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Hike · Snowbank trailhead

Snowbank

Distance
13.6 mi
Vertical
889 ft
Summit
1,578 ft
Difficulty
Strenuous

The Snowbank Trail is a 28-mile loop in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota, threading the perimeter of Snowbank Lake along the southeastern margin of the wilderness in Lake County. The trail crosses the Kekekabic — the long east-west wilderness route…

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Snowbank Lake from a trailside opening — wind-blown water and a forested island typical of the Boundary Waters shoreline.
Aaron Fulkerson · CC BY 2.5
A small rock cairn balanced on smooth Precambrian shield bedrock — the trail finds its way across the polished granite by markers like this.
Aaron Fulkerson · CC BY 2.5
Snowbank Lake on a gray summer morning, viewed across the open water from a pine-shaded landing along the trail.
Aaron Fulkerson · CC BY 2.5

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