Wilderness Wheelers is an ATV club based in Bigfork, Minnesota. We manage two grant in aid ATV trails. The Bigfork & Balsam Connection trail is 33 miles in length and the soon to be completed Wilderness trail will have 61 miles of designated ATV trail connecting the communities that make up the Edge of the Wilderness Area. Joining our club will provide you with the most up to date information on trail openings, conditions, and volunteer opportunities to support ATV access in northern Itasca County. For Wilderness Wheeler's membership information click here.
Trails are closed for the season as of today, November 1st. Always hard to have it happen but is was a very good year, especially with the progress on the Wilderness Trail! See you sometime next May when conditions are right! Thanks for spending time with us this summer!
Trail Conditions and Alerts: B&B Trail is closed for the season! Watch for season opening after May 15, 2024 here and on Facebook.
Wilderness Trail is closed for the season! Watch for season opening after May 15, 2024 here and on Facebook
We made great progress on the construction of the Wilderness Trail this year. We still have one project to complete this fall finishing the trail through Marcell. Once the culvert is installed on the Alder Road, we will have a safe and legal passage through Marcell and beyond.
BIG NEWS: We will start the '24 summer season with a loop option on the Wilderness Trail. We will temporarily use FS2182 to complete a loop on the Wilderness trail at FS2180. We will be providing maps with this loop in the coming months. We plan to complete the final section of the original alignment plan during the '24 season!
Special notes: WILDERNESS TRAIL UPDATE. WE STILL NEED HELP FUNDING THIS TRAIL - Please consider making a donation to this project by sending a check to Wilderness Wheelers, PO Box 319, Bigfork, MN. 566289 or donating on the Membership page. Unfortunately donations are not currently tax deductible.
The trail currently connects with the B&B trail west to Wirt MN. Connections to Bigfork, Timberwolf Inn, Marcell, Talmoon, and Riley's Junction make this a popular trail. Falling completely on the Chippewa National Forest, the trail consists of a loop of over 40 miles with spurs to many other favorite spots. Please consider joining our club and/or donating time and funds to help support the development of this new trail system. The more support we get the faster this project can happen!
Wilderness Trail Parking: Little Turtle Lake Store -Talmoon Hayslips Corner - Talmoon Large parking area: maps.app.goo.gl/wegAwjYgx7xSpXYS6 Riley's Junction - Junction of County Rd 134 and State Hwy 6 -Bowstring area Marcell Snowdrifter's parking: maps.app.goo.gl/FHrJ1VR924ZuyMxv6 Reminder: While riding on township and county roads the law requires us to stay to the right hand side of the roadway while using these corridors and obey all other traffic regulations. On paved county roads please stay as far right as is safely possible. We also ask you to avoid ditch riding as we have to fix any damage caused by ATV use along our Bigfork to Balsam Trail corridor. Stay The Trail!
Please check back regularly for current riding conditions throughout the riding season. Updated: 9/26/2023