Circle Tour & U.S. Entry Information

Circle Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park and the famed U.S. Boundary Waters Canoe Area for the Ultimate Cross-Border Snowmobile Adventure.

The Cross Border Circle Tour is a self-guided, 3-5 day tour encompasses over 400 miles of pristine wilderness and awesome trails! Novice and experienced snowmobilers alike have the freedom to plan their own itinerary and experience friendly communities and quality services along the way. Usually, you can ride for miles and not see another sled! Now, that’s an awesome ride! Visit www.atikokansnoho.com/circleTour for more information.

The only U.S. customs office for entry into the U.S.A. is at crane Lake, MN. As a result, if you would like to complete the entire cross-border circle tour, it should be completed in a counter-clockwise direction so that you can re-enter at the Crane Lake, MN customs location.

When snowmobiling in Ontario it is mandatory to posses valid OFSC trails permit. If you will be snowmobiling in Canada more than once it is worthwhile to purchase a seasonal trail permit at $250. ($200 before December 1st). This trail permit buys you unlimited access to over 25,000 miles of snowmobile trails with very little traffic…the ultimate snowmobile experience. However, for short trips 7 day permits ($140) and  3 day permits ($100) are also available.  Our trails are maintained by volunteers and the permit dollars are circulated back into our trail system. For this reason it is important that you buy where you ride.

If you require a 7 or 3 day permit, the first resort you will pass on the Canadian side of the tour (completing the tour in a counter-clockwise direction) will be Northern Lights Lodge (807) 933-5025 begin_of_the_skype_highlightingend_of_the_skype_highlighting. Trail permits are available here. (Gas, food, and lodging also available)

Please visit the Minnesota DNR website for snowmobile trail permit information on the U.S side of the tour

Visitors from the U.S.

There are a few things you need to know about entering Canada from the U.S. We maintain two trails that connect Canada and the USA, the L901M (formerly D113M) and L902M (formerly D112M) trails, they are indicated on the Northwest Ontario Snowmobile Trail Map. If you plan to enter Canada using either of these trails, you will need to obtain a Remote Area Border Crossing Permit from Canada Customs and Immigration. There is a U.S. customs office at Crane Lake, MN (accessed by L901M, formerly D113M). Upon entering the U.S.A. at Crane Lake you must show documentation that supports your citizenship. At this point in time you do not require a passport to re-enter into the U.S. via Canada.

If you choose to trailer your sled to the U.S/Canadian border, your entry point into Canada is International Falls in Fort Frances. There are video phones at International Falls as well, here you must show documentation of your citizenship, therefore have your pieces of identification ready.