We hike local parks near the Twin Cities.  Our hikes are somewhat more strenuous/ rigorous than those offered by most of the area meetup groups.  The group is social, but also fitness-oriented.  The pace is moderate, but everyone is expected to keep up. Until the foliage gets thick later in the spring, most of our hikes will include some off-trail travel (i.e., through the woods). We try to build something novel into each hike, which could be off-trail, going somewhere completely new to us, hiki …