Rides

GPS files for 2025

Rides for 2025:

• There are fewer dining options this year so pack some dehydrated meals or plan on picking up sustenance along the way
• Friday: Meet at Twisted Oak Coffee House in Prescott
  • REVER – 180 mile (4.5 hour) paved ride to Wildcat Mountain State Park
  • Friday fish fry at Wildcat Mountain Bar in Ontario
• Saturday: 
  • REVER – Take the gravel way. Windy 2 hour gravel trek around the WI driftless.
  • REVER – Bitumen perhaps? Twisty 3.5 hour paved trek slicing through WI apple country.
  • New for 2025 – TAKE WATER? A day on the Kickapoo River – paddle instead of ride! Rent a canoe in Ontario and spend the day on the river.
• Sunday: Get that chicken! Then go away!
  • The Rockton Bar is just down the hill this year
  • REVER – Shoot for home. take this 200 mi route back to Prescott or figure out your own way.

Rides for 2024:

• Friday: Meet at Froth and Cork in Hastings around 9:00-9:30 if you want coffee. Departure at 10am (feel free to make your own way to the quarry if you aren’t able to join this early).
  • REVER – 160 mile (3 hour) paved ride to the quarry (I might amend this to add some gravel).
  • Friday fish fry around 7:00/7:30 at Red Pines in Onalaska.
• Saturday: Heading to scenic Decorah Iowa this year. Lunch at Toppling Goliath at 3:00. Arrive early and check out Pulpit Rock and the Ice Cave.
  • REVER – The gravel way. Windy 2 hour gravel trek edging through the MN/IA driftless.
  • REVER – Bitumen perhaps? Twisty 2 hour paved trek slicing through WI and IA.
  • REVER – Then a scenic 90 minute return trip to the quarry.
• Sunday: Get that chicken! Then go away! (same tracks as last year, may update if I have time)
  • REVER – Ride over to Rockton for some charbroiled bird. (65 mi, 1.5 hrs)
  • REVER – home (Hastings) via Wildcat Mtn (190 mi, 4 hrs)
• All above rides can be downloaded as GPX files here
• PLEASE VISIT THE REVER LINKS BEFORE YOU GET TO THE QUARRY AND SAVE THEM IN OFFLINE MODE – offline mode instructions are at the bottom of this page

Older Rides From Last Year – 2023:

• Friday: Meet at the Twisted Oak Coffee Shop in Prescott WI at 9:30 am.
  • REVER – 160 mile (4 hour) mostly paved ride to the quarry
• Saturday: Meet in Viroqua at 3:00ish for lunch. Pick your ride below
  • REVER – Early and dirty – gravel roads into Iowa then to Viroqua by way of Gays Mills (150 mi, 3.5 hrs)
  • REVER – Tarmac and apples – paved route to Viroqua through Gays Mills (130 mi, 3 hrs)
  • REVER – Old Half n Half – (for the late riser who still wants to grub) pavement down to Lansing IA, then up to Viroqua on WI back roads and gravel (90 mi, 2.5 hrs)
  • REVER – Return to camp via Grandad Bluff in LaX
• Sunday: Get that chicken! Then go away!
  • REVER – Ride over to Rockton for some charbroiled bird. (65 mi, 1.5 hrs)
  • REVER – home (MPLS) via Wildcat Mtn and Mindoro Cut (212 mi, 4.25 hrs)
• All above rides can be downloaded as GPX files here
• PLEASE VISIT THE REVER LINKS BEFORE YOU GET TO THE QUARRY AND SAVE THEM IN OFFLINE MODE – offline mode instructions are at the bottom of this page

Rides from past years:
It’s impossible to go wrong in this area there are countless miles of winding tarmac and shady gravel lanes, but here are some suggestions all within 60 miles of basecamp:

• Keep it local
  • Try out some gravel roads within a few miles of the quarry
  • Explore the hills and valleys without leaving the area
  • 1 hour gravel loop REVER
• Lanesboro, MN
  • Easy sweepers up the root river
  • Lots of gravel options
  • Don’t miss the Scottish highlands of MN on highway 30 between Pilot Mound and Bucksnort
  • Many lunch options
  • 2 hour dirt ride – REVER – (one way ride)
  • 1 hour paved ride – REVER – (one way ride)
  • 1 hour mixed ride – only one gravel section – REVER (one way ride)
  • 1.6 hour mixed track back to the Quarry – includes Colt Rd! REVER (one way ride)
• Lansing, IA
  • Follow the Great River Road
  • Stunning bluff and tributary valley views
  • Who knew Iowa could be this scenic
  • 2.5 hour paved loop with overlook and a twisty ride up and down the bluff – REVER
  • 2022 Gravel ride that Ryan and Ole did – REVER
• Iowa backcountry
  • Take the river road south and peel off at New Albin
  • Get back into some deep Iowa valleys
  • Gravel roads and trout streams abound
  • 3 hour loop REVER

• Ontario, WI
  • Wisconsin’s own Tail of the Dragon runs through Wildcat Mt. State Park
  • Make friends with the Amish
  • Paved or gravel galore
  • 3 hour paved loop with a stop at Grandad Bluff Park – REVER
  • Follow this one way paved route to the chicken BBQ on Sunday – REVER
• La Crosse, WI
  • Ride the twisty paved roads around La Crosse
  • Explore the Butler rated G1 and G2 stretches
  • 2.5 hour paved loop REVER
• Gays Mills
  • Explore the heart of Wisconsin’s apple country
  • Great tarmac options all around
  • Try this 3 hour ride through Gays Mills to the Depot in PDC – REVER

GPS routes

GPX files for rides from previous years are below. You’ll have to unzip the folder and add the individual files to your GPS unit.

Using REVER in OFFLINE MODE

If you are using the REVER app it is highly recommended to save the rides above in OFFLINE MODE. That way you won’t have any trouble loading them when you’re in the quarry.

• Save a ride offline – DO THIS AT HOME OR SOMEWHERE WITH GOOD SIGNAL
  • navigate to this page on your phone
  • click the REVER link for the ride you want
  • the REVER app will open and the ride will load
  • click the circle icon with three dots (middle right)
  • select OFFLINE
• Loading offline rides
  • put your phone in AIRPLANE MODE
  • open REVER
  • select PROFILE
  • select the > (arrow) by RIDES (on the right side)
  • select the V (down arrow) by MY RIDES (top right corner)
  • select MY OFFLINE RIDES
  • scroll to the one you want and click it
  • click the circle icon with three dots
  • click RIDE IT!