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Snowmobiling Throughh Northern Minnesota ’ s Historic Mining

Communities

BY NICK LONGWORTH

If you ’ re from anywhere within earshot of the Upper Midwest , you ’ ve likely heard of the Minnesota Iron Range .

have become a hotbed for political debate again in recent years between locals and tourists alike , both in the state
families with uncertainty . The area offers mammoth lakes that stretch for miles on end without touching
any and all controversy lies a silver lining – a snowmobile community riddled with dedicated clubs composed of amazing in-
The term refers to a collection of
and nationally – in some cases putting
land again , connecting trails on a wide
dividuals who care deeply about not only
elongated iron-ore mining districts
environmentalists and capitalists at
variety of terrain , from rolling hills to
the local trail network and philanthropy
throughout Northern Minnesota that
odds and leaving whole communities of
winding , tree-lined paradises . Beyond
efforts , but also about bringing in new-