FAQs

Check out this video for a general overview of our Duluth Experience! Duluth Sauna Experience Overview

All Sauna/Cold Plunge Experiences are reserved in advance, and include a personal Sauna Guide to help you throughout your 75-90 minutes. We have three saunas on-site(each explained more thoroughly in the next questions). Each session also includes the harborside natural cold plunge, which is completely optional, and not required, as well as many other amenities outlined below. 

As a Cedar and Stone guest, you get to regulate what the session looks like as far as how long you stay in the sauna, if/when you cold plunge or cool off outdoors, and how you integrate the other components to the experience such as aromatherapy, Lӧyly (the Finnish word for sauna steam, or “spirit of the sauna”), the Sauna Guide, and rehydrating beverages. We encourage you to listen to your body, and have created the perfect space to do so.

All of our experiences include:

• Beautiful Harbor Side views including a great vantage point of the Lift Bridge
• Trained Sauna Guide to help teach you the wellness benefits, how to, and history of sauna.
• Our Harborside Natural Cold Plunge
• Organic tea and water for enjoyment and hydration, and all-natural electrolyte beverages (included with Private and Floating Sauna sessions)
• Organic Aromatherapy Essential Oils
• Fresh towels
• Outdoor patio with furniture to enjoy cooling off and fresh air
• Shower and changing rooms available inside Pier B Resort, as well as limited changing stalls in the Cedar and Stone Experience space.
• Time to rest, rejuvenate, and enjoy the many benefits of sauna

All of our sessions include the Harborside Natural Cold Plunge! This is not required or expected, but a great opportunity to embrace the full spectrum of thermal bathing. 

All of the Sauna Experiences include the Harborside Natural Cold Plunge! A list of amenities included with all Sauna Experiences is explained above. The primary differences are explained here:

Floating Sauna

Tour Our Floating Sauna // Nordic Design on the Water

This is our newest sauna, and we are so excited to share this with the public. The Floating Sauna features two wood-fired stoves, a private back deck patio area, and a rooftop deck (open during spring and summer months). 

Private sessions are 90-minutes, and accommodate a capacity of 12 people total. Sessions are $99/person.

Private Terrace Sauna

This Experience features our 5-seat, private sauna space. These sessions are 75-minutes in length, and once you book the sauna it is reserved exclusively for you (1-5 people).  

This sauna building has a small room outside of the “hot room”, for you to place any belongings, as well as to cool off between rounds if you prefer to stay indoors. This space also includes your own patio furniture to enjoy the fresh air outdoors, as well as a deck area with a tended fire (deck area is shared with the Social Sauna guests). 

This sauna is heated by an electric Huum sauna stove, surrounded by hundreds of pounds of sauna rocks to create a beautiful, yet highly-functional thermal environment. Even though this is electric, it still allows for Lӧyly (the Finnish word for sauna steam, aka “spirit of the sauna”). Sessions are $79/person.

Social Sauna

The social sauna is hosted in one of our wood-fired saunas, floating or on land, and has a capacity of up to 10 guests. Sessions have a 75-minute duration. When you book, others may join from the public making this a social experience.

Each of our social saunas has a room outside of the hot room where you can place belongings in cubbies, and offers an opportunity to cool off and rehydrate between rounds indoors if you’d like. Outside of each sauna is a deck area with an outdoor fire for you to enjoy throughout your rounds of thermic cycling (a term for the process of hot, cold, rest, rehydrate, repeat). Sessions are $49/person and membership options are available.

Check out this video highlighting our Harborside Natural Cold Plunge!

The Cold Plunge Revolution: Why More People Are Embracing the Benefits of Cold Water Exposure

With beautiful Harbor Side views, our cold plunge is complete with 2 ladders for safe immersion and exit, room for up to 4 people to plunge at once, and a trained guide present for both education and encouragement. The cold plunge setup has a cage platform at the bottom, which is about 4.5 feet deep. 

Water temperatures range from the mid to low 30’s late Fall through early Spring, and usually stay 60℉ or lower year round. Occasionally temperatures reach above 60℉, but this still offers a stark contrast from the 160-200℉ sauna temperature. 

Just a swimsuit. It is also a great idea to bring some sandals or flip flops, especially in the wintertime so you don’t freeze your toes on our Duluth snow. 

Some guests choose to bring a robe as well, but that is optional. We will take care of the rest.

Fresh towels, showers, changing rooms, local tea, and more amenities to make you comfortable are all provided as part of all of our Sauna Experiences.

Many people only know sauna from their local gym or by the pool in the hotel. This usually looks like hopping into the sauna for a few minutes after their workout.

Yet, not many people know the full practice of sauna that includes hot, cold, rest, rehydrate, and repeat – the thermic cycle. This cycle is wherein we receive many of benefits from sauna, the stress relief, the wellness support, and more. 

Sauna is so much more than just sitting in a hot room. Let us teach you how to sauna well, soaking up the heat and the cold for the full experience. 

This process in our space is guided as much or as little as you like. If you are a sauna veteran who wants very little extra support, we will gladly give you the space to enjoy. If you are new, curious, and want someone to walk you through more of the process, we are happy to help.

Connected to our patio deck area, we have a changing Cottage including two changing stalls that are shared with all of our Sauna Experiences. Usually these are available during your session start and finish times.

When larger groups are on-site these changing stalls may be occupied by other guests. If so, we offer changing space (and a private shower) just inside Pier B Resort, just steps away from the Cedar and Stone Experience space. We recommend coming with your bathing suit on under your outer layers to help you get right into your session upon arrival.

We offer 5- and 10-pack memberships for our Social Sauna sessions, as well as an Unlimited Social Sauna membership on a month-to-month basis. 

Traditional Nordic Sauna usually ranges from 160-200℉. For Private Sauna sessions you can request a warmer or lower temperature within this range, and for our Public and Social session temperatures are usually around 175-185℉

Water temperatures range from the mid to low 30’s late Fall through early Spring, and usually stay 60℉ or lower year round. Occasionally temperatures reach above 60℉, but this still offers a stark contrast from the 160-200℉ sauna temperature. 

In order to plunge with us you must be wearing some sort of footwear. You are welcome to bring your own pair of “water shoes” or we also have wool socks for you to use. Our Sauna Guides are professionally trained to answer any and all questions before,  during, or after your plunge. If you have never cold plunged before, introducing cold exposure through short cold showers can be a great way to begin this practice. 

Another helpful tip to facilitate an optimal cold plunge experience is to practice mindful breathing, perhaps finding a breathwork approach that aligns with you. Generally we recommend deep, full breaths, and practicing this before cold plunging is a great way to set yourself up for success.

This is very important because when we hit the cold, we naturally hold our breath or breathe shallowly, yet our breath is our best tool to regulate our nervous system and mind through the intensity of the moment. Finding times throughout your day to breathe deeply prior to cold plunging will likely help you breathe well during your cold exposure as well. Breathing in through your nose is also beneficial.

We provide the highest quality sauna experiences with thoughtful Nordic design, and natural cold plunge. Our saunas are built with exquisite beauty at the forefront. 

We think of heat like many think about good food or fine wine. We think in terms of quality.

Our Public Floating Sauna and Social Sauna utilize wood-fired stoves, and our Private Sauna integrates more modern technology with an aesthetically-appealing Huum electric stove encompassed by hundreds of pounds of sauna rocks. These features welcome Lӧyly (the Finnish word for sauna steam, or “spirit of the sauna”).

And until you have had the best quality, you really don’t know what you are missing out on. If you like things that are done well, of the highest quality and with attention to each detail, we know you will enjoy some time here at Cedar & Stone.