Green Gate Projects
Things to do on the Iron Range- Giants Ridge Slush Cup
The annual alpine Slush Cup is coming up March 17-18 at Giants Ridge. We’re talkin’ BBQ, dancing, the famous Slush Cup, themed costume competition, and awesome alpine skiing conditions in seasonally mild weather. Perfect. Green Gate Guest House is still available for that weekend, so give us a call and book your getaway to snow … Read more
Things to do on the Iron Range- Earth Fest 2012
Thinking about spring, anyone? It’s gonna be a GREEN one! We’ll be exhibiting at the 4th annual Iron Range Earth Fest in Mountain Iron April 21st, as well as the Living Green Expo at the State Fairgrounds in St. Paul May 5-6. Mark your calendars for these two great events- we hope to see you … Read more
Snow days
We are booked every weekend through March 3rd, but have plenty of mid-week availability. For our blog followers and Facebook fans, we are offering Green Gate Guest House at $99/night weekdays until the snow is gone! The alpine, snowboarding, nordic, and snowshoeing trails are all open and groomed to perfection, so schedule a ‘sick of … Read more
Perfect ski conditions on the Iron Range!
One of the things that attracted us to this property is the close proximity to Giants Ridge- I believe we are the ONLY residence with ski-in, ski-out access to the nordic trail system. Once the snow is adequate (usually by Christmas, but a little later this season!), we are able to use the snow-covered Mesabi … Read more
Things to do on the Iron Range- Laiskiainen Festival
If you’ve been craving some ethnic comfort food and perhaps a slide down an ice luge, you’re in luck- come to Palo MN this weekend for the Finnish Laiskiainen Festival! This annual event on the Iron Range has a lot to offer both indoors and out. Hometown Focus, our local paper, wrote this article about … Read more
Building the Solar Behemoth- a slideshow chronology
We’re very pleased that our solar heating project is getting so much attention- thousands of hits on our construction blog tells me that the interest in renewable energy is there! One of the goals of the project was to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of do-it-yourself solar heating projects in extreme climates like northern Minnesota. … Read more
Things to do, places to go….
The Iron Range Tourism Bureau (funded by lodging tax revenue), has developed two impressive internet sites to help you plan your next trip to our area. There’s lots of great information on things to do nearby, so check them out at http://ironrange.org/ and http://www.explore.ironrange.org/
Building the dream…
We get a lot of questions about our unique guest house and how exactly it came to be, so we put together a slideshow chronology of the entire process. 4 years and 10,000+ manhours of labor compressed into about 2 minutes! You can see the deconstruction of the original hay barn, construction of the ‘new’ guest house, … Read more
Let’s Ride Bikes!
One of the reasons we live here is for the fantastic cycling routes, both on and off-road. For starters, we are just a few blocks off the Mesabi Bike Trail- one of the longest paved bike trails in America. For years, we have been the end-of-the-line, as the trail terminates at Giant’s Ridge Golf and Ski resort … Read more
