Adventures Junior Loppet

Junior Loppet

Junior Loppet is a year-round, after-school program designed to empower middle school students in Minneapolis through a variety of outdoor activities, such as cross-country skiing, mountain biking, trail running, orienteering, paddling, camping, and nature exploration. The program targets schools where the majority of students qualify for free and reduced lunch. Junior Loppet fosters key outcomes of experience, healing, belonging, and empowerment. The program meets 2-3 days per week during the school year and runs throughout the summer, offering a combination of training, events, races, and weekend camping trips.

Through these outdoor adventures, students develop healthy habits, enhance their social and emotional skills, and build meaningful connections that set them on a path to success. Junior Loppet creates a supportive environment where youth can grow, thrive, and build resilience through physical activity, teamwork, and personal achievement.

Junior Loppet Summer programming will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Participants can look forward to paddling, hiking, orienteering, nature connection, team building, archery, gardening, outdoor play, biking, and mountain biking. 

Partners

Junior-Loppet School Partners:

Anwatin Middle School

Franklin Middle School 

Northeast Middle School

Northside Adventures Program

Olsen Middle School

 

Share Winter Foundation

McVay Foundation 

REI Co-op

Butler Family Foundation 

Minneapolis Kiwanis Foundation

Glen Helgeson Family Foundation

Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

Join the Community

Support The Loppet Foundation

The Loppet depends on our community to support our mission through donations, membership and volunteering.

Support our mission of connecting people to the outdoors through experiences that grow community.

Membership at the Loppet directly supports our mission and gets you added benefits to enjoy!

We depend on volunteers to ensure our programs and events offer the best experience. Lend your time at the Loppet!