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Region Details
- 7
- 65
- 107
- 34
- 14
Local Trail Association
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 308
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 231
- Trails E-Bike
- 104
- Trails Horse
- 6
- Trails Hike
- 307
- Trails Trail Running
- 307
- Trails Snowmobile
- 8
- Trails Snowshoe
- 152
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 8
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 115
- Total Distance
- 280 miles
- Total Descent
- 10,224 ft
- Total Vertical
- 466 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,204 ft
- Reports
- 1,267
- Photos
- 177
- Ridden Counter
- 5,796
Sub Regions
- Blue Earth County (40)
- Eagle Lake (2)
- Lake Eagle Park (2)
- Mankato (38)
- Eagle Lake (2)
- Le Sueur County (3)
- Henderson (3)
- McLeod County (4)
- Nicollet County (18)
- New Ulm (2)
- North Mankato (1)
- Saint Peter (15)
- New Ulm (2)
- Rice County (162)
- Faribault (58)
- Nerstrand (7)
- Caron Park (6)
- Northfield (97)
Popular South Central Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killer Toad Loop Mount Kato | |||
| The Maze (Reed's Way) Mount Kato | |||
| Frog Pond Mount Kato | |||
| Back Loop Mount Kato | |||
| Gets Tight Mount Kato | |||
| Cedar Climb Mount Kato | |||
| Dead Horse Mount Kato | |||
| Outlook Traverse Mount Kato | |||
| Kato Climb Mount Kato | |||
| Cabin Run Mount Kato | |||
| Shortcut Mount Kato | |||
| Long Loop Kiwanis Recreation Area | |||
| Lookout Mount Kato | |||
| Staircase Mount Kato | |||
| Ridge Run Mount Kato |
South Central Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Traverse Trails Full Loop South Start Traverse des Sioux Park | 9 miles | |
| MN MTB Marathon Sport Comp Elite Mt Kato 2024 Mount Kato | 4 miles | |
| 2020 MNHSCL TT Kato Mount Kato | 3 miles | |
| 2024 MCA Race #5B - Mount Kato race Mount Kato | 3 miles | |
| 2018 MNHSCL Championship Mankato race Mount Kato | 4 miles | |
| Mt Kato 2022 MCA Race #5 race Mount Kato | 3 miles | |
| race Mount Kato | 3 miles | |
| 10 mile Kiwanis Recreation Area Cross-country Ride | popular ridelog | 10 miles |
| 8 mile Kiwanis Recreation Area Ride | popular ridelog | 8 miles |
| 4 mile Kiwanis Recreation Area Ride | popular ridelog | 4 miles |
Photos of South Central Mountain Bike
trail: Trail B
179 |
Aug 22, 2024 @ 12:43pm
Aug 22, 2024
trail: East Trail (South Spur)
9 |
Apr 28, 2024 @ 7:43pm
Apr 28, 2024
trail: Intermediate Loop
69 |
Aug 11, 2020 @ 8:15pm
Aug 11, 2020
trail: SST
200 |
Aug 11, 2020 @ 7:55pm
Aug 11, 2020
trail: SST
147 |
Aug 11, 2020 @ 7:09pm
Aug 11, 2020
trail: Intermediate Loop
113 |
Mar 13, 2020 @ 4:59am
Mar 13, 2020Videos of South Central Mountain Bike
trail: Shattuck Downhill
59 |
Sep 11, 2023
trail: Green Loop
31 |
Oct 22, 2020
trail: Blue Loop
31 |
Oct 22, 2020
trail: Compresser
0:29 |
76 |
Sep 23, 2019
trail: Luge
0:50 |
114 |
Sep 23, 2019
trail: Ridge Run
0:21 |
106 |
Sep 23, 2019
trail: Dead Horse
0:30 |
223 |
Sep 23, 2019
trail: Mad Squirrel
0:20 |
97 |
Sep 23, 2019
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| doachs | add | report | activity #64445830 and 6 more | Jan 11, 2025 @ 3:44pm Jan 11, 2025 |
| H5Z5O | wishlist | region | activity #62485603 | Nov 30, 2024 @ 5:24am Nov 30, 2024 |
| H5Z5O | wishlist | region | activity #62485539 | Nov 30, 2024 @ 5:22am Nov 30, 2024 |
| Hellaenergy | wishlist | region | activity #61566606 | Nov 10, 2024 @ 8:49am Nov 10, 2024 |
| evanjpak | vote | trail | activity #61385644 | Nov 5, 2024 @ 8:02pm Nov 5, 2024 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Secret MTB spots if you find them | Mar 11, 2024 @ 5:14pm Mar 11, 2024 | ||
| report | Cleared the tree today, so its all good now! | Aug 28, 2023 @ 7:46pm Aug 28, 2023 | ||
| trail | Probably the most technical bit of singletrack... | Aug 8, 2023 @ 2:08pm Aug 8, 2023 | ||
| trail | A classic Northfield trail. If I recall... | Aug 8, 2023 @ 2:06pm Aug 8, 2023 | ||
| trail | Not that fun of a trail, in my opinion. The... | Aug 8, 2023 @ 2:01pm Aug 8, 2023 |
Local Badges
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Epic Ride 50k12 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge6 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge1 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k2 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge1 awarded -
Epic Mountain Bike Climb 2k0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kato | bike park | Mankato | |
| Tartan Terrain Park | skill park | Hutchinson | |
| Sechler Skillpark | skill park | Northfield | |
| Northfield Skatepark | skill park | Northfield | |
| Sechler Skillpark | skill park | Northfield |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 228 | 231 miles | 7,835 ft | 75 miles | 456 ft | 163 | 1,322 | 7 | 13,721 | |||
| E-Bike | 104 | 109 miles | 2,110 ft | 34 miles | 381 ft | 1,123 | 259 | |||||
| Horse | 6 | 17 miles | 240 ft | 8 miles | 148 ft | 637 | ||||||
| Hike | 306 | 271 miles | 8,701 ft | 88 miles | 466 ft | 12 | 1,310 | 1 | 612 | |||
| Trail Running | 307 | 271 miles | 8,701 ft | 88 miles | 466 ft | 1,310 | 280 | |||||
| Snowmobile | 8 | 6 miles | 220 ft | 2 miles | 233 ft | 10 | ||||||
| Snowshoe | 152 | 101 miles | 3,264 ft | 37 miles | 466 ft | 1 | 42 | 40 | ||||
| Backcountry Ski | 8 | 7 miles | 213 ft | 2 miles | 226 ft | 12 | 5 | |||||
| Nordic Ski | 115 | 89 miles | 2,953 ft | 34 miles | 400 ft | 32 | 176 |
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