HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM
HEALTH PARTNERS.
AS WE APPROACH PEAK FALL
COLORS, IT'S TIME PLAN YOUR
TRIP TO TAKE IN THE BEAUTY OF
THE CHANGES SEASONS.
WE ASKED YOU HAVE WHERE TO
GO FOR THE BEST FALL COLORS IN
MINNESOTA, AND WE WEREN'T SENT
NORTH TO THE CUYUNA MOUNTAIN
BIKE TRAILS.
Reporter: JUST AS MOTHER
NATURE SLOWLY STEALS OUR
DAYLIGHT, SHE GIFTS US WITH THE
CRISPNESS OF FALL AND THE
COLORFUL TREETOP PALATE.
FALL HERE IS SPECIAL.
Reporter: MANY WOULD ARGUE
THAT THE NEWLY BEAUTY THAT
SURROUNDS THE TRAIL SYSTEM,
VOTED BEST IN MINNESOTA, SUN
SURPASSED BY ANY IN THE STATE.
THE COLORS IN THE TREES POP.
AND WE HAVE SOME BRILLIANT
YELLOWS, AND BRILLIANT GOLDS
AND REDS, AND WHEN YOU COMPARE
THAT AGAINST THE MINE WATER AND
THE MINE LAKES, WHICH HAS THIS
CARIBBEAN BLUE, WE JUST HAVE A
CONTRAST IN THE COLOR PALATE
THAT IS HARD TO FIND IN
MINNESOTA OUTSIDE OF HERE.
Reporter: WHICH MAKES IT
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IN THE NOT
TOO DISTANT PAST, MAN'S QUEST
FOR RICH ORE DEPOSITS CAUSED
WHAT APPEARED TO BE ALMOST
IRREPARABLE DAMAGE.
WE HAVE A FORMER MINING
HISTORY WE'RE PROUD OF, AND NOW
IT HAS BECOME AN OUTDOOR
RECREATION ADD VERNTURE ZONE.
Reporter: A BIKE RIDE THROUGH
THE AREA REVEALS AN ALMOST
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, AND
TURQUOISE COVERED LAKES, HUH-UH
INTENTIONALLY CAUSE --
UNINTENTIONALLY CHASED BY
MINERS.
WE'RE ABLE TO ENJOY NEUVIRTH
NATURAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE
THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM MAN.
Reporter: NATURE TOOK WHAT
MAN DISCARDED AND MADE IT HER
OWN AGAIN.
WE LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR
TRAILS ADELMAN KIND OF AN
INTERACTIVE MUSEUM, WHERE YOU
CAN RIDE FROM POINT A TO B, BUT
ALONG THE WAY, YOU CAN SEE
MINING HISTORY, WHETHER IT'S AN
OLD CABLE, OR EVEN SOME TIRES
FROM THE OLD DUMP TRUCK IT IS
THAT BROUGHT THE DIRT OUT OF
THE PITS AND PUT THEM IN THE
PILES.
THEY'RE OUT THERE, TOO.
Reporter: FROM DISCARDED
TIRES TO FLAT TIRES, A UNIQUE
LANDSCAPE HAS BEEN CREATED THAT
JUVENILE YEARS AGO WAS
VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE.
NOW PEOPLE TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF
MILES TO WALK, HIKE, AND BIKE
CUYUNA.
YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CANADA.
IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE HIDDEN
HUB IN MINNESOTA HERE.
Reporter: SO WHETHER YOU TAKE
IN THE BEAUTY ON TWO FEET OR
TWO TIRES, IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF
HOW BEAUTY IS CREATED WHEN OUR
PAST COLLIDES WITH OUR PRESENT.
WE HAVE THE BEST FALL COLORS
IN AMERICA!
MINNESOTA!
Reporter: THAT WAS A REALLY
FUN DAY.
THIS WEEKEND, THERE ARE TWO BIG
RACES GOING ON ON THE TRAILS.
SPECTATORS ARE WELCOME, BUT IF
YOU WANT TO BIKE THE TRAILS, WE
DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO THE
FOLLOWING WEEKEND.
THEY'LL BE WIDE OPEN THEREIN
AND BEYOND, AND THE COLORS WILL
BE PEAKING THERE IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO ANYWAY.
IT WAS GORGEOUS.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
REALLY A LOOT LOT OF VIBRANT
GOLDS -- REALLY A LOT OF
VIBRANT GOLDS OPINION
NICE TO SEE THE LAND
REBOUNDED.
YEAH, GREAT TO SEE THAT IT
GOES FROM THEY TO THIS IN 30
YEARS.
WHEN IT TURNS INTO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT --
YEAH, MOTHER NATURE WON
THERE.
WE'RE LOOKING NOW FOR THE BEST