Lake Hayden from the Canfield trails.
We headed to Coeur d'Alene for a family get together so I had done some scoping of the local mountain biking scene. I was intrigued by Canfield Mountain Mecca - they had me at "mecca". Plus it was only a few miles from our hotel. I went out there at 8AM on a Friday, and ran into some local women who gave me the scoop on where to go (trails aren't marked that well, but there are some pretty good maps posted throughout). I started with an ambitious plan that deteriorated after Trail A proved to be severely rutted with runoff. I found some great riding off trail 4 and wound my up a grunt to what appeared to be a high point. Very rough, steep ride down trail 3A to the car. I was only out there about 2.5 hours but you could go all day with the vast network they have there. What they lack in long, smooth descents they make up for in sheer variety of rolling hills, rocky and steep sections.
