2023 Juneteenth Fun Run

What a day filled with joy! On Saturday, June 17 The Loppet was excited to host our inaugural Juneteenth Fun Run! The Juneteenth Fun Run featured a 5K race and half mile fun run and honored beloved North Minneapolis elders, Bill and Beverly Cottman. Juneteenth is the...

2023 Spirit of the Loppet

We celebrated the 2023 Spirit of the Loppet breakfast fundraiser on Thursday, June 1. This year we were excited to have Jordan Marie Brings Three Horses Whetstone as our featured speaker and to honor Leroy Leftwich as our Volunteer of the Year Award recipient. ...

Junior Loppet Invitational Tour 2023

And just like that the winter season for Junior Loppet has wrapped up! All winter the Junior Loppet participants from Anwatin Middle School, Franklin Middle School and Northeast Middle School met two to three times per week to work on their cross country skiing skills...

World Cup Letter to the Community

Dear Loppet Community –  It is with sheer joy that we have announced the Loppet Cup –  a FIS COOP Cross-Country Ski World Cup to be held February 17 – 19 (President’s Day Weekend!) 2024.  I wanted to tell you a little bit about why we...

A Message From Utepils Brewing

Both Utepils Brewing and The Loppet Foundation have been around for years; each of us excelling at our respective passions.  Last fall we finally officially connected with Utepils Brewing becoming the official beer of The Loppet.  We want to introduce...