Cross Country Skiing in North Dakota

North Dakota's state parks have an assortment of cross country ski trails designed to challenge novice and advanced skiers. In particular, Cross Ranch, Turtle River, Lake Metigoshe and Icelandic state parks offer excellent cross country skiing opportunities when winter descends on North Dakota.
 

While groomed trails can be found throughout the state, there are also areas where skiers can blaze their own trails through undisturbed snow.
 

Snowshoers, hikers and pets must stay off the groomed portions of state park ski trails...in particular, the "grooves" or tracks that skiers glide along.

Park Name	Length	Description
Cross Ranch (Sanger)	10 miles	marked/groomed, warming house, cabin rental
Ft. Abraham Lincoln (Mandan)		skiing allowed, no groomed trails
Ft. Ransom (Ft. Ransom)	6.5 miles	marked/groomed, warming house
Ft. Stevenson (Garrison)	3 miles	marked/groomed
Grahams Island (Devils Lake)	3.5 miles	marked/groomed
Icelandic (Cavalier)	5 miles	marked/groomed
Lake Metigoshe (Bottineau)	11 miles	marked/groomed, ski rentals, warming house, cabin rentals
Lake Sakakawea (Pick City)	skiing allowed, no maintained trails
Lewis & Clark (Williston)	4 miles	marked/groomed
Turtle River (Arvilla)	5 miles	marked/groomed, warming house