2423

Trail Overview

This trail winds through forested terrain and passes through habitat that supports Western Painted Turtles. The main route is mostly smooth, with a few bumpy sections, and provides a pleasant driving experience. Several smaller trails branch off along the way, offering light exploration opportunities. There are no formal or dispersed campsites along the trail, and visitors should know that there are no services such as trash disposal or potable water. Cell phone coverage may be unreliable in certain areas.

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Difficulty

This trail is well-maintained, smooth and is used regularly by OHV users, so be watchful of other off-roaders and adventurers.

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

2423 can be accessed by the following ride types:

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