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For centuries the people of the Mongolian plateau have found yurts to be comfortable, convivial dwellings. These round, peaked-roofed, canvas-covered huts are warm and cozy. Over the past twenty years hundreds of skiers traveling the Banadad Ski Trail have found our yurts to be comfortable winter lodging. Now you can enjoy the comfort of a wilderness yurt all year round at the Tall Pines Yurt. Do not forget to bring your sense of adventure.

Yurt and ski team
Inside the yurt
Members of the Minnehaha Academy Ski Team

COVID UPDATE: Guests supply their own winter weight sleeping bags and towels. Paper plates, cups and plastice eating untensils are provided. Yurt is disinfected and sanitized between reservations.

The Tall Pines Yurt is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters near a stand of old growth white pines and on Hooker Lake, named by some comic loggers. Half of the lake is in the Boundary Waters. The Tall Pines, twenty-foot housekeeping yurt, is attractively furnished and is set-up to accommodate up to six people, sleeping on a futon and bunk beds. The yurt is heated by a wood stove, has a camp lights and a camp kitchen with pots, pans, percolator coffee pot, prep utensils, cook stove, dining table and chairs. Ask us about making camp coffee. Outside is an attached deck. A charcoal grill and most importantly, a Finnish sauna is nearby. Outhouse is located near the yurt also.

Hooker Lake is a natural environmental lake, requiring a significant setback for any structure. Over the years forest growth has occured around the shore, which has limited the visibility of the lake from the yurt. This lake is slowly turning into a bog and in the summer, it's surrounded by lots of bog flowers. It is a pretty lake, but not suitable for fishing or swimming. Yurters can drive over to the Guesthouse and fish and swim in Little Ollie Lake or portage into a nearby lake.

During the non-snow months you hike in three hundred feet from the summer parking area. The trail to the yurt connects to some of the finest mountain biking trails in the area. Hiking trails are just out the door and a canoe is provided for your use. Note: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has not renewed our lease for the Tall Pines yurt beginning April 1, 2022. We are so sad.

During the winter the yurt is an exclusive silent sports accommodation, accessible by a 1-kilometer ski or snowshoe trek on a groomed trail from the Lace Ski Lake Trail or winter parking area. The eastern trailhead of the Banadad is 2 kilometers away by skis. For the adventuresome skier, Boundary Country Trekking offers Yurt to Yurt Skiing between the Tall Pines and Croft Yurts along the Boundary Waters longest tracked trail: the Banadad.

In the winter, we bring in your luggage and food containers. In the summer, you can drive to a parking area near the yurt if you drive a high clearance vehicle. We supply and bring in your water. Year around, we recommend a picnic cooler to hold your food and ice. Ice is available at a local grocery, a three mile drive. During the winter, the Tall PInes yurt is not available on weekends or holidays, until one week before a weekend or holiday. The Tall Pines yurt is available for yurt to yurt resevations for weekends and holidays.

Pets welcome at the Tall Pines Yurt for a nominal fee. All our accommodations, including the Tall Pines Yurt, are smoke free. Because the yurts are located deep in the woods you might be visited by mice. We keep traps in the yurts and we run the trap line often.


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Tall Pines yurt Summer/Winter 2021 Daily Rates Weekly Rates
Date Midweek:
First 2 people
Weekend/Holiday:
First 2 people
Additional people First 2 people Additional people
Year around rate for 2021 $130/night $130/night $30/person/night $650/week $150/person

Children under 16 half price; under 3 are free.
Dog: $20/night; $50 maximum per dog.
Minimum stay of three nights except when on a Yurt to Yurt Ski Adventure.
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Reserve online or call us at 1-218-388-4487.
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