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(@perry-williams)
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As a side note...

Somebody decided to be fancy and make a color map for these trails, but certain colors faded and left only the direction arrows. Got us confused a couple of times on the mountain bikes before we figured it out.

there's a nice view of Grand Marais MN from the top of Pin Cushion Mountain:

 
Posted : August 2, 2011 8:48 am
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So where is the proverbial pincushion? What is the back story about the place?

 
Posted : August 2, 2011 12:14 pm
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Hopefully someone from the Grand Marais MN will tell us.

> So where is the proverbial pincushion? What is the back story about the place?

Don't know Darrell, Hopefully someone from the Grand Marais MN will tell us.

 
Posted : August 2, 2011 4:18 pm
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Hopefully someone from the Grand Marais MN will tell us.

Hopefully! Sounds like it could be an interesting story! 🙂

 
Posted : August 2, 2011 4:45 pm
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Hopefully someone from the Grand Marais MN will tell us.

Well, if you were looking for a "mountain" in MN, that was your 1st mistake....just sayin'

 
Posted : August 2, 2011 5:19 pm
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Hopefully someone from the Grand Marais MN will tell us.

> Well, if you were looking for a "mountain" in MN, that was your 1st mistake....just sayin'

Not really mountains, but having the big lake right next to you while you hiked was cool.

 
Posted : August 2, 2011 6:18 pm
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It's thought to be shaped like a pincushion. You can kind of see this from out on the big lake. As it is a bald granite outcrop, setting a whole bunch of monuments there would be problematic. Bring your rock drill.

 
Posted : September 11, 2011 4:51 pm