Loopet Loppet 2021 Recap

Hey Loopet participants, volunteers, and everyone else who came out to watch and cheer! Thank you so much for coming out to the 2021 Loopet Loppet and making the event such asuccess. Together you ran or helped people to run 942 laps totaling 3,869.4 miles on a...

In the Park: Eloise Butler

Eloise ca. 1921 (1) History Below: Eloise Butler, ca 1890s (2).   Eloise Butler was born in 1851 in Appleton, Maine and became a botany teacher. Upon moving to Minneapolis, Eloise frequently took students into the bogs of Glenwood park for lessons, known today as...

Behind the Medical Tent with Mark Bixby

Mark Bixby (R) and his dog Buddy pictured with a Sitka Salmon Shares CityTrail Loppet finisher (L). Mark has attended every Loppet race since they began, but never as a skier. One of the Loppet’s original board members and long time trusted medical director, he has...