Explore the greatest - and newest - mountain biking trails in Minnesota! The Brainerd Lakes Area is home to the only mountain biking trails in the Minnesota state park system. Come for a ride, stay for the weekend - better yet, build a vacation around all there is to see and do here! Learn more about our lodging opportunities! If you're ready to make a reservation, book now!
The mountain biking trails meander around the Cuyuna Range mine pit lakes. Hans Rey, pioneer in extreme mountain biking and known throughout the world, had this to say about the trails, "The Cuyuna Lakes trails are among the best XC trail network I have ridden. Super flowy and fun. Mountain bike specific trails with flow is the future of our sport. It's good to see the Cuyuna trails spearheading this evolution of the sport. I loved the trails and riding and I'm sure it will do wonders to the local community and for mountain bike enthusiasts in a 200-mile radius and beyond. Everybody who helped this project can be proud of themselves."
East of Brainerd, the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area not only hosts the state's first mountain biking trail, a 22-mile system with options for people of all skill levels, it also hosts a seven-mile paved system that will one day link to the Paul Bunyan State Trail.
Discover maps of the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area mountain biking trails. The maps are color-coded signifying the various skill level challenges. Green represents the easiest trails, yellow are more difficult, red are the most difficult and black representsexpert only trails. Click here to view maps! The maps provide GPS coordinates.
The Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Biking Trails offer amazing vistas over mine pit lakes. The Cuyuna Country Overlook rewards bikers who travel up along the lake bluff with a breathtaking view of Huntington and Feigh Lakes.
Hans Rey photograph (top right) courtesy of Hansi Johnson, International Mountain Bicycling Association. Video courtesy of videographer Rori Stumvoll and editor/producer Sean Hagen.
East of Brainerd, the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area not only hosts the state's first mountain biking trail, a 22-mile system with options for people of all skill levels, it also hosts a seven-mile paved system that will one day link to the Paul Bunyan State Trail.
The Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Biking Trails offer amazing vistas over mine pit lakes. The Cuyuna Country Overlook rewards bikers who travel up along the lake bluff with a breathtaking view of Huntington and Feigh Lakes.
