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Trail Work Weekend is Back for 2025!

“Trail Work Weekend” is back! After a long hiatus, we’ve decided we have the right staff and enough overgrown ski trails to host one of Bearskin’s facorite events again, Trail Work Weekend.

Work Weekend 2026 starts Friday, October 31, which makes it the perfect getaway for people who want something fun to do over Halloween weekend that doesn’t involve a costume.  We promise to fill your trick or treat bag with a little Halloween candy!

Join the Bearskin crew for the final trimming on Bearskin’s miles and miles of wilderness Ski Trails. Check into your Bearskin cabin Friday night. On Saturday morning, November 1, we will head out on the trails for final hand trimming. Work until 1:00, then go back to your cabin for a late lunch. Join us Saturday night for dinner in the main lodge. Check-out on Sunday morning, November 2. All for only $130/person.

Of course, we expect a little trail clearing work from you in exchange for the great price, but we promise the emphasis will be on the “weekend” not “work.” Cabin of your choice, all the same price.  For various reasons we occasionally need to move work weekend guests to a different cabin other than their first choice, but we’d let you know beforehand if there is a change.

We’ve had work weekends with brilliantly sunny warm weather and we’ve had work weekends where it snowed. (Remember the time everyone had to run to Joynes in Grand Marais to buy winter boots? We learned to forewarn everyone after that!) We’ll provide loppers and nippers for trail trimming, but you are welcome to bring your own tools if you prefer. All trail trimmers need to be comfortable walking along woodsy, uneven trails. We always go in small groups of 4-6 people with a staff member, so the conversation is good and the situation feels safe and fun.

We’re always asked about whether the trail crew should be concerned about deer hunters out on the trails. Short answer is no — deer hunters in our area generally go elsewhere in the state where there are actually deer. But also, the firearms deer hunting season does not start until later in November this year.

Want to be here a few extra days? The dates before Trail Work Weekend are in “Value Season,” the cheapest rates of the season. You can book additional nights at the regular inexpensive seasonal rates.