Skiing

An 8-year-old Solon Springs boy was seriously injured after falling more than 25 feet from a chairlift at Spirit Mountain in Duluth on Friday afternoon, the second of two falls from chairlifts at the ski area that day.

Prospective investments in trails, parks and other amenities weighed heavily on the minds of Duluth city councilors Monday night. The council voted 7-2 to authorize city administrators to conduct a feasibility study intended to determine whether a pedestrian-only Lakewalk extension...

While snowfall just before the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race last winter may have been picturesque for skiers and spectators alike, it created quite a challenge for race organizers. This winter, snow has been hard to come by, but it has come in a fashion that has been...

ON THE GUNFLINT TRAIL NORTH OF GRAND MARAIS — Gliding along the Old Logging Camp Trail on his skate skis, Jonathan Baumann coasted to a stop. He used a ski pole to point at a line of large paw prints in the snow. “Wolf tracks,” said Baumann, 22. His sister, Brianna Baumann,...