Minnesota trails · Hogback Lupus Trail Loop
Hogback Lupus Trail Loop
A 1.6-mile out-and-back in Minnesota, with 108 ft of climbing. Reaches Twin Lakes and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 1.6 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Twin Lakes (lake)
- Canal Lake (lake)
- Hogback Lake (lake)
- Cliff Lake (lake)
- Scarp Lake (lake)
- Mound Lake (lake)
Getting there
Hogback Lupus Loop access — parking nearby. About 3 h 16 min drive (99 mi, 13 of them unpaved) from Virginia. 47.64460, -91.13482 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:50 a.m., the sun rises at 7:21 a.m. and sets at 6:18 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:49 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 57 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.2-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 17 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:38 a.m. — 9 h 40 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Hogback Lupus Trail Loop + Hogback Scarp Loop — 2.9 mi loop, 408 ft gain
- Hogback Lupus Trail Loop + Hogback Lupus Loop + Hogback Connector — 3.8 mi loop, 640 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Hogback Lupus Loop — 1.5 mi
- Powwow Trail — 15.5 mi
- Tettegouche Lake Trail — 20.7 mi
- Old Pines Loop — 24.3 mi