Winter Fat Biking
CAMBA grooms and maintains miles and miles of winter bike trails in Sawyer and Bayfield Counties. There are also hundreds of miles of plowed town roads to tour.
Where to ride:
CAMBA grooms trails for winter riding in Hayward, Seeley, Cable, and Bayfield. For daily fat bike trail conditions and grooming plans, visit CAMBA Trail Conditions.
Care should be exercised during transitional seasons when the frost is going in and coming out of the ground, as trails are particularly vulnerable to rutting.
Riding is prohibited on all state-funded snowmobile trails in Bayfield County. This includes all groomed snowmobile trails except those that use town roads. Bayfield County has a specific ordinance prohibiting anything except snowmobile use on these trails. Sawyer County policy discourages riding on snowmobile trails in the winter.
CAMBA does not endorse riding on snowmobile trails.
Groomed ski trails: As a general rule, bikes are not allowed on groomed ski trails in Northwest Wisconsin.
Town roads – snow-covered dirt and gravel roads are open to winter biking. Some of these roads may also be snowmobile routes, but if they are public roads, they are open to bikes. Use extra caution on these routes.
Winter Hiking
We all want to be outside! But where can we go? The rights of bikers and walkers on groomed trails depend upon whether the trail is on public property or private property. CAMBA is launching an effort to foster a better understanding of this topic, encourage trail courtesy, and suggest alternative trails for walking.
Trails on Private Property
The Hospital Gateway Trails are on private property, where the property owner has decided not to allow walking of any kind on groomed bike and ski trails during the winter.
Trails on Public Property
Most of CAMBA’s other winter trails are located in the county forest. We cannot restrict walking anywhere in the county forest. The most we can do is ask walkers to be respectful and use snowshoes, or at least walk on the edge of the trail.
Be Nice.
We need to be respectful when we encounter walkers on our groomed trails and ask them to respect other users as well. Many trail walkers don’t understand that they might be having an adverse impact on other users’ enjoyment of the trail. They don’t know that it's better to use snowshoes or walk on the edge of the trail instead of walking down the center. They might not know of alternative walking trails.
Alternative Trails for Walking
Several alternatives are available for walkers, as outlined below. We will update our website and identify other communication channels to reach this audience and to support their enjoyment of the trails.
In Hayward
Hospital Road Trailhead Snowshoe Trail
Sherman and Ruth Weiss Memorial Library Walking Trail (now groomed by CAMBA)
Town of Hayward Recreational Forest
In Cable
Cable Community Center
North End Trailhead