Horse-Drawn Sleigh Rides

Snow permitting, the rides will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00 & 7:30 PM and Saturdays at 6:00, 7:30 and 9:00 PM. (schedule may vary)

  • Saturday: $20 for adults                                                 $10 for children (12&under)
  • FREE ON TUESDAYS & WEDNSEDAYS
  • For reservations: Call 1- 888- 61NORTH or 218-663-7804

Ride through the beautiful forest near Cascade Lodge. You'll love the team of Belgian horses pulling the sleigh while you snuggle under blankets! Warm up with a bonfire & hot chocolate. Fun for the whole family! Credit card security deposit required for all rides. For reservations: Call 1- 888- 61NORTH or 218-663-7804.

Okontoe Sleigh Rides (see staff pick)

Okontoe Sleigh Rides requires a longer drive, but offers a magical experience. This is one of the few, if not only, horse drawn sleigh rides in the world to be completely lit by lanterns.

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Staff Pick

Okontoe Sleigh Rides, up the Gunflint Trail, offers the most magical sleigh ride in Minnesota and maybe the world. Everything, from seeing the massive, over a ton each, horses being hooked up to your sleigh, to the stories and songs sung by owner, Mark Patten, as he commands the horses into gallops and slows them around tight corners is a step back in time, in a place removed from the fast pace life of even laid back Grand Marais and Lutsen. After your sleigh ride through one of the only if not the only lantern lit course in the world, join the Patten family in their cozy log home for a cup of real, as in no instant mix here, hot chocolate. This is a true winter Northwood experience.