Connecting people to the outdoors through experiences that grow community.
FEATURED
At Loppet Summer Adventure Camp youth ages 8 – 13 spend their days (Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) diving into a world of non-stop outdoor fun. Kids break into small groups with enthusiastic counselors and rotate through different activities throughout the day!
Trail Kids Mountain Bike Sessions
Trail Kids offers three sessions of six-week mountain bike programs for novice to advanced riders. Participants ages 7-13 will explore single-track trails while gaining skills they can use for a lifetime.
Loppet Fitness
Loppet Fitness classes offer many weekday and weekend options for strength training and yoga!
Loppet Cycle Works – Gravity
LCW Gravity is a broad approach to introducing, applying and refining the technical mountain bike skills and terrain awareness that build confidence on and off the bike across disciplines for youth riders 12-17.
Events Coming Up
We hope you will join us for our upcoming events focused on creating community in the outdoors! We have events for all ages, abilities and experience levels – explore them all below:
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Request for Proposals: Trailhead Café Concession Operator
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and Loppet Foundation seek a highly qualified concession operator for The Trailhead facility in...
The Loppet Announce News Six-Month Cafe Partner, Beginning Search for Long-Term Tenant
Minneapolis (December 1, 2025) — The Loppet is pleased to announce a new Trailhead Cafe partner, open for winter, starting December 1, 2025. This...
The Loppet Awarded $500,000 Multi-Year Grant For Habitat Conservation
(Minneapolis September 22, 2025) – The Loppet is honored to announce that they have been awarded the Conservation Partners Legacy (CPL) Grant...
Hit The Trails This Spring: A Road Runners Guide to Trail Running
Written by Coach Aaron Boike from Performance Running Gym - The Official Run Coaching Partner of The Loppet Can you smell that? Yeah - that’s the smell of pine trees, fresh dirt, and no car exhaust. We are lucky living in the Twin Cities - with natural surface trails...
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