Trail section above beloved Bean and Bear lakes on North Shore will close for repair

Source: Star Tribune

A section of North Shore trail coursing past perhaps one of the most iconic and photographed areas in the Minnesota outdoors will close to hikers beginning May 15. Part of the rugged, 310-mile Superior Hiking Trail includes overlooks hundreds of feet above Bean and Bear lakes near Silver Bay, Minn. , dramatic scenes that draw hikers (and photograph-seekers) in every season.