Lake City – Wabasha – Kellogg - Trout Valley Ride 10:00 Sunday August 6th 2017

Lake City – Wabasha – Kellogg - Weaver Ride - Trout Valley
Sunday August 6th 10:00 AM

This next ride will basically the same route as last years ride that ended up at Trout Valley. It was considered our best ride of the year. It follows the Mississippi down along the west side of Lake City, Wabasha, Kellogg and Weaver. While we are in the Weaver area, there will be a stop at Trout Valley Trail. After some off road time we head west towards Millville, Zumbro Falls, Zumbrota and north on 52 back home.

Here are a few notes to keep in mind regarding this trip:

• This will be quite a bit longer than rides in the past and for this reason we will be throttled up and moving along at a faster clip than usual. If you have limited experience on gravel or any reservations about your skill level, you may want to reconsider this particular get together.
• Our stop at Trout Valley Trail will be for about an hour or so. The trails may not be suitable for every rider or bike. Since we will be having lunch at Trout Valley, you can certainly elect to take it easy and just hang out until we gather up and head west.
• The 10:00, earlier start, should help to get everyone back at a decent time
• Since this is announced a little earlier than other rides, there will be quite a few more details to follow like the exact start location and available GPX files.

This should really be a good ride with quite a bit of diversity

The following is an informational repost from last year that applies to this year's ride:

More Details For The Lake City – Wabasha – Kellogg - Weaver Ride
10:00 Sunday August 6th

Here are some noteworthy things to know about the ride coming up on Sunday. It’s a ways out, but the weather looks pretty good at this point. The ride will start in Red Wing at the Caribou Coffee on 726 Main St at 10:00. We will head southeast parallel to the Mississippi just west of Lake City, Wabasha, Kellogg and turn east at about Weaver. We’ll head south to 29 and go west to Trout Valley Park. We’ll have lunch there and spend about an hour or so and head southwest to Altura and start our way up through Millville, up along the Zumbro River back towards Zumbrota and north on 52 back home.
Here are a few need to know details:

• Once again, there will be quite a bit of gravel and we will be moving along at a little faster pace than rides in the past.
• Trout Valley Trail requires bikes to have a MN state parks registration sticker. My understanding is that this pass is good at any Minnesota state park. It costs $38.50 and is good for 3 years. You can get this at any DMV. They will need the bike VIN#, so take your insurance card with. I walked in and was out in less than 10 minutes. Put the sticker on upper left hand corner of license plate.
• This trail has somewhat of a challenging trailhead with sand turning into rocks just before the top of the ridge. This may be a little difficult for some larger adventure bikes or if your tires aren’t aggressive enough. Don’t let this discourage you from the ride. There should be a good mix of rider experience diversity. As in all of the past rides, there should be plenty of good advice from those with more experience. If you don’t feel you want to take on that challenge, the park will be a good place to hang out until we head on down the road.
• For lunch, my wife will have the grill going well before we get to the park, so be ready to take a break before venturing up that hill.
• The route map is below

Here are some links that should help fill in the final details:
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ohv/trail_detail.html?id=34
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AoR84cEwKSQqNBN5yUxUxvr2kxk&usp=sharing
http://tcadvriders.org/
http://www.facebook.com/Twin.Cities.Adventure.Riders/
https://www.meetup.com/Twin-Cities-Adventure-Riding-Meetup

Here are some images and a video from last years ride

https://youtu.be/lEY7_47lOfU

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