Guides for the Duluth outdoors

Day Tripper of Duluth: This company offers tours for mountain biking, fat tire biking, kayaking, canoeing, stand-up paddleboarding and cross-country skiing, as well as wilderness and urban overnight trips (1-218-390-1605; daytripperofduluth.com).

The Duluth Experience: After opening in 2013 with a focus on brewery and city tours, the Duluth Experience later added kayaking, road biking, mountain biking, fat tire biking, snowshoeing and ice floe kayaking to its repertoire (1-218-464-6337; theduluthexperience.com).

North Shore SUP: This stand-up paddleboarding crew offers tours and holds yoga classes on the water (1-218-343-1308; duluthsup.com).

Positive Energy Outdoors: Beyond kayaking and canoeing, this veteran outdoors company brings explorers ice climbing, rock climbing, dogsledding and more (1-218-391-0147; outdooredventures.org).

Amelia Rayno