 Well, despite the cold and snow, it wasn't too early for some people to hit the trails on a bicycle at Lake Bemidji State Park. Josh Peterson shows us in this week's Northwood's adventure how the Northland Fat Bike Rally continues to grow. For just one weekend in the winter, the trails in Lake Bemidji State Park open up to cyclists that have the itch to pedal their way through the ice and snow. The third annual Northland Fat Bike Rally brought out fat tire bike riders from all over. All over the state and there's some Winnipeg people here so we got kind of an international event now. All right. But otherwise, roughly around two hours away seems to be Fargo, Grand Forks. The fat tires on the bikes flew through the snow covered trail system throughout the park. While it may look easy, fat tire bikes require a little more strength when pedaling. For the most part, maybe a little more endurance to kick those big tires around but for the same reason, I mean that's why we fat bike, we love mountain biking in the summertime. We want to be on our bikes as much as we can. The rally features a 10 and 28 kilometer route and new this year is a kids rally all because of increasing numbers each year. In the three years of holding the rally, they have seen continuous growth, crediting some of that success to the growing popularity of the sport. Fat bikes have been around for about 10 plus years now but in the past three years I'd say it's just really boomed. Now the visibility is out there, people realize that it's not just some big goofy bike. While the rally is not a race, awards are presented to the cyclists with the fastest finishing times. With the real winners coming from this rally will be the students from Trek North Charter School. We're hoping to use this money here that we raise here to purchase bikes, to purchase kits, mechanic equipment as well and really like have a solid amount of bikes for kids to use next year. A bike ride with a purpose and a goal to not only rally along the trails but to rally interest in a growing sport. With this week's Northwoods Adventure in Bemidji, I'm Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.