Blue Trail

Blue Trail is a short, easy cross-country ski route in Minnesota, about 1.7 miles from the town of Woodland Park. The trail is an out-and-back, roughly 0.9 miles long, with a steady climb that takes you from a low point of 1,419 feet to a high of 1,446 feet. The total elevation gain is about 65 feet, and the steepest stretch comes early on, at about 0.13 miles in, with a grade of about 3 percent. Winter is the natural season for this trail. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Blackduck show January highs around 18°F with lows near -9°F, while March runs warmer, with highs around 37°F. The station sits a few hundred feet lower than the trail, so temperatures on the trail run slightly cooler. Several other ski trails lie close by. Green Trail is about 0.2 miles away and Red Trail about 0.3 miles. Gold Trail is roughly 0.7 miles off. For a change from skiing, Meadow Lake Hwt is about 8 miles away.