Winter in Crane Lake, Minnesota

An edit of some of the scenes of my life living wayy up north during the winter of 2020. Snowmobiling, hockey, skiing, and taking in some cold but gorgeous views of the North Woods of Minnesota.

Music by IWC Studio - One song a week: Week 3
   • One song a week: Week 3  

Shot with Sony a6000, GoPro Hero6 Black, and DJI Phantom 3 Standard. Lenses both Sony (16-50, 55-210)

If you enjoyed this video check out my drone edit of The Crane Lake Challenge: North Minnesota Snowmobile Racing 2020
   • North Minnesota Snowmobile Racing 2020  

In the summer, Crane Lake is the southern gateway for adventurers to explore Voyageurs National Park via skiff, houseboat, and canoe. When the water freezes over (six feet thick in some places), boating gives way to sledding, and canoeing to cross country skiing or snowshoeing. Casting and trolling the open lake turn into jigging and drinking over the ice holes. The bugs give way to bitter cold. Temperatures drop below negative thirty fahrenheit and an already sparsely populated stretch of wilderness becomes all the more desolate. It's a great time to get outdoors and enjoy the serenity, often under still-blue skies.

Just a few miles from Canada, Crane connects directly to Sand Point Lake and Namakan Lake - both of which are divided in half by the international border - as well as Lake Kabetogama. From this chain, Quetico Provincial Park (Northwest Ontario) and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Superior National Forest) are also accessible. Most of the frozen months see traffic explore the vast trail system in the name of a joyride, where a rip from Atikokan or the communities of Lake Superior take only a few hours.