Cross Country Ski Tails
in North Dakota State Parks
North Dakota's state parks have an assortment of cross country ski trails designed to challenge novice and advanced skiers. In particular, Cross Ranch, Turtle River, Lake Metigoshe and Icelandic state parks offer excellent cross country skiing opportunities when winter descends on North Dakota.
While groomed trails can be found throughout the state, there are also areas where skiers can blaze their own trails through undisturbed snow.
Snowshoers, hikers and pets must stay off the groomed portions of state park ski trails...in particular, the "grooves" or tracks that skiers glide along.
Park Name |
Length |
Description |
Cross Ranch (Sanger) |
10 miles |
marked/groomed, warming house, cabin rental |
Ft. Abraham Lincoln (Mandan) |
|
skiing allowed, no groomed trails |
Ft. Ransom (Ft. Ransom) |
6.5 miles |
marked/groomed, warming house |
Ft. Stevenson (Garrison) |
3 miles |
marked/groomed |
Grahams Island (Devils Lake) |
3.5 miles |
marked/groomed |
Icelandic (Cavalier) |
5 miles |
marked/groomed |
Lake Metigoshe (Bottineau) |
11 miles |
marked/groomed, ski rentals, warming house, cabin rentals |
Lake Sakakawea (Pick City) |
skiing allowed, no maintained trails |
|
Lewis & Clark (Williston) |
4 miles |
marked/groomed |
Turtle River (Arvilla) |
5 miles |
marked/groomed, warming house |
Current Trail Conditions
All cross country ski trails in state parks are closed.
