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The fall Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide is now live digitally. 

Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide Autumn e-Edition Now Available

Please take a look at the most recent e-MN Bike/Hike Guide – Fall Edition. So, you think you already have it downloaded? Please check to make sure it’s the newest edition to ensure that you have the most up-to-date information. Then, bookmark it to your hand held devices for use when on the go!

Autumn E-Edition of the MN Bike/Hike Guide is Available

Now available is the digital, quarterly 2016 fall edition of the Minnesota Bike/Hike guide. In HaveFunBiking’s  (HFB) eighth year of printing, this handy pocket-sized book of bike travel maps and events are now updated quarterly in an e-format. With our new digital platform we are able to update information on bike travel tips regularly. Plus, we have added two more features to the guide. They include additional maps of places you may want to explore and current bike events for the next three months.

And now, our latest editions of the guide is formatted to fit your mobile phone and note pad devices. So, all bike event listed in the guide and bike friendly maps are easy to read. Plus, all of our maps include At-A-Glance links to our HFB Destination landing pages for easy access to information when on the go. Offering you more information on where to ride, eat, and stay while in an area. Plus, it’s updated from our summer edition. So, don’t miss out!

Share You Bike/Hike Guide Adventures

After your review, please share the 2016 MN Bike/Hike Guide – Fall Edition link with your friends and give them a chance to find their #NextBikeAdventure. Maybe you will ride together or share your adventures the next time you hang out. Either way, the guide opens many opportunities to stay active while having fun!

Don’t forget that you can send us your bike adventure pictures too! Add #NextBikeAdventure, tag us in your photo, or e-mail us to be featured in one of our bike pics of the day!

Cuyuna Lakes Area Mountain Bike Trails Are Open 

The mountain bike trails at Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area in Crosby, Minn. are now opened for the 2015 season – a few weeks earlier than normal, thanks to a mild winter and less-than-average snowfall. This year, new trailhead amenities and three yurts add to the offerings greeting visitors, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

One of three yurts available for rent

One of three yurts available for rent

Opened in 2011, the area features 25 miles of single-track mountain bike trails that wind through 800 acres of former mine land. The scenery is unique with deep-red soil, birch and aspen forests, and scenic vistas overlooking turquoise mine lakes – some stocked with trout.

“Thanks to the early spring and the tremendous effort of our volunteer work crew, the trails are in great shape and the riders are excited to get out there,” said Park Manager Steve Weber. “This is our fifth year, and it’s going to be a lot of fun showcasing the new trailhead improvements and three new yurts.”

Pump a tire, make an adjustment the tuneup stations is one of the amenities located at the trailhead.

Pump a tire, make an adjustment the Bike Tune Up Station is one of the amenities located at the trailhead.

During the summer of 2014, the new trailhead on Miner’s Mountain Road was constructed between Huntington Mine Lake and Pennington Mine Lake. The new facility added 96 more parking spaces, changing stations, a picnic shelter, vault toilet, new waterfront access to Huntington Mine Lake, and an improved boat access with clean-and-drain area on Pennington Mine Lake.

Also new to Cuyuna this year, are three yurts. Yurts are round camping tents set on wooden platforms and furnished with bunk beds, tables, chairs and a wood stove. The yurts, each of which will sleep up to seven people, were built on the west side of Yawkey Mine Lake and can be reserved year-round. They are located just northeast of the existing Portsmouth Campground, typically available from early May to October, which has 25 first-come, first-served campsites and a group camp with showers and flush toilets.

One group campsite and the three new yurts may be reserved in advance through the DNR’s reservation service at www.mndnr.gov/reservations or 866-857-2757.

Funding sources for development of the mountain bike trails included state bonding dollars, the Federal Transportation Enhancement Fund and the Parks and Trails Fund, created after voters approved the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment in November 2008. The Parks and Trails Fund receives 14.25 percent of the sales tax revenue and may only be spent to support parks and trails of regional or statewide significance.

More information about the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, including a map, directions and a video tour of the trails, can be found on the DNR website at: www.mndnr.gov/state_parks/cuyuna_country. Information is also available by calling the DNR Information Center at 651-296-6157 or 888-646-6367 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.