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Since 1977, guests of Snowshoe Country have been
enjoying the serenity of this rustic camp overlooking picturesque Sand Lake.
Located 25 miles southeast of Ely, Minnesota - about 15 miles south of the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), the camp is the ideal retreat for those yearning to escape to a more natural landscape.
It's an easy and affordable trip from the Twin Cities, Duluth/Superior, or
adjacent states.
Wolverine Cabin - named from the movie, "Running Free,"
(1993)
partially filmed here.
Many guests of Snowshoe Country enjoy exploring trails
in the camp vicinity, or snowshoeing and skiing the State trails in the Sand Lake Peatlands Scientific and Natural Area on the west side of Sand Lake. Atop a gravel and rock glacial esker crowned with cedars, pines, birches and balsam firs, in an area with an elevation of nearly 2,000 feet, we
often experience the earliest, latest, and heaviest snowfalls in the region.
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 Amber,
Co-editorWinter is over and the hiking is good.
The lake will probably lose its ice very soon.
The local five-pack of timber wolves are hanging out over on our Wendigo
Trail of late, heartily welcoming the deer, who are slowly returning to the
uplands from their winter migration to lower altitudes near the big lake.
Eagles and turkey vultures are back and are hunting the area for leftover wolf deer kills. And,
in mid-March the first woodchuck (groundhog) emerged and ran around the
Wolverine Cabin in the snow - probably finding scant food. Amber: I have a
passion for chasing them. Raccoon tracks were seen in the parking lot. They are
newcomers to this area; winters used to be overly cold for them.
For those who were visiting Snowshoe Country in mid-February and saw the
Cessna 185
spotter airplane and the helicopter hovering, personnel from MDNR & other
agencies were locating & radio-collaring 34 additional moose in the Isabella
area for research that
week - as explained by articles in both the Duluth News Tribune and the
Minneapolis StarTribune
on Feb. 24th.
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