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Media Information and Press Releases

Boundary Country Trekking- adventure vacations and lodging accommodations on the Gunflint Trail over the years has been the recipient of many articles in the North American media, not to mention the European press. The company has been covered in National Geographic Adventure, Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, Fortune, Backpacker, Home and Away (AAA), Forbes, Adventure West, Midwest Living, Boundary Waters Journal, Disney Adventure, Cross Country Skier, Silent Sports, Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, Minneapolis/St Paul, and Minnesota Monthly magazines to name just a few. Stories have appeared in most major newspaper markets throughout the continent - from the New York Times to the Seattle Times and from the Winnipeg Free Press to the Houston Chronicle and in numerous books, travel guides and in the e-media world.

• Winter Tracks Festival to Welcome Beargrease Mushers- February 12, 2005
• What's New for this Winter along the Gunflint's Banadad Ski Trail- November 29, 2004
• Boundary Country Trekking and the Banadad to be featured on TV- January 19, 2004
• Lodge to Lodge Bicycling Comes to the Mesabi- March 18, 2003
• New Gunflint Trail Bed and Breakfasts Open and Join in New Association - April 6, 2002
• The Banadad Ski Trail Opens--Guesthouse Extends Early Winter Special- November 28, 2002
• New Bed and Breakfast, Delayed by Storm, Opens on the Gunflint - October 25, 2001
• Web Enhancements Simplifies Scheduling Adventure Trips- April 29, 2000

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• Minnesota Bike Trails and Rides, "Mesabi to the Gitchi- Grand Excursion North," May 17, 2005, Dave Simpkins.
• National Geographic Adventure, February 2006, Jim Gorman.
• Midwest Living, Lodge to Lodge Hiking, 2005 Travel issue. Lodge to Lodge Hiking, October 2006, Barbara Morrow.
• St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 6, 2005, Beth Gauper.
• Cook County News Herald, Deep snow sets stage for 'Winter Tracks'", February 3, 2005, Joan Farnam.
• Mens Journal, February 2005.
• Environmental Journal, TV production by E Media Rare, Inc., January 2005- Guesthouse and Tall Pines Yurt
• www.onthesnow.com, "New Boundary Country Yurt", January 5, 2005, Jonathan Wiesel.
• New York Times, "The First Steps to a Hiking Trip", July 4, 2004, Martha Stevenson Olson.
• San Francisco Chronicle, "Minnesota Inns Are Gateway to Out Doors," September 5, 2004, Dave Mattes.
• Cook County News Herald, "Volunteers attack Brush on the Banadad," November 26, 2004.
• Duluth News Tribune, Jun. 20, 2004 (Mesabi Trail Lodge to Lodge).
• www.skinnyski.com, "Yurts Increase on Banadad", November 29, 2004.
• www.skinnyski.com, "Banadad Trail 'Attacked'", November 22, 2004 (Trail Clearing).
• Minnesota Volunteer, "Brittle Beauty", November 2004, Rick Naymark (Yurt to Yurt Skiing).
• Cook County News Herald, "There is no Yurt Like a New Yurt," November 5, 2004, Joan Farnam.
• Cook County News Herald, "Genghis on the Gunflint," February 6, 2004, Joan Farnam.
• St. Paul Pioneer Press, Mesabi Trail Lodge to Lodge Bicycling, May 6, 2004.
• Minneapolis Tribune, Lodge to Lodge Hiking, April 4, 2004.

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Company History

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