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Published July 03, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Towering Pines Canopy Tour


Approaching a platform on the Towing Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge at the end of the Gunflint Trail, northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. A helmet mounted camera was used to show the perspective from a participants point of view. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

  • Approaching a platform on the Towing Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge at the end of the Gunflint Trail, northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. A helmet mounted camera was used to show the perspective from a participants point of view. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Approaching a platform on the Towing Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge at the end of the Gunflint Trail, northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. A helmet mounted camera was used to show the perspective from a participants point of view. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Ann Possis of Grand Marais departs a platform on the edge of a cliff on a 800-foot-long zip line while taking part in the canopy tour at the Gunflint Pines resort on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Buck Benson of Grand Marais waits as Towering Pines Canopy Tour sky guide Colin Begley makes adjustments to his harness before begining the canopy tour Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Towering Pines Canopy Tour sky guide Colin Begley (left) makes adjustments to the harness being used ny Ann Possis of Grand Marais at the Gunflint Lodge on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Towering Pines Canopy Tour sky guide demonstrates how to slow down during a ground school session at the canopy tour at the Gunflint Pines resort on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Participants and sky guides wait aloft to take turns traveling on a section of the Towering Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • John Myers of Duluth travels through a tunnel in the canopy of trees while riding a zip line at the Towering Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Ann Possis of Grand Marais travels through a tunnel in the canopy of trees while riding a zip line at the Towering Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Buck Benson of Grand Marais controls the zip pulley while riding a zip line at the Towering Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • John Myers of Duluth travels through a tunnel in the canopy of trees while riding a zip line at the Towering Pines Canopy Tour at Gunflint Lodge on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Courtney Koeneke, 13, travels along a zip line at the Towering Pines Canopy Tour at the Gunflint Lodge on the Gunflint Trail northwest of Grand Marais Monday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • The pulley system used by zip line riders at the Towering Pines Canopy Tour at the Gunflint Lodge northwest of Grand Marais on the Gunflint Trail. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)