Northfield bike trails

[FarmerBEN]

Just wondering if anyone had heard of any MTB trails in Northfield area, I was on dirtworld.com and found mention of a trail called "ghetto Charls" I have never heard of it, but then again I guess I never really sought one out either. the link is
http://www.dirtworld.com/trails/trail.asp?id=12331&trail_name=Ghetto%20Charls%20Mountain%20Bike%20Tra il

if anyone knows anything about it I was wondering if it was legit and/or worth checking out
thanks
ben

[Buck]

Dusty is from Northfield he might know best if the trails are legit or not. Good luck, I chased a jump area once and drove an hour to ****ty over grown jumps.
L8R
Buck

[Trialsaddict]

I haven't heard of that, but I can check around as well. I have some mtb places I ride, but don't have names for them. Feel free to PM if needed.

[Paul Swenson]

I grew up in Northfield and used to mountain bike in the arb on a regualr basis. Of course this was twenty years so I'm sure somthings have changed.

From the description the trail would be by the RR tracks if I'm not mistaken. 6.2 mile trail with 500 ft of elevation change? that part doesn't sound right.:confused:

[minnesota_freerider]

I've ridden back near Viking Terrace and I've never once seen any kind of trail in the years that I have been biking. Might have to take a closer look sometime though. I really doubt that there is any trail back there because the article said a 500ft elevation change, but that area is basically flat.

[Trialsaddict]

Yeah, the only large elevation change I know about for off road trails, is the loop I do through the St. Olaf property... I've never seen anything along the RR tracks either, just the one short cut trail that the trailer park people use...but Dusty and I have been on that.

[Paul Swenson]

Also if you take a left on the road between DQ and Viking Terrace you end up downtown in about 2 miles.

Do you Northfield guys ever ride in the Arb? There were a couple of spots you could catch some decent air. It was a while ago (decades) since I last rode there and what was big air then on a MTB I'm sure is pretty wimpy now.

[minnesota_freerider]

I still ride in the arb once in awhile and I don't think there are any spots on the trail that you can catch any air now. There used to be one spot that i knew of for sure, but that slowly went away.

[FarmerBEN]

yeah I have yet to be real impressed with dirtworld's listing. they had listed kruger down by kellogg and that tril by faribault which aren't intended for mountain biking. I am a little puzzled by the anti-bike biasalot of parks have, but I don't think that ingoring park policy is a good way to help our cause.

[At the Gates 2121]

yeah I have yet to be real impressed with dirtworld's listing. they had listed kruger down by kellogg and that tril by faribault which aren't intended for mountain biking. I am a little puzzled by the anti-bike biasalot of parks have, but I don't think that ingoring park policy is a good way to help our cause.

I am origanally from faribault and I know of 2 places just outside faribault none in northfield. I know you can ride at the nature center in faribault and at falls creek park.

The nature center you need to know where you are going the best riding is in the far south west corner of the nature center. not a lot of single track but i know there is more being built from what a friend of mine has told me. best place to enter is a tee pee tonka park near the archery range.