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Winter’s beauty in the North Country

Posted on by Kate Lemon

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Now that spring is surprisingly already here in northern Minnesota, I’ve been reflecting upon this past winter and some of the beautiful sights I’ve seen.

While out scouting trail here in northern Minnesota the last couple of months, I noticed several things that reminded me of the beauty and harshness of the North Country in winter!  Here are several photos that I wanted to share…

Scenes of Winter’s Beauty

NCT flag line through the oaks - Frazee School Forest
Ripple effect of the windblown snow - Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Trumpeter swans enjoying open water in the Otter Tail River within Hubbell Pond WMA
XC ski-hiking trail - Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge

Scenes of Winter’s Harshness

Evidence of porcupines feeding on the inner bark

Wildlife tracks in windblown snow along the edge of Tamarac Lake – Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge

Here’s another couple of pictures from the Itasca Moraine Chapter’s 2/27 snowshoe hike at Itasca State Park

NCT within Itasca State Park
Fresh (snowshoe) tracks on the NCT within Itasca State Park
The Davis family having fun building a "snowman trail adopter" on the hike