Trails with a Use of nordic skiing

Cheshire Rail Trail

Cheshire Rail Trail view of river from stone bridge

Cheshire Rail Trail can be used as a hiking trail, horseback riding trail, snowmobile trail, cross-country ski trail, bike trail, or even a dogsled trail. It screams, “Classic New England” rail-trail. The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland is named after Cheshire County New England. The Cheshire Rail Trail is named after Cheshire County in …

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Huckleberry Trail

Great trail through farmland near the Virginia Tech Campus. Actually at the end you can ride through the beautiful campus too.  Some challenging hills for Trikkers here.  I usually park behind the Shopping Center — actually behind the movie theater to get on the trail. You go by a Coal Mine Park as well. Thanks …

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Kootenai River Trail

mountain bike rider on trail

It is my understanding that this trail has been greatly improved since I took this picture last year. I’m told they’ve raised the surface in water-prone areas, added gravel, and put culverts under the trail at some of the creek crossings. Even so, this trail is best for hiking, but a mountain bike would easily …

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Route of the Hiawatha Bike Trail

Route of the Hiawatha Bike Trail

This is the one that started it all. (Not the moose, the trail) This was my first rail-trail. My daughter was a mere one-year-old and I pulled her behind my bike on a trailer. If I remember right, they didn’t have a shuttle then, or if they did, we didn’t use it. Hiawatha Bike Trail …

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Rio Grande Trail

Rio Grande bike trail from Glenwood Springs to Aspen, Colorado

Colorado’s Rio Grande Trail near Aspen The Rio Grande Trail runs from Glenwood Springs, Colorado to Aspen, Colorado. A great weekend trail plan includes an Amtrak train ride through the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains and then a couple days on the Glenwood Canyon Trail and the Rio Grande Trail. You can find information about this …

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Mineral Belt Loop Trail

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon, the day before Labor Day, and the temperatures were soaring into the 90s down in Denver, Colorado. That was the first wonderful surprise about the Mineral Belt Loop Trail up in Leadville, Colorado. It was still sunny, but the high on the trail that day was 70°. It was …

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