Simply print it out and bring it along for guidance in the car or on the trail. Map Symbols Trailhead. Proceed one mile to entrance on left. Frontenac State Park commands high ground with a panoramic blufftop vista that embraces a 20 mile sweep of Lake Pepin, that grand bulge in the Mississippi River formed by the natural damming effect of the Chippewa River delta just downstream.
Ski trails follow the top of the bluff and offer a moving panorama of the river valley below.
Except during the most severe cold snaps there are stretches of open water on Lake Pepin that allow bald eagles to spend the winter. Bring a pair of binoculars and watch for the large birds gliding below or perched in large trees near the shoreline. While you can drive to the top of the bluff, you'll certainly want to earn the fun downhill return run by skiing up the ravine. Another trail follows the valley floor around the historic town of Frontenac to Sand Point and a water-level view of the big river. A freestyle 15-kilometer ski race is held at Frontenac the last weekend in January each year to help celebrate the Lake City Winter Fest .