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Winter is back on the Gunflint Trail area of northern Minnesota and it's back in full force. We received about 8" to 10"+ of new snow last night. We never know what mother nature will give us, but this may well be one of the last times that you'll be able to get in some good snowmobiling during the 2008-2009 sowmobiling season. If you want to get in one last great week or week-end of sledding in before the MN snowmobiling season is over we urge you to call and make a reservation for one of our Grand Marais, MN winter cabin rentals.
Our Resort Caters To Snowmobilers
Our snowmobiling resort, on the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota is the only resort along the Gunflint Trail, near Grand Marais, MN that caters specifically to snowmobilers. In addition to our winter cabin rentals, we also have snowmobile rentals available, in case someone in your group or family doesn't have a snowmobile of their own to ride.
Special Gunflint Trail Winter Cabin Rentals Rates
We currently have "special" winter cabin rental rates in effect until 4/1/09. You can save up to 44% off our normal pricing on all of our MN winter cabins and log cabins. See our winter cabin rentals specials. This is the 1st time that Hungry Jack lodge has ever offerred special pricing on our cabins and log cabins during the snowmobiling season. We urge you to take advantage of this rare opportunity to experience some of the best snowmobiling in the midwest at our northern Minnesota snowmobiling resort.
More Gunflint Trail Winter Resort Info
Information about our winter cabins and log cabins can be found on the Winter Cabin Rentals page of the Hungry Jack Lodge website. If you want more info about renting a snowmobile, check out our MN Snowmobile & Winter Activities page.
You can reserve a winter cabin rental at our snowmobiling resort online from the Hungry Jack Lodge website. Or, you can call us with your cabin and snowmobile rentals dates at (800) 338-1566.
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Grand Marais MN & Gunflint Trail Snowmobile Trail Report
1/29/08 --- Well we have not had much new snow in the last week. We have received a couple of light dustings maybe an inch or 2 here and there. The snowmobile trails are in absolutely great shape the best I have seen for some time. I put on about 120 miles last Sunday and all of the trails I rode on were groomed perfect. I did do some off trail riding and I would say we have a pretty solid 28”-30” base with a little more snow the closer you get to Lake Superior.
Rental snowmobiles at our Gunflint Trail, Grand Marais, MN winter resort have been getting booked quickly. As a result, if you need to rent a snowmobile during your winter vacation we suggest calling early to insure that a rental snowmobile is available for you during your snowmobile vacation.
Low Cost MN Winter Cabin & Log Cabin Rentals
We are making every effort to make it affordable for you, your group or your family to enjoy a winter vacation at our family resort. Hungry Jack Lodge on the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota is offering savings of 25% to 44% on winter cabin and log cabin rentals at our Gunflint Trail, Grand Marais winter resort. Winter cabin rental prices for a winter family vacation or week-end get-away at our snowmobile resort have never been lower. See the "Specials" page of our website for more details about the many winter cabin and log cabin special pricing options that will remain in effect until 4/1/2009.
Hungry Jack Lodge is the only winter resort on the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota that caters primarily to snowmobilers and those that love ice fishing. Though people that are snowmobilers and ice fishing make up the majority of our winter cabin rental clients there are plenty of other winter activities available at our winter resort. Cross country skiing, snowshoeing, sleigh rides, dog sled rides and more can all be arranged by our staff for your winter enjoyment while you are a cabin rental guest at our Minnesota winter resort.
New Lodge Construction At Our Lakeside Family Resort
Construction of the new lodge at our Minnesota lakefront family resort has been somewhat slow due to the cold temperatures and snow but we are very near to having the main lodge at our lakeside resort closed in. Some roof shingles and windows are in, which means that we will soon be able to heat the main level of our lake view lodge and begin working on the electrical and plumbing systems.
As work progresses we are pleased with the fact that the main lodge at our MN lakefront family resort will be even more impressive than what we had hoped for or envisioned. Looking at the architectural plans just didn't give any of us a true idea of just how impressive our new lakefront resort lodge would be.
It won't be long before the main lodge at our Gunflint Trail lakeside resort will again be offering meals, hosting banquets and be a place for someone to enjoy their favorite beverages in our Loggers Lounge.
More Info About Our MN Lakefront Family Resort
For more information about our lakeside cabins, log cabins and cottages at our family resort located on the Gunflint Trail in northern MN please visit our website. http://www.hungryjacklodge.com/ Be sure to see the Specials page of our website for special pricing on winter cabins and log cabins. Winter cabin reservations are available online from our website or you can call (800) 338-1566 to reserve your MN winter cabin or to book a snowmobile rental.
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MN WINTER ACTIVITIESTake advantage of all of the winter activities that the Grand Marais and Gunflint Trail areas of MN has to offer. Snowmobiling, ice fishing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and more are at your back door when you stay at our northern Minnesota family winter resort. Take a horse drawn winter sleigh ride, or experience a dog sled ride. If you like downhill skiing we are a short drive to Lutsen Ski Mountain. See the winter activities page of the Hungry Jack Lodge website for more details and information about the Minnesota winter activities that are available at our Gunflint Trail, Minnesota winter resort.
SNOWMOBILING RESORT
We are a resort that welcomes snowmobilers, so we of course rent snowmobiles. We just purchased 2 more new snowmobiles for our Gunflint Trail and Grand Marais snowmobile rental fleet. Check out out snowmobile rental page for pricing of out rental snowmobiles. Because we have a limited number of snowmobiles available for rent we suggest reserving your rental sled as early as possible.
We've made sure that taking a winter vacation or short get-away in a northern Minnesota cabin or log cabin doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. Take a look at the following pages of our winter resort website for more information:
Gunflint Trail Winter Cabin & Log Cabin Rental Special Offers
MN Family Winter Resort Cabin Rentals
Grand Marais, MN & Gunflint Trail Snowmobile Rentals
Snowmobiling, Ice Fishing & MN Winter Activites
GUFLINT TRAIL SNOWMOBILE CONDITIONS
We have had about 3" of new snow within the past couple of days bringing the amount of snow on the ground to between 24" and 30". Temperatures have been somewhat cold however we are expecting a little bit of a warming trend this week. Trails are being groomed on a regular basis.
Online reservations for your Minnesota winter get-away or vacation can be booked from the Hungry Jack Lodge website. Or, feel free to call us with your winter cabin or snowmobile rental reservations. (800) 338-1566 The "specials" for our winter cabin rentals may be withdrawn at any time so get your cabins reservations made as soon as possible.
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Well we have been having a great snow winter thus far at our Minnesota winter resort on the Gunflint Trail. On Saturday night the Gunflint Trail received another 6”-8” of fresh snow and that was on top of the 4” - 5” two days prior. The snowmobile trails in the Grand Marais, and Gunflint Trail areas are starting to get groomed on a regular basis now. I went to the mailbox this morning and the snowmobile trail groomer was just heading out for the day.
Overall the snowmobile trails in the Gunflint Trail and Grand Marais, MN area are in the best shape I have seen this early in the winter vacation for some time. Cool temps are continued to be forecasted, so snowmobile trail conditions are maintaining quite well. They are forecasting more snow for northern MN towards the end of the week and it is snowing very lightly right now and the current temp is +5.
Below you will find a picture of the snow depth. The snow depth picture was hard to shoot due to all of the wind we have recently had but as you can see it shows 24” on the ground. I would say that 24" is the minimum of what we have with more closer to Lake Superior.
MINNESOTA SNOWMOBILE RESORT LOG LODGE
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We received a 2" to 3" blanket of fresh snow along the Gunflint Trail during the morning of December 29th. The snowmobile trails in the Grand Marais and Gunflint Trail areas are starting to get some traffic and the snowmobile club has been out grooming. The reports I have heard from people that have been out snowmobiling is that the snowmobile trails are in pretty great shape with a good base of snow to work with as they continue to groom.
The photo below, looking across Hungry Jack Lake, was taken on December 29th and shows the current snow conditions that our winter cabin and log cabin rental customers are enjoying at our Minnesota snowmobiling resort during their winter get-away snowmobiling vacations.
Work on the new lodge building at our Minnesota lakefront family resort was somewhat slow last week due to cold temperatures and the Christmas holiday.
Little by little we are getting close to having the main log lodge building closed in. The front deck on the lodge is being worked on while we await delivery of windows. In addition, there are a couple of window openings to finish before the arrival of the windows for our resorts lakeside log lodge building.
Visit the Winter Resort Cabins and Snowmobile Rentals page of our website to view cabin and log cabin availability at our Gunflint Trail resort for your MN snowmobiling vacation. Online cabin and cottage reservations are available for our winter cabins and cottages or you can call in your reservation using our toll free number (800) 338-1566.
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Grand Marais, Minnesota. As you can see in the pictures that I took yesterday morning. We currently have around 8” of snow on the ground. We did receive about 3” of snow earlier this week here at Gunflint Trail winter resort. I do know that Grand Marais received about 4”+ Friday night. We are expecting to get more snow this weekend I will send out a report once the conditions change.The snowmobile club has been out working on the trails to get them ready for the upcoming season. No grooming has started yet but if we get more snow we anticipate the trails will be started to be groomed, again I will let you know when this happens. We have a good solid 8”+ of ice here on Hungry Jack Lake. I have not had a chance to go out and drill another hole to see what the current conditions are.
If you would like to be added to the snow report email list visit our winter resort website http://www.hungryjacklodge.com/ to sign up to receive free MN snow report emails. I will send out the next Gunflint Trail email snow report once the conditions change.
Our winter resort rental cabins and log cabins are filling up quickly. If you plan on coming up to the Gunflint Trail or Grand Marais, MN for a snowmobile vacation of winter get-away we suggest that you make your winter cabin rental reservations very soon, to insure that a winter cabin is available for the winter vacation dates that you want.
Visit http://www.hungryjacklodge.com/ for more information about our MN winter resort, Gunflint Trail winter cabins for rent, snowmobiling vacations and Gunflint Trail / Grand Marais snowmobile rentals.
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Initially there were delays in starting construction due to awaiting permits and the like. And, there were instances of having to wait for materials that did not get delivered on time.
The lower level willl again house our famous "Loggers Lounge", with more room than it previous had. There will be a larger bar, more tables and a larger pool table and recreation area along with a stone fireplace.
The main-entrance level will again be be where our dining room and office will be located along with a new gift shop area and a relaxing "sitting area" complete with a cozy fireplace. The center section of the main level will be open to a two story high roof/ceiling.
Be sure to make your family vacation reservations for our northern MN lakeside cabins, log cabins and cottages earlier than normal for 2009. We anticipate that bookings at our Gunflint Trail resort will fill up faster than normal due to the many great new features and amenities.
In addition, our MN winter cabins, log cabins and cottage rentals are filling up quickly. If you are planning a winter get-away or snowmobiling vacation at our winter resort on the Gunflint Trail we suggest that you make your winter cabin reservations now.
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DON'T DELAY IN MAKING YOUR WINTER CABIN
Winter cabin rentals at Hungry Jack Lodge resort during the winter vacation and Minnesota snowmobiling season are starting to fill up. Be sure to make your reservations to rent a winter cabin on the Gunflint Trail at our Minnesota winter resort soon to insure that the dates you would like to stay at Hungry Jack Lodge resort are available. We suggest that you view our winter cabin rental availablity and book online as soon as you know the dates that you would like to come to Hungry Jack Lodge. View Cabin Availablity
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