Many of these organizations offer guided hikes/snowshoes/backpacking trips, social events focused on hiking, and trail maintenance/building events in Minnesota.
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- American Hiking Society
- American Trails
- American Volkssport Association clubs in Minnesota
- Barefoot Hikers of Minnesota
- Border Route Trail Association (BRTA)
- Boundary Waters Advisory Committee
- Kekekabic Trail Club (KTC)
- Leave no trace
- Minnesota Parks and Trails Council
- Minnesota Rovers
- The North Country Trail Association (NCTA) in Minnesota
- Northstar Trail Travelers
- Superior Hiking Trail Association (SHTA)
Meetup.com is a social networking tool that helps individuals find outdoor activities offered nearby. These are some of the Minnesota Meetup groups that focus on hiking.
- AdventueHER (Twin Cities)
- Friends of the Border Route Trail
- Friends of BWCA Trails
- Hike the North Country Trail in Western Minnesota (Detroit Lakes)
- The Minneapolis/St. Paul Backpackers Meetup Group
- Minnesota Arrowhead North Country Trail hikers (Remer-Grand Rapids)
- Minnesota Walking Meetup (Twin Cities)
- Paul Bunyan & Chippewa Forests NCT hikers (Park Rapids-Walker-Bemidji)
- Red River Valley Outdoors (Fargo-Moorhead)
- Rochester Outdoor Meetup Group
- Superior-St. Croix-Brule Hikers (Duluth-Superior)
- Twin Cities Hiking Meetup