I haven’t been mountain biking for over 10 years. My Specialized M4 StumpJumper has seen a lot of neglect over the last decade. But yesterday we all hit the Cuyuna Lakes MTB trails and had a blast on the single track!

Man in red jacket and white helmet taking a selfie on a dirt trail with three others on mountain bikes behind him in a bare woodland.

We did the full Galloping Goose trail around Huntington Mine lake. The bike crew at Red Raven recommended it as a great route for a family with a lot of fun as well as easy access to regular trails if you need a break.

GPS heat map of the Galloping Goose mountain bike route looping around Huntington Mine lake, overlaid on a satellite aerial view.

I hadn’t been on single track for several years, and it was the first time that Tammy or the kids had gone. They had an absolute blast! Mazie and Tyler were laughing and having a great time on the rolley trails.

Young child riding an orange mountain bike on a dirt single-track trail through a sparse woodland, wearing a helmet and FC Bayern Munich jersey Two kids mountain biking on a red dirt single-track trail through a bare winter forest, smiling at the camera. Woman wearing a bright yellow helmet and striped sweater rides a mountain bike along a narrow red dirt trail through a leafless forest.

We did a total of 12 miles with over half of that on single track. The weather and trail conditions were fabulous. This was the nicest trail I’ve been on. They have built up banks on a lot of the turns so you can hold a lot of speed going through them.

Three cyclists in helmets ride single-file along a narrow dirt trail through a leafless autumn forest with rocky hillsides on each side.

We’ll definitely be back again!