What are some of your favorites in the area?
Hitting up the root river trail end of next month, hoping to get one/two more in by end of year. For now doing the paved with road bikes, mountain bikes might come next year which opens up other trails options.
Cuyuna is #1 in my book. If you’ve never been to the Crosby/Ironton area, you need to check it out.
DT
Central lakes trail that runs through Alex to Fergus and also Alex – East provides good scenery… and fishing opportunities from shore. Tough to beat it in October when the leaves are changing.
The Beaver Island trails along the Mississippi River in St Cloud were my mountain bike stomping grounds for almost 5 years in college. They are pretty good. Some are very steep and borderline dangerous too.
I’ve heard good things about the Cannon Valley Trail by RW/Cannon Falls. Also in the Park Rapids/Walker area there is the Paul Bunyan Trail and Heartland Trail, and more lakes than you could fish in a lifetime.
Nice area in northern WI. https://mwbiketrail.org/
Decent BBQ at Lazy Ace Saloon at HWY 47 and 51. I recommend the smoked wings and I don’t normally go for turkey sandwiches at a BBQ joint but the Firebird with jalapeno ranch is really good.
The paved paths are nice but the mountain bike trails are more entertaining. I started biking again with my son last year and there is nothing like the feeling of catching some air for the first time in decades. He would always get bored with the flat paths. I was very surprised on how many trails are out there. Google maps pulls up a bunch of trails. Main thing is to get out there and try one. Good or bad you are still off a tablet. Lebanon Hills is my favorite in the area.
Spirit mtn or come up to Crosby we have a crazy network of trails.
The trails in Vilas County are great. You can make a circle from St. Germain, Manatawish Waters, Boulder Junction, etc. All paved with bathrooms, repair stations, bridges, restaurants, etc. beautiful area.
These are great thank you.
Check out the Trailbot app. It list most of the local mountain bike trails including trail conditions.
The Beaver Island trails along the Mississippi River in St Cloud were my mountain bike stomping grounds for almost 5 years in college. They are pretty good. Some are very steep and borderline dangerous too.
I grew up by there and we rode there before it was paved and fenced off. There were some nice side trails that ran along the river and if it was a dry year we walked across the river to sportsman’s island. I haven’t been on them in 20yrs even though my parents still live close it it.
The Bearskin trail is a nice ride it an old railroad and starts in downtown Minocqua Wi. There’s also the Razorback trail that’s in the Sayner area and paring is by an ice cream shop.
Root river trail was phenomenal. Great shape of paths, canopied half the time which is good for hot days, and most every spot we stopped caught trout.
We started in Preston and went to Peterson, most the easy fishing was from Preston to the confluence by lansborough
West Central WI-
Eau Claire-Chippewa River Trail
Chippewa Falls-Old Abe Trail
Dunn-Red Cedar River Trail
I have done all three. All are paved blacktop.
I have also biked the Elroy/Sparta trail which is packed crushed limestone and features 3 railroad tunnel you can bike through. Very cool!
Dueces:
Some great mentions above already. As a skinny tire/original mtn. bike guy, many good ones mentioned and some missed. As a Wisconsin cyclist I’m more familiar with our state and living in the Northwoods the mentions by picklerick and Michael Saal can’t be missed treasures!!! And Kirk Charipar’s mentions are exception places to bikes as well!!!
The largest non-trail opportunities exist on the paved county road systems of southern MN/WI that haven’t been talked about above. Originally from the Madison area, I used to ride to a local community approximately 20 miles away and look over county road routes to do, then ride there and return to my home of Cambridge. Generally not a lot of traffic and paved, the only issues were resurfacing of the roads that occasionally took place using pea gravel. The changes in rides were variable every trip!!!
Lastly my next door neighbor and Birkie and Fat Tire Festival friend Phil Van Valkenberg wrote 7 books on places to ride in WI and I highly recommend any of them for ideas:
https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ-lSQAACAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks
Good Luck, reach out to me if ya want; and my wife and I are getting back into this summer.
Mark
Manitowish looks to be on the list next. Lady doesn’t have a road bike yet so keeping our daily mileage w the hybrids 40ish miles a day. Boulder junction looks like a perfect jumping off point
Thanks for the info 
Manitowish looks to be on the list next. Lady doesn’t have a road bike yet so keeping our daily mileage w the hybrids 40ish miles a day. Boulder junction looks like a perfect jumping off point
Thanks for the info
Boulder Junction is a nice little town. Stop at Gooches for a cold one. Sayner Pub is a nice spot also. Corner Store for ice cream.
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