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Trail Overview

This trail is a long, wide gravel route that remains in good condition throughout and travels primarily through forested surroundings and past a few small lakes. The surface is dusty, especially in dry weather, and the road is well-maintained, allowing for a relatively smooth drive. Along the way, the trail passes a handful of rural homesteads, and local traffic can be frequent, so drivers should proceed cautiously and remain aware of vehicles coming from either direction. There are a few turnoffs or branching trails along the route, and the overall path is fairly straightforward, with some broad, sweeping curves that break up the otherwise direct nature of the drive. The scenery consists mostly of dense woodland, offering a quiet and shaded corridor, but the road does not venture far from areas of rural activity. The trail does not provide access to dispersed or formal campsites and lacks services such as trash bins or potable water. Cell coverage may be unreliable or absent along certain stretches.

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Difficulty

This trail is well-maintained and regularly used by OHV users and residents who reside in the area.

History

Covering more than 1.6 million acres of glacial lakes, red-pine uplands, and sphagnum bogs, Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest lets motorists experience the North Woods at an unrushed pace. Paved state highways soon yield to a lattice of numbered forest roads, most of them well-graded gravel that thread between kettle ponds and stands of towering white pine, the tree that helped earn the forest its 1908 designation as one of America's first national forests. The forest harbors one of the highest breeding densities of bald eagles in the continental United States, and patient drivers often glimpse loons, black bears, and white-tailed deer as they move from shoreline to clear-cut regrowth and back again.

Technical Rating

157 can be accessed by the following ride types:

• High-Clearance 4x4
• SUV
• SxS (60")
• ATV (50")