County approves use of Class 1 E-bikes on forest trails; | By Terrell Boettcher; Aug 29, 2022; Sawyer County Record At the request of the Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association (CAMBA), the Sawyer County Land, Water and Forest Resources Committee voted recently to allow the use of Class 1 E-bikes on mountain bike trails in…
CAMBA just announced the establishment of The Ron Bergin Trail Fund in honor of Ron Bergin, a founding member of CAMBA and its Executive Director for 26 years. This fundraising initiative is a restricted fund for trail work, including new trails, maintenance, realignment and modernization. An anonymous donor graciously provided a matching grant up to…
Join us for four evenings of fun and mountain biking for kids ages 6 to 11 years old at the CAMBA Hospital Gateway Trails. Each evening will include some skills classes taught by several trained mountain bike coaches, games, and fun activities to keep the kids engaged. There will also be free time for the…
8:30 am – 4:30 pm, May 22nd, 2021 at the Forest Lodge Education Center, 22230 Garmisch Rd, Cable, WI 54821 CAMBA is once again partnering with the National Forest Service to offer a chainsaw safety and certification class. This certification is required to operate chainsaws on National Forest and County Forest property. There is only…
Cowboy and Seeley Dave finally had a chance to get out and record a little trail conditions report. After the start of the Hungry Bear, they headed over to the Camp 38 Trailhead to dip into 38 Special and the Gravity Cavity. The small parking lot at the trailhead was already full, with overflow out…
Over the last weekend, I attended my first in-person race with the happy return of the Hungry Bear 100. Racers and riders had picture-perfect weather with sun, low winds and temperatures in the 60s by the afternoon. Last year’s Hungry Bear was canceled due to the pandemic. And while this year’s race did not include…
Thanks to the early warm-up this spring, the Sawyer County Forestry Department was able to give CAMBA the OK to open our trails early. As of today, all CAMBA trails from Mt. Ashwabay up in Bayfield, down to Hatchery Creek and the Hospital Gateway trails are now open. So air up your tires, check your…
I had my first meal seasoned with foraged wild Ramps (Allium Tricoccum, sometimes called wild leeks or spring onions), so I know spring is firmly ensconced and winter is far distant in the seasonal rearview mirror. I typically find Ramps when I am riding trails or gravel. As readers may have guessed by my recent…
While the CAMBA trails are closed, I have been getting out for an hour or two most days to grind some gravel. This last weekend, winter decorated the forest with an inch of fresh fluff. It flocked the trees in a fresh coating of white and stuck on the frozen gravel roads until Sunday afternoon…
As I mentioned in my last news post here, all CAMBA groomed winter trails and warm weather MTB trails are closed. By Sawyer County ordinance, our trails, as well as ATV and snowmobile trails, must be closed from April 1st to May 15th. While that is the written rule, in practice the trails typically open…