Twin Lake Trail
- 0.5 mi
- round trip
- 161 ft
- climb
- 895 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr, Jun–Oct
- best months
Twin Lake Trail is a short cross-country ski route in Theodore Wirth Regional Park, Minnesota, on land managed by the city. The trail runs half a mile and is rated moderate. Skied as an out-and-back, the outing covers about a mile in total. The terrain stays gentle: the trail gains about 16 feet one way, ranging between roughly 859 and 895 feet in elevation. Its steepest pitch, around 4 percent, comes about three-tenths of a mile in. For ski season, typical averages from the nearby New Hope weather station put January highs around 24°F with lows near 7°F, while February runs slightly milder, with highs near 29°F. The route sits within a cluster of park ski trails, with Green Meadow Loop and Inner Meadow each about a tenth of a mile away. The Luce Line Regional Trail lies about 0.2 miles off, and Jim's Hill is about 0.3 miles away, so it's easy to string this short segment together with others for a longer session.
Best time to go · Apr, Jun–Oct
Best time to visit Twin Lake Trail
Best months: April and June–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° / 7°
10 wet
Feb
29° / 11°
8 wet
Mar
42° / 23°
9 wet
Apr
57° / 35°
11 wet
May
69° / 48°
13 wet
Jun
78° / 58°
12 wet
Jul
82° / 63°
11 wet
Aug
80° / 61°
9 wet
Sep
72° / 52°
10 wet
Oct
57° / 39°
10 wet
Nov
41° / 26°
9 wet
Dec
28° / 14°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at New Hope, MN, 2.6 mi away at 910 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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