks to Michael, Adam, Matt, Maureen and Amanda for their work and hospitality.
The following day was the Volks Ski 400 event. This event tries to get as many people out skiing on as many of the 400km of Cook Counties’ world class cross country ski trails as possible. Cascade Lodge formed a team of 10 skiers and got 2nd place while skiing every section of our 57km system. Owner Michael O’Phelan placed 3rd for individual part of the event. After the long day on the trails, all the participants gathered at our new Pub for an Apres Ski Reception where t-shirts were given out and good times and trail stories were shared! To wrap up the fun weekend Marco took out three large groups on his sleigh ride through the woods on a beautiful starry night!
We just got home from a five day stay at the Cascade Lodge and I wanted to thank the staff for a wonderful stay. We were up to go snowmobile riding and we got the best accommodations we could ask for and we never wanted for anything at all. We stayed at the Creek Chalet and it was so very nice beautiful cabin and great scenery we loved it. We have immediate trail access for our snowmobiles which made it easy to enjoy the hundreds of groomed trails in northern Minnesota we rode them all from Duluth to Grand Portage. We were virtually alone the whole time very little traffic and fun trails to ride on. If you ever need a place to stay look them up you will love it, and the restaurant is top notch from simple eggs in the morning to prime rib at night it was awesome and can’t wait to return.