tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11710728.post-4384738705642308042008-02-28T07:45:00.006-06:002008-03-01T06:31:09.854-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_8FsIqD2nFa8/R8bA5Fq6C5I/AAAAAAAAACk/27rSBGh4jxY/s1600-h/2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_8FsIqD2nFa8/R8bA5Fq6C5I/AAAAAAAAACk/27rSBGh4jxY/s320/2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172033309088811922" border="0" /></a>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gunflint</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Trail's</span> annual winter festival - Winter Tracks begin today and run through Monday, March 3. The event is put on by the lodges and people of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gunflint</span> to celebrates the "best of winter." This year along the Gunflint Trail you will find snow <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sculpture</span> carved by local artist <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">at</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Swamper</span> Lake, Trail Center, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Laurentian</span> Divide and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Gunflint</span> Lake Overlook. Snow "huts" are displayed at Bearskin and Trail Center.<br /><br />You can find local artwork for sale during Winter Tracks at Bearskin Lodge, Trail Center, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Gunflint</span> Lodge and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Gunflint</span> Pines Resort. The festival's grand prize is Nancy Seaton's orginal art work- "A Snowflake" a copy of which is on this year's Winter Tracks button (above). Seaton's painting will be award at a drawing from Winter Track participants following the festival.<br /><br />Events begin at Golden Eagle Lodge at 10 am today with an introduction to snowshoeing and a guided trek followed by "knit by the fire" at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Heston's</span> Lodge from 2-4 pm. See all the events scheduled for Winter Tracks at <a href="http://www.wintertracks.com/">http://www.wintertracks.com.</a>Gunflintnoreply@blogger.com