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Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival
Hayward, WI · Sports
- When
- September 18–19, 2026
- Where
- Race start, downtown Hayward · Hayward · WI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
One of the oldest and most prestigious point-to-point mountain bike races in the country, run between Hayward and Cable since 1983. The signature Chequamegon 40 covers forty miles of forest fire roads and draws thousands of riders from across the country. A Friday expo in Cable precedes Saturday's race.
The history within reach
- Chequamegon Fat Tire Festivalsame spot
One of the oldest and most prestigious point-to-point mountain bike races in the country, run between Hayward and Cable since 1983.
- American Birkebeinersame spot
North America's largest cross-country ski marathon, run point to point from Cable to a finish line on Hayward's Main Street since 1973.
The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame built its centerpiece as a muskie half a city block long and four and a half stories tall, with an observation deck in the open jaw that has hosted weddings.
A championship of timber sports including log rolling, speed climbing, and chainsaw carving, held on a purpose-built lake-and-bowl venue in Hayward since 1960.
Al Capone kept a stone lodge on 400 acres near Couderay with gun turrets on the corners, a jail cell, and a lake where seaplanes from Canada reportedly landed whiskey during Prohibition.