Best 1 or 2 day ride, for beginner?

[slim]

I am looking for a route to do in one or two days of biking.

I would prefer a mix of fire roads, single track and if neccesary a little bit of pavement. I am looking for something in the 20-35 mi per day range.
My ideal route would have great views all over, varied terrain and some technical riding, but not all day long.

Does anyone have suggestions?

Thanks for any tips,

Slim

[Rocky Mountain]

Suggest the Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Trails near Cable, Wisconsin. Many trails for all skill levels and good camping locations. http://www.cable4fun.com/funintheforest/mtnbiking/

About 2-1/2 drive NE of the Twin Cities.

If you make it I recommend the Rock Lake trail which has some new singletrack.

[TrailPatrol]

May I suggest the North Country Trail in te Chippewa N.F. between Remer and Walker. 68 miles of singletrack with 18 dispersed backcountry campsites along the trail. Go to www.trailparol.org and click on "Trails" to go the NCT page. There are maps and a trail description and links to the Chippewa on the Trails page.

I plan to do a two-nighter there in a couple weeks.

Ride safe,
Hans

[berrywise]

That the North Country Trail doesn't become the next Rock Lake Trail. I'll admit I'm guilty of hoping that the trail was never "recognized" as a bike trail up in that area. This way only the true seekers of the trail would reap it's fun. Maybe it will never catch on as a major trail but I doubt it.

My favorite trail memory is the time my friend and I did a b.o.b adventure up there starting around 8 p.m with our headlights and then setting up our tent in the middle of the night, having a few beers and then hitting the trail again the next morning.

-scott

May I suggest the North Country Trail in te Chippewa N.F. between Remer and Walker. 68 miles of singletrack with 18 dispersed backcountry campsites along the trail. Go to www.trailparol.org (http://www.trailparol.org/) and click on "Trails" to go the NCT page. There are maps and a trail description and links to the Chippewa on the Trails page.

I plan to do a two-nighter there in a couple weeks.

Ride safe,
Hans

[TrailPatrol]

I did a scouting trip there today, and I doubt it would ever become that popular. Rock Lake is actually easier, and in far better condition. I was at the Milton Lake, Hwy. 4, County 53 and FR2104 access points, and the trail is in rough shape. Over grown, not even being used by the hikers who are so vocal about keeping bikes off. The campsite above Milton Lake landing is so overgrown as be be usable without work by the Forest Service, NTCA or the Backcountry Patrol. It could be great, but right now, mediocre is the best term I can give it.

Ride safe,
:banana:
Hans

PS Where did you start and finish, Scott?

[berrywise]

Its been over a year so I can't remember the road names but I can vaguely describe it. We started at a small parking lot where you come upon a norwegian(?) settlement cabin type thing. If that rings any bells.

Hmm this gets even more vage....We didn't ride to far just out to an area that is marked as something or another and there are a few building foundations in the ground and the area is cleared out a little.

That probably doesn't make any sense. Though I do remember stopping along the way to take a little dip in the a stream that had a really nicely built bridge over it. Something that I wondered to myself while sunning on it. How do they go about getting the materials for something like this in here. :)

-scott

[grizzly adam]

A couple years ago I tied together a bunch of 4 wheeler trails, powerline trails, dirt-road and mountain bike trails in Duluth for about a 40 mile ride. It include the Poweder Monkey race course at Spirit Mountain and the Willard Munger Trail (paved).
Check with COGGS if you want more ideas:
www.coggs.com (http://www.coggs.com)