In most places, fall color is something you drive past. On Minnesota’s Iron Range, you can ride through it. Red-dirt trails run beside deep blue mine lakes. Yellow aspens brighten the rock and forest surrounding the singletrack. Cooler days invite longer rides, while small towns, local restaurants and northwoods lodging give you plenty of reasons…
When it comes to gravel riding on the Range this is a 40 mile route that starts about 10 miles north of Virginia, MN just off Hwy53. The route heads north and goes through the town of Cook, MN. You could easily start and end this route in Cook if you wanted to and explore…