Great Outdoors

Great Outdoors: Gearing Up for a Season on the Brule River

Great Outdoors: UMD’s Clean Snowmobile Team Takes 3rd in National Competition

DULUTH, Minn. - Living in the Northland, most people have seen and heard snowmobiles buzzing through the snow during the winter months. Over at UMD, a group of students has…

Great Outdoors - St. Louis River Offers Many Opportunities to Get Outside

SUPERIOR, Wis. - The St. Louis River Summit is happening at UW-Superior. We'll take a look at how important the St. Louis River is to our region and how Northlanders…

Adaptive Skiing Program Helps Make Skiing Accessible to Everyone

DULUTH, Minn.- Sam Mahoney was a snowboarder 7 years ago, before he sustained a tragic injury that stopped him from pursuing the sport he loved "I never got back on…

Business is Booming at Local Bait Shops

DULUTH, Minn. - We’re learning the recent mid-winter warm-up has not impacted business at local bait shops in the Northland. Store owners at Chalstrom’s Bait and Tackle, and Fisherman’s…

2017 American Birkebeiner Cancelled

For only the second time in 44 years all ski races set for this weekend's Annual American Birkebeiner have been cancelled. The only other time this happened was in 2000. Organizers for…

Great Outdoors: Ice Climbing

DULUTH, Minn. - Ice climbing in the Northland is a sport that's always popular during the winter. In this week’s edition of FOX 21's Great Outdoors, we tag along with UMD ice climbing…

Runners, Bikers, and Skiers Travel 135 Miles in the Snow

DULUTH, Minn.- Joe Stiller has been competing in the Arrowhead Ultra for 4 years, and says the 135 mile race is one of his favorites. "This has a real tight…

[gtxvideo vid='Lw67TfkK' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Lw67TfkK.jpg' vtitle='Great Outdoors: Snowmobiling'] In this week's Great Outdoors, we head out to check in with people out enjoying the nicer weather while hitting the trails with their snowmobiles.