Portal Thermaculture Minneapolis

Portal is a social sauna club by Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis: two electric saunas, a wood-fired sauna and a 10-by-20-foot communal cold plunge pool.

Portal calls itself your neighborhood sauna: a social club for heat, cold and conversation in West Maka Ska, built in a former Jiffy Lube on the northwest side of Bde Maka Ska. Guests usually move between the sauna and the cold plunge three times, about 15 minutes in the heat and three in the cold, with indoor and outdoor spaces to rest in between. The club is substance-free and 18 and over. Keep to yourself or join the conversation. Three saunas and a big cold plunge Portal has two electric saunas of different sizes and one wood-fired sauna, and the club's custom saunas are by BW Sauna Co. of Duluth.

Electric sauna, larger: electric heat. The larger of Portal's two electric saunas. Electric sauna, smaller: electric heat. The smaller of Portal's two electric saunas. Wood-fired sauna: wood-fired heat. Portal's wood-fired sauna. Listed amenities: Cold plunge, Changing rooms, Lockers, Showers, Towel rental, Cool-down deck, Parking, Hosts events, Social sauna sessions.

Listing type: Community sauna. Access: Reservation. Listed capacity: One sauna holds 14 people and a snugger one holds eight to 10. Cold plunge: A 10-by-20-foot communal cold plunge pool kept around 38°F; rinse off after the sauna before getting in. Hours: Portal posts its current hours on its Minneapolis page and its open sessions on its booking page. Book a session ahead on Portal's own booking page, where memberships and credits are sold too. Credits can be shared with other members and used at any Portal club. Cancel online; late cancellations carry a penalty. SaunaShare records this listing as editorially reviewed by SaunaShare. A listing label describes where the information came from, not the quality of the sauna. SaunaShare visited in January 2026. Listing details were last reviewed on November 7, 2026.

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