DWP Trail – Neaton Adventures

Kingsbury Creek Trail-Duluth-Minnesota

February 5, 2025Posted in Adventure, Christi Neaton, Christi Neaton, hiking, Minnesota, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, UncategorizedTagged Adventure, Duluth, DWP Trail, exploring, hiking, Hiking Adventures, Kingsbury Creek Trail, Minnesota, nature photography, Outdoors, Winter, Winter hikingLeave a comment

We hiked Kingsbury Creek Trail on January 30^th, 2025.

The trail started right near the Duluth Zoo. We made our way around the outside of the zoo’s fence before veering off onto the main trail. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any animals.

It was a beautiful winter day to hike. The sun was shining brightly, and the temperature was a bit above freezing. It felt like a mini heat wave as we made our way along the trail.

The trail led us towards Spirit Mountain. Several people skiing were taking advantage of the gorgeous day as well.

We looped back towards our starting point.

We passed a sign in someone’s yard that made us laugh.

Today’s hiking adventure was 2.8 miles.

DWP Railroad Tunnel-Duluth-Minnesota

August 9, 2024Posted in Adventure, Christi Neaton, hiking, Minnesota, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, UncategorizedTagged Adventure, Christi Neaton, DWP Railroad Tunnel, DWP Trail, exploring, hiking, Hiking Adventures, Minnesota, nature photography, Outdoors2 Comments

We hiked the Duluth Winnipeg Pacific (DWP) Trail towards the DWP Railroad Tunnel July 26^th, 2024.

Summer is in full effect! It was a hot sunny morning as we began our adventure. The wildflowers were gorgeous.

We crossed over Stewart Creek taking in the view of Lake Superior off in the distance.

The universe gifted me with a wonderful birthday present. Two bucks crossed the trail right in front of us. We must have been able to get within 25 feet of the deer. Amazing!

Well…we chose to hike the wrong direction, so we turned around and hiked past our starting point making our way towards the tunnel.

Giant boulders lined the trail.

A monarch flew past us. It wouldn’t stop long enough for me to get a better photo. I’ll take what I can get.

Suddenly, we noticed a temperature change in the air. The DWP Railroad Tunnel appeared before us.

The tunnel was dark and cold. It felt great compared to the temperature outside.

A group of young gals were rappelling down from the top of the tunnel.

We went back through the tunnel as we made our way back to our starting point.

Today’s hiking adventure was 8.2 miles.