Garden Lake Resort Blog

Travel by car or snowmobile in Fun Run 2013 January 26, 2013 to the towns of Babbitt, Tower and Ely and increase your chances of winning over 200 prizes. Money raised will go to support Snowmobile Trails in Ely, Babbitt and Tower! Prize drawings will be held at Fortune Bay Resort and Casino at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Your $20 pre-registration will automatically be entered for the Fun Run Grand Prizes. You need not be present to win for these prizes. Plus, Bonus Prize Tickets will be given to you on the day of the Fun Run. When you register at one of the three Check-In Points you will receive your Trail Map and one Bonus Ticket, at your next Check-In Point you'll get two more Bonus Tickets and at your third and final Check-In, you'll get an additional three Bonus Tickets for a total of 6! Support your trails, have a great time with your friends and family and have a great chance of winning prizes. A fun, fun day for ALL AGES with Fun Run 2013 on January 26, 2013!  Stay at Garden Lake Resort for your accomadations                            855-365-5498          www.gardenlakeresort.com          www.snowmobilefunrun.com

If you enjoy the winter and all the activities of being out in the elements, do not miss the Ely Winter Festival! This is a 10 day event starting February 2, 2012 and ending on February 12, 2012. The focal point of this event is in Whiteside Park where the snow carving takes place. Professional carvers travel from far and wide to take part in this symposium. You will be amazed and impressed as they turn large block of snow into living forms for your pleasure! There is also an amateur showing of smaller blocks with upcoming professional carvers. Mix this in with food, art walks, dancing, and community events and you will have a great winter vacation in Ely. For more information go to www.ely.org  and stay at Garden Lake Resort www.gardenlakeresort.com while attending this unique Winter Festival! 855-365-5498

Soon the hunters will be heading for the woods to find their trophy buck! With winter setting in and the temperatures dropping, the bucks will soon be in the rut. The population for Minnesota is high for 2011 and is allowing many areas to enjoy Hunters Choice, meaning you may shoot either a Buck or a Doe. Many hunters have their favourite areas “scoped” out and their hunting stands in place. Orange Camo is the hunter’s first choice for outerwear and most use grunts or rattling horns to attract the deer. Venison can be used for many great dish recipes and jerky, ground burger, and steaks are the preferred choice of many. Wilderness hunting is always an option in the Ely area if you like to get off the beaten trail and be more alone. It is always a great experience to hunt a remote area and enjoy a more pristine hunt! What a great time to spend in the Superior National Forest and at Garden Lake Resort. So, grab that rifle, and head north! Don’t forget to site in your scope so that you will be a successful White Tail Hunter.

It's blueberry time in Ely! 

One sure sign is seeing cars parked along the road in the Ely area where there is seemingly little else around. Today, there were two parked cars at different places along the Kawishiwi Trail, just before the turn down Garden Lake Road to our Ely MN resort.  Sure enough, about 100 yards from one of the vehicles, someone with a bucket was crouched down in the brush, picking wild blueberries. 

The berries are here--ripe and ready and just in time for Ely's biggest event of the year, The Blueberry Arts Festival.

When the time comes that you're ready to put your fishing gear aside for a bit and move from the water to the shore, consider the many hiking trails around the Ely area.  There are as many trails to navigate and explore as there are lakes, it seems. Some of our favorites are within a ten-mile radius of Garden Lake Resort.

In town, we have the Trezona Trail, a four mile loop around Miners Lake.  The trail is mostly paved and moderate. Here you'll find people of all ages walking, biking, rollerblading, pushing strollers and walking dogs. The trail is popular with cross country skiers in the winter-and in the summer, as they train using roller skies.

Just up the Fernberg Road is the Kawishiwi Falls hiking trail that leads to the impressive waterfalls created by the Fall Lake dam. The loop to the falls and back to the parking area is approximately two miles. The trail is moderate and well maintained; however, you'll want to wear sturdy hiking shoes to keep a steady foot over rocks and roots. The trail leads to an area of low, flat rocks just below the falls that makes for a perfect picnic spot.