t seems the more efficient our offices become, the harder it is to get any work done there. The big idea, the breakthrough require an entirely different kind of environment. One of solitude and peace. A place completely different from your standard "modern" conference center. Meetings, team-building and creative work sessions go much better when you get away from the every day distractions of the office. The peaceful and unique surroundings of the Outing provide the change of pace that can result in new and stimulating ideas. In summer your "break-out " room can be the garden. In winter, the couches in front of a roaring fire. All meals and snacks are designed with great variety of European taste, yet in a very easy-to- plan way. Dinner is usually served in a quiet, candle lit dinning room. For 19 years we have hosted Twin Cities companies and organizations retreats. They get enormous amounts of work done without ever feeling like they are really working!

Day meetings can range up to 100 guests, with overnight accommodations for 9 (single occupancy) to 18 guests (double occupancy). Rates are per person and vary according to the size of the group.

NEW: Private Retreat Lodge Rental Package- Rate valid only for open dates with 2 month notice

You may rent the Lodge for your exclusive use for a two-night stay.

* Friday-Saturday : $ 3,500.

* Mid-week: $2,500

No food service included. Restrictions apply.

*Not valid for 40+ guests events, subleasing or any other offers.

**This offer does not apply to weddings or other large events.

Rental Package includes:

All nine suites with beds for up to 25 adult guests, partial access to our commercial kitchen to prepare meals. Bed linens, towels, bedroom amenities- 1 shift.

Outing Lodge host of the Seven Pines Symposium:
Each year, the symposium tackles another of physics’ enduring puzzles: the nature of the vacuum, the concept of a field, the meaning of time. The aim is not to resolve the mysteries but to seed new lines of inquiry, says Roger Stuewer, a historian at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and chair of the symposium’s advisory board. “When we get the best people together,” he says, “ideas are planted that in some intangible way will influence what they do in the future.” Those germinating ideas are watered with a mellow Zinfandel and nourished with succulent steak. Download the article from Science Magazine in PDF format:
Elite Retreat Takes the Measure Of a Weirdly Ordinary World

Last update: May, 2009 - View information and photos of Seven Pines Retreat, 2009

The Outing Lodge at Pine Point