Bearskin Lodge

Last month, Bob was out on a walk after dark, when he started to hear the very recognizable who cooks for you sound of a barred owl coming from near […]

When we first came to Bearskin, we’d never seen a flying squirrel. The first time we saw one up close was on a winter night when we spotted what we […]

Many of our guests have had the experience of looking out their cabin windows and seeing an adorable creature looking back at them from below the bird feeder.  If you […]

Can you believe that 2025 is the 100th anniversary of Bearskin Lodge? In honor of that milestone, we’ll be publishing a book about Bearskin next year – and we want […]

Ski season at Bearskin is just around the corner! If you’ve skied with us on the Central Gunflint Trail system before, you probably know that we have 80+K of excellent […]

Seeing a moose is a bucket list item for many Bearskin guests. What’s even better than seeing one moose? Seeing moose with babies! Baby moose (called calves) are born in […]

Where are the birds? According to Bearskin’s Haikubox, an AI device that records and analyzes bird sounds, there are 131 species of birds that live around the resort in various […]

What was that animal? Completely brown with minimal lighter markings, the size of house cat, long-bodied, and slipping furtively through the woods, these mystery creatures are being observed more frequently […]

A great horned owl or barred owl may cut a majestic figure in the night sky, but no owl in northern Minnesota is as adorable as the tiny Northern Saw-whet owl. Weighing about […]

We are about to kick off something new with the Bearskin Blog, but our last post – now over a year old — seems like it is just hanging there, without an […]