Sandrock Ski Trail

The 2.5 mile loop trail goes to the Sandrock Cliff area and returns.  Though originally designed for hiking, the trail is also for skiers who don't mind a narrow trail corridor.  The trail is not tracked, making it ideal for a short bushwack ski.  Because of the two moderate hills, we recommend you begin on the west side of the loop.  The trail gets its name from and is built on a knob of cambrian sandstone.  This 600 million year old rock was at one time an island in a much larger St Croix river.  The St Croix, perhaps 3 miles wide during post-glacial times, carried melted water from retreating glaciers in the north. As you ski through winter's majesty, think about what this area must have been like during the retreat of the last ice age...