Come celebrate the Winter Solstice in the Northwoods!

Kick off your Holiday celebrations at Gunflint Lodge and celebrate the Winter Solstice with us. Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year, and when we start looking forward to longer days and shorter nights ahead. The Winter Solstice has been celebrated throughout time as the return of daylight and has played an important role in cultures worldwide from ancient times until today. In fact, many of the customs, symbols, and rituals associated with Christmas, such as Christmas lights and a lighted tree, are actually associated with ancient winter solstice celebrations. In ancient Scandinavia, a Yule—or Juul—log was brought in and burned on the hearth in honor of Thor, who’s job it was to bring the sun’s warmth back to the Earth.

This is the perfect time to gather your family or friends together for an early holiday celebration at Gunflint Lodge & Outfitters. Here we celebrate these traditions on the longest night of the year, both to enjoy our magical night skies—some of the darkest in the world on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness—one of the world’s largest designated International Dark Skies Sanctuary—and to begin preparing for the summer ahead, when canoers and hikers and fisherman will again return to the Northwoods. We will celebrate the Solstice with a guided Celestial Legends night hike. Your three-night stay will offer plenty of opportunity to enjoy the sunset over Gunflint Lake, watch the sunrise over the High Cliffs, photograph nocturnal animals, and even do some exploring during the day as well!

December 19-21, 2025

Package Includes:

• 3 night stay
• All meals from your evening of check-in through the breakfast the morning of your check-out
• Ski and Snowshoe equipment, ice skates, and sledding hill (weather permitting)
• Guided Naturalist Activities, including a guided Night Hike

Package Pricing:

• Starting at $ per person in a 1-bedroom Classic Cabin
• Starting at $ per person in a 2 or 3-bedroom Classic Cabin
• Starting at $ per person in a Romantic Cabin
• Starting at $ per person in a Gunflint Lake Home
• Prices based on cabin minimum met by adults
• Base cabin occupancies apply – vary per cabin. Call for details

Does not include appetizers or alcoholic beverages

Taxes and 8% resort fee are additional