Lets talk about camping and Mountain Biking
Edit note: I should have been a bit more specific originally in my question that I posted below. What I am primarily looking for is full service big rig friendly campgrounds that are east of the Missi...
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jmtandem wrote:
When, not IF, you come west there are two must do rides. The Downieville Descent and the Flume Trail at Tahoe. Downieville is a top 10 kind of ride in northern California.
Forgot about listing the Downieville Downhill. We've ridden it a couple of times. The closest thing we have here in CO is the Monarch Crest/Silver Creek/Rainbow Trail out of Salida. The biggest difference is the 10+ miles of up and down riding above 11,000'. Not much oxygen up there, but the views are stupendous. We just keep pulling over for the younger crowd - can't hope to keep the pace up that they do.
Another west coast trail worth mentioning is the Ossagon Trail in Redwoods NP. Yes, you can ride your mountain bike on this trail in the national park. You cruise through old growth redwood forests, then ride singletrack down the beach just inland from the sand dunes. Part of the loop ride is on pavement, but the experience of riding through the redwoods on singletrack is awesome.
Wisconsin has a great set of rails to trails. While not singletrack, they are fun to ride. We've ridden the Elroy-Sparta trail through the old railroad tunnels, but didn't have time to ride more. Good map of the various trails here
There's another rails to trails in South Dakota. The 100+ mile Mickelson Trail also has some interesting tunnels.
One rails to trails on our to-do list is the Hiawatha Trail in Idaho near the Montana border. Sounds like a fun ride.
