The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has developed a Hiking Club program that features a trail in 68 state parks and recreational areas (dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/clubs.html). Sometimes the trailhead for these hikes can be tricky to find, so here is the trailhead for the Carley State Park Hiking Club trail. There is a password somewhere along the length of the trail, but I am not going to reveal that!
I usually start my hikes up at the park enterance parking lot, as the gates to get down here are closed during the winter, but it's a stopping point along my hike.