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East Isles Donates Snowmobile

Participants in photo from left to right: Mike Erlandson, East Isles president; Robert Ibler, Loppet Foundation
trails and operations director; Mike Bono, grooming volunteer; Jim Van Iwaarden, grooming volunteer; Josh
Kent, grooming volunteer; Meg Forney, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board president; Brian Milavitz, grooming volunteer and EINA board member; Martin Richmond, grooming volunteer; and Claire Wilson, Loppet
Foundation executive director.

On Friday, January 6, The Loppet Foundation, the Minneapolis Park Board, and the East Isles Neighborhood Association celebrated the arrival of a new snowmobile donated by the neighborhood association for grooming ski trails and adjacent walking/ biking trails.

The popular trails on Bde Maka Ska, Lake of the Isles, Cedar Lake, Brownie Lake and the connecting channels are all groomed by a Loppet volunteer crew made up of primarily neighborhood cross country skiers.

The trails are maintained throughout the winter as long conditions are favorable and connect to the extensive Wirth Park ski trail system. The snowmobile replaces another that was nearing end of life.

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