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…
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…
Spring cuts like a double-bit axe when it arrives in CAMBA Country. On the one hand, it brings the promise of warmth, ephemeral wild flowers and verdant forests. But it also signals the demise of groomed fat bike trails more than a month before we can ride the dirt mountain bike trails because they are…
Daytime high temperatures are forecast to near 60 degrees tomorrow in CAMBA Country, before they taper down to a more normal upper 30s this weekend. We also have a 70% chance of rain in Wednesday’s forecast. The combination of warm weather and rain does not bode well for our groomed winter trail system. Seeley Dave…
With the recent five or six inches of snow that fell on CAMBAland, the Chequamegon Forest is frosted in a beautiful fluffy white. Those first flakes were all the encouragement CAMBA’s crew of groomers needed to jump onto their Tundras and Rokons, and hit the winter trails. Since that first accumulation, Mother Nature has continued…
The Dirt Season has concluded in CAMBA Country. Big snows have arrived in the Big Woods and we will shortly be transitioning to snow riding. With the large amount of snow on the ground and coming, it’s going to take some time to get the winter trails ready for riding. Watch for trail reports…