Upper Cathedral
- 3.9 mi
- round trip
- 722 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
Upper Cathedral is a short, easy mountain biking route on the Wisconsin side of the Fond du Lac area, about 1.5 miles from Fond du Lac, Minnesota. It's an out-and-back with a low point of 786 feet and a high of 923 feet, so the whole trip adds up to about 202 feet of elevation gain. The climb is steepest at around the 2-mile mark, with a grade of about 7 percent. Summer is the most comfortable time to ride. Typical averages from the nearby Foxboro, Wisconsin weather station run from highs around 72°F in June to about 78°F in July, while winter highs stay near or below freezing. Valley West and Porcupine Passage sit just 0.1 mile away, and Ninja Beaver is about 0.4 mile off. Climbers can find Trailside Boulders roughly 1.9 miles away.
Best time to go · May–Sep
Best time to visit Upper Cathedral
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
20° / 0°
Feb
26° / 4°
Mar
38° / 16°
Apr
50° / 27°
May
63° / 37°
Jun
72° / 46°
Jul
78° / 54°
Aug
76° / 53°
Sep
68° / 45°
Oct
54° / 34°
Nov
38° / 21°
Dec
25° / 8°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Foxboro, WI, 13.1 mi away at 932 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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