Lutsen SNA


	Location

	Maps
	Detail map (MN DNR)

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	Size
	720 acres

	Parking
	County Road 5, Lutsen Ski Area parking lot, north of trail N47 39.534, W90 42.696 County Road 5, Lutsen Access Snowmobile Trail, pull-off at trail (recommended) N47 39.404, W90 42.745 County Road 5, Lutsen Access Snowmobile Trail, pull-off south of trail N47 39.316, W90 42.763 County Road 5, LTTA Ski Trail, pull-off at trail N47 38.951, W90 42.475 Homestead Road & County Road 4 N47 40.403, W90 39.685


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					Cook County
					Northeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	The Lutsen Access Snowmobile Trail follows a former forest road. LTTA Ski Trail (NF-1230) is a former forest road now used as a ski trail. Follow the Lutsen Access Trail almost ½ mile east to the SNA. Follow it another 140 yards to the information kiosk and trail intersection. At the intersection the Lutsen Access Snowmobile Trail continues east and the LTTA Ski Trail (NF-1230), heads north and south. Follow NF-1230 north and northeast 1.4 miles to the east border of the SNA. At this point either double back to the kiosk, or continue 40 yards northeast to another trail intersection, then take the Lutsen Access Snowmobile Trail back to to the kiosk.

	Hunting
	All hunting; except only deer hunting in Scherer Conservation Unit. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Laurentian Mixed Forest
	Ecological Section			Northern Superior Uplands
	Ecological Subsection			North Shore Highlands
	Land Type Association			North Shore Till Plain Tettegouche Till Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype Beaver Wetland Complex Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) Mesic Mafic Cliff (Northern) Mesic Scrub Talus (Northern) Paper Birch - Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) Rich Black Spruce Swamp (Basin) Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) Upland White Cedar Forest White Cedar - Yellow Birch Forest
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Parking, County Road 5, Lutsen Access Snowmobile Trail, pull off at trail




	Parking, County Road 5, LTTA Ski Trail, pull-off at trail




	Wood Routed Sign


	Interpretive Sign


	Snowmobile Trail

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	About Established in 1994, Lutsen SN has ridges, slopes, cliffs and valleys that support one of the largest blocks of essentially undisturbed old-growth northern hardwood forest in Minnesota. Learn more about this site at www.mndnr.gov/snas/sna01070

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