Hill Trail
- 0.7 mi
- round trip
- 157 ft
- climb
- 904 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr, Jul–Oct
- best months
Hill Trail is a cross-country ski route in Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Minnesota, on land managed by a regional agency. The trail is a short out-and-back, about 1.4 miles long, with a total elevation gain of 157 feet. The climb is front-loaded, with the steepest stretch at about 0.22 miles from the start, where the grade reaches 10 percent. The high point is 904 feet, and the trail returns to nearly the same elevation at the end. Winter is the natural season for this route. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show January highs around 24°F with lows near 8°F, and February is similar at about 29°F and 11°F. By contrast, July highs average 84°F. Several other ski routes sit close by. Oak Knob is about 0.4 miles away and Star Loop about 0.5 miles. North Trail is roughly 0.9 miles off, and Boulder Ridge is about 1.3 miles away.
Best time to go · Apr, Jul–Oct
Best time to visit Hill Trail
Best months: April and July–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
24° / 8°
6 wet
Feb
29° / 11°
6 wet
Mar
42° / 24°
8 wet
Apr
57° / 37°
11 wet
May
70° / 49°
13 wet
Jun
79° / 59°
13 wet
Jul
84° / 64°
10 wet
Aug
81° / 62°
10 wet
Sep
74° / 53°
10 wet
Oct
59° / 40°
9 wet
Nov
43° / 27°
7 wet
Dec
29° / 14°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mpls Flying Cloud Ap, MN, 5.3 mi away at 907 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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Photo: Baseball Bugs, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Buck Hill
~13 min drive
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Oak Knob
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0.5-mile out-and-back route at Oak Knob in Minnesota with 85 feet of elevation gain.
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Star Loop
Next door
0.10-mile out-and-back out-and-back in Minnesota with 10 ft of elevation gain.
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Boulder Ridge
~2 min drive
0.5-mile out-and-back ski route on Boulder Ridge in Minnesota.
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Luce Line Regional Trail
~20 min drive
0.12-mile out-and-back trail in Minnesota with 43 ft of elevation gain.
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Hyland Hills Ski Area
~3 min drive
Hyland Hills Ski Area in Minnesota has 7 lifts and 11 runs with 3 easy, 5 intermediate, and 3 advanced options.
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North Trail
~1 min drive
North Trail is a 1.27-mile out-and-back route in Minnesota with 166 feet of elevation gain.
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Star Loop
~1 min drive
0.18-mile out-and-back ski out-and-back in Minnesota with 29 ft of elevation gain.
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Lower Ironwood Trail
~17 min drive
0.46-mile out-and-back trail in Minnesota with 35 ft of elevation gain.
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Osprey Trail
~3 min drive
0.10-mile out-and-back trail in Minnesota with 20 ft of elevation gain.
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