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Thank you for being part of an amazing weekend of bike travel! Bike Travel Weekend included over 700 trips with more than 5,600 participants in 50 U. S. states, 6 Canadian provinces, and 11 countries! It was a success because of YOU. We also want to give a shout-out to the Bike Travel Weekend volunteers who offered guidance to participants and helped promote Bike Travel Weekend.

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Save the date for next year’s adventure!! We are already looking ahead to June 3 – 5, 2022 for the next Bike Travel Weekend!

Bike Travel Weekend, June 4 - 6, 2021

Rochester MN to Lake Louise State Park

Start Location

John Withers Sports Complex. Rochester MN

Number of participants

Ride Description

On Friday, take Mayowood Road to Olmsted County 8 to Mower County 8 to Shooting Star Trail to Lake Louise SP Red Oak Group camp (tent camping). Olmsted County 8 has a wide paved shoulder. Mower County 8 is a low volume paved road. The only major climb is the first 2 miles up Bamber Valley Road (County 8), otherwise the route is mostly flat. The final 3 miles are on the Shooting Star State Trail. Level of difficulty would be level 2.

Camp is a group tent camp with water and vault toilets; showers and flush toilets are a moderate walk away. We will stay there 2 nights. On Saturday there are multiple options for riding (unloaded), including the Shooting Star Trail, up to 55 miles round trip, or longer if going into Austin MN. Another option is riding the Wapsi-Great Western Trail in Iowa, about 8 miles from the camp. On Sunday we will reverse the route to ride back to Rochester.

COVID-19 protocols will be determined closer to the start of the ride. Ride leader has been vaccinated.