Cable, WI

[BrightYellow]

Has anyone been to Cable lately? How is it up there now? Is MORC going to help create some new singletrack up there?

Cable is about 4 hours out of the cities. It's a small town in northern WI - lot's of bars and cheap motels. There are hundreds of miles of trails there, most of which are good, but intermediate. A lot of single track and fire roads. Last time I was there (about 2 years ago), my favorite trail, Esker, was closed for logging. A couple of my other favorites are Rock Lake and the Birkie.

Check out their site:
http://www.cable4fun.com/funintheforest/mtnbiking/

They hold the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival up there - specifially the Fat Tire 40. If you haven't raced the Fat Tire 40 and you are looking for a challenge, check it out. Very rewarding.

Here's a map of the Fat Tire 40 course:
http://www.cheqfattire.com/Pages/course.html

[SickBoy]

Wouldn't it be a little more logical that CAMBA would be the trail advocacy group in that area?

I would think inherently that by concept, MORC would not be involved up there. I could be wrong though.

[BrightYellow]

Ahh.... well, I think I read in the newsletter that MORC put forth a proposal to help with planning and Dingo work.

"#3 The multiple-machine need may occur as early as next June, if the
keepers of the Chequamegon National Forest accept our proposal for reconstruction of the 18-mile Rock Lake
Trail."

I'm excited about that....

[GearDaddy]

I usually ride the CAMBA trails 5 or 6 times year. I was last up there in October. The Esker Trail is now open again, with a minor change to the beginning part of the trail before getting on the "esker" (an improvement IMHO) and near the lakes where a new logging road has been built in. All in all it's still a pretty good trail.

The most interesting change is the opening of the new singletrack at Telemark. It's definitely more technical than other trails up there. The average speed on this trail is considerably less as a result, i.e. it took me over 2 hours to do the whole thing, but it's great fun! It's supposedly going to be 12 miles in length when completed, and they're about 3/4 done with it now (although you can still ride it as a loop by following the Birkie trail for a section).

This place is the best! Where else can you go and do 30+ mile rides without touching the same piece of dirt twice?

[TrailPatrol]

I suppose when you have the only Dingo in "town" and the town includes most of the trails in two (plus) states...

Yeah, CAMBA and WORBA are the advocacy and trail builders in the Cable area, but there's no reason that MORC can't provide a little "mutual aid." (as they say in the fire service) I hope we can get it up into Superior National Forest this coming summer, too. (see related post)

[MNbiker]

Originally posted by SickBoy
Wouldn't it be a little more logical that CAMBA would be the trail advocacy group in that area?

I would think inherently that by concept, MORC would not be involved up there. I could be wrong though.

MORC will be assisting CAMBA, at their request, with a major re-work of the Rock Lake trails. The most tangible assistance we can provide is the Toro Dingo and trail builders who know how to use it.

BTW - The Dingo is actually owned by MORC Board Member Dale Gundberg and Southern MN IMBA Rep Tim Wegner, who formed a company called TrailSource for the express purpose of purchasing the Dingo. This arrangement makes it easier "farm out" the Dingo and was a lot easier on MORC's budget. Anyone interested in using the Dingo for trail work should contact Dale or Tim.

-Steve