Review Date
April 3, 2005

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Reviewed by: Sammo ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
I started single-track riding last year, all thanks to my great friends and bike lovers Tyler Gerling and Andrew Karppinen. Shinglemill is great cause you never have to ride the same trail twice. Its in really great shape most of the time. There is many challenges though such as logs, tight trees and other hazards. If you want to learn great mechanical skills on the bike learn to ride at a place like this. Its really a amazing trail system. There is never a uneventful moment. Take your friends and try it out i promise you will come back again!

Recommended Route:
Take any route you see, they are all great.

Review Date
March 29, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Reviewed by: BigGuy ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Well this is a great train SYSTEM. There are literally miles and miles of beautiful single track right up here in Northern Minnesota. The trails have to equal in excess of 60-70 miles and not ever riding the same trail twice. It has nice single track with double track (four wheeler trails) if you want to ride the double track. You can pretty much stay on the single track if you wish. There are fun short and steep climbs and decents. One word of advice though bring BUG SPRAY, the mosquitos get pretty thick in the summer and if you stop get ready to start dancing. The thing is that this is a great place to ride and nobody really rides out here except the locals and the once annual enduro bike race yearly. This place is a HIDDEN JEM. You will see some guys on motorcycles occasionally but, I stress occasionally. They mostly come to clean and prepair the trails for the Enduro Race every summer. So that means the trails are kept clean but offer plenty of challenge for mountain bikers. This is a truely great place to ride and I hope you read this review and find out about it.

Recommended Route:
Well there are really no trail markers, except right before and after the enduro race, so you can go out and just explore I guess. I'm still exploring and finding new knarly trails all the time. I you don't want to explore just drop by the local bike shop in town Itasca Trail Sports, or send me an EMail.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Tioga Pit, an old abandoned mining pit. With fun technical downhill trails though the old slag piles. A really fun ,Advanced, place to ride. The trails are maintained by local mountain bikers. You can get more info at Itasca Trail Sports in Grand Rapids, ask or check the message board there to find out who to ride with.

Review Date
March 29, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: BigGuy ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Well this is a great train SYSTEM. There are literally miles and miles of beautiful single track right up here in Northern Minnesota. The trails have to equal in excess of 60-70 miles and not ever riding the same trail twice. It has nice single track with double track (four wheeler trails) if you want to ride the double track. You can pretty much stay on the single track if you wish. There are fun short and steep climbs and decents. One word of advice though bring BUG SPRAY, the mosquitos get pretty thick in the summer and if you stop get ready to start dancing. The thing is that this is a great place to ride and nobody really rides out here except the locals and the once annual enduro bike race yearly. This place is a HIDDEN JEM. You will see some guys on motorcycles occasionally but, I stress occasionally. They mostly come to clean and prepair the trails for the Enduro Race every summer. So that means the trails are kept clean but offer plenty of challenge for mountain bikers. This is a truely great place to ride and I hope you read this review and find out about it.

Recommended Route:
Well there are really no trail markers, except right before and after the enduro race, so you can go out and just explore I guess. I'm still exploring and finding new knarly trails all the time. I you don't want to explore just drop by the local bike shop in town Itasca Trail Sports, or send me an EMail.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Tioga Pit, an old abandoned mining pit. With fun technical downhill trails though the old slag piles. A really fun ,Advanced, place to ride. The trails are maintained by local mountain bikers. You can get more info at Itasca Trail Sports in Grand Rapids, ask or check the message board there to find out who to ride with.