Biwabik, Minn. (September 24, 2025) – Giants Ridge, Minnesota’s premier golf and all-season outdoor recreation destination set in the Mesabi Iron Range, recently celebrated the opening of its new Giants Ridge Pool & Sauna Haus. The 9,700 square-foot facility features an indoor swimming pool, a hot tub, two outdoor saunas, a spacious great room/lobby, as well as locker and mechanical rooms. Giants Ridge owner Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation (IRRR) supported the new amenity with an $11.875 million investment.
Giants Ridge offers two championship golf courses – The Quarry and The Legend – both designed by renowned architect Jeffrey Brauer. The two courses will remain open into the fall season as the weather permits. Recent course accolades include:
Best Public Course in Minnesota – Golf DigestAmerica’s Greatest Public Courses (#58) – Golf Digest#1 Courses You Can Play in Minnesota – GolfweekBest Courses You Can Play (#47) – Golfweek
Beyond the new Pool & Sauna Haus and award-winning golf courses, Giants Ridge guests enjoy lift-served mountain bike trails, hiking, a climbing wall and lake access during the summer. During the winter months, guests enjoy alpine and cross-country skiing, snow tubing, snowshoeing and access to over 2,000 miles of snowmobile trails.
“The new Pool & Sauna Haus is an excellent complement to the already outstanding amenities at Giants Ridge,” said IRRR Commissioner Ida Rukavina. “The community pool will create quality of life experiences for local residents, and visitors to the region will have yet another activity option. Giants Ridge offers some of the best outdoor recreation in the Midwest, and the new Pool & Sauna Haus gives an excellent option for winding down after a day on the slopes, trails or golf course.”
Giants Ridge is a major economic development driver in northeastern Minnesota with an annual economic impact of more than $55 million. This premier recreational destination draws in tens of thousands of visitors each year from Minnesota, across the United States and Canada, while also enriching the quality of life for those living in the surrounding areas.
Giants Ridge is owned by IRRR and managed by Guest Services, a hospitality management company. Golf operations at Giants Ridge are managed by Troon Golf. For more information on Giants Ridge and the new Pool & Sauna Haus, visit www.giantsridge.com or call 1-800-688-7669.
About Giants Ridge
Set amongst the beauty of Minnesota’s northwoods, Giants Ridge, located in Biwabik, Minn., is a four-season, family-oriented recreation area. Giants Ridge has grown from a local ski hill (long ago) attracting local, day visitors, to a four-season recreation destination attracting thousands of guests each year from Minnesota, the United States and Canada.
Giants Ridge features two nationally-recognized 18-hole championship-caliber golf courses and a ski recreation area ranked among the very best in Minnesota. The Legend and The Quarry at Giants Ridge are ranked among Minnesota’s best golf courses. For skiers, Giants Ridge boasts 35 downhill runs, more than 60 km of world-class nordic ski trails (which once served as Olympic training grounds) and one of Minnesota’s hottest terrain parks as well as a snow tubing park. The recreation area also offers miles of year-round recreation trails, including an expansive mountain bike trail system which features both cross-country and downhill biking options. Visitors can also enjoy water recreation, a variety of lodging accommodations, dining, shopping and much more. It is an easy one-hour drive from Duluth and three hours from the Twin Cities. More information: www.giantsridge.com, 218-865-8030.
About Troon
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon is the world’s largest golf and golf-related hospitality management company providing services at 940-plus locations in 45-plus states and 40-plus countries, including operational responsibility for 575-plus 18-hole equivalent golf courses. In addition to golf, Troon specializes in homeowner association management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality venues. Troon’s award-winning food and beverage division operates and manages 600-plus food and beverage operations located at golf resorts, private clubs, daily fee golf courses and recreational facilities. Troon’s family of brands includes Troon Golf, Troon Privé, Troon International, Indigo Sports, CADDIEMASTER, ClubUp, Cliff Drysdale Tennis, True Club Solutions, RealFood Hospitality, Strategy & Design and RF DesignStudio, ICON Management and Eventive Sports. For additional news and information, visit www.Troon.com.
Media Contact:
Rob Myers
Troon
480.477.0506
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