Located just East of Detroit Lakes near Detroit Mountainon Tower Road these are the newest trails in the Detroit Lakes area! There is an outer 5k loop with two inner 3k and 1k loops, all groomed for skate and classic. MAP  -- Directions

Located on County Rd 19 just off of Hwy 59, Dunton Locks has 6.1 km of groomed trails. The North side is groomed for Classic, the South side has a Classic trail and a Skate trail.

More info: http://www.co.becker.mn.us/dept/parks_recreation/dunton_locks.aspx

Located on Camp Cherith Road, just East of Detroit Lakes off Hwy 10, Five Lakes Nordic has 20k of trails groomed for both Skate and Classic. Work on a new, classic only trail will begin later in 2009.

More info: http://www.fivelakesresort.com/winter.htm

Located North of Detroit Lakes off of County Rd 34 and Goat Ranch Rd, Maplelag offers 64k of superbly groomed trails for both Skate and Classic.

More info & trail reports: http://www.maplelag.com/trails/trail-reports 

Located just North of Tamarack Wildlife Refuge Rainbow Resort has 23k of groomed trails for Skate and Classic with some wicked hills.

More info and trail reports: http://www.rainbowresort.com/seasons/xcski.cfm 

Located South of Detroit Lakes on County Hwy 22 off of Hwy 59 Spidahl's has 20k of groomed Skate and Classic Trails.

 For more info: http://www.skigaard.com/index.html

Backwoods skiing through Tamarac Wilderness Refuge. Minimal grooming (to the best of my knowledge!)

For more info: http://www.detroitlakes.com/skimaps/pine.html 

For general information on skiing in Minnesota.

 http://www.mnnordicski.org/index.htm