On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Marquette North NTN Trails Ride Notes We’ve ridden through these trails a handful of times, but I think it’s always been during a race versus general riding. The Marji Gesick uses these trails and the Ore To Shore finishes thru part of these trails. They’re good trails with … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes Ridden here at least a handful of times on both fat bikes and mountain bikes. Both for fun and also the races such as Polar Roll and Marji Gesick 100. They are fun trails. If I remember correctly, the outer loop is fairly tame and then when you cut into … Read more
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On This Page Ride Notes We’ve ridden these trails both for races and general riding. The Marji Gesick passes through these trails as well. There is some great riding here and with a few really nice loops that can be pieced together. These are really fun trails. Everything from fairly tame to really technical and … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been quite a few years, but have ridden here a couple times. First was back in the late 90s and then rode here again 2012 when we were living back in Michigan and went camping at the State Park for a weekend. I enjoyed the trails. Ride Videos No … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes Rode here a couple times years ago. It was likely late 90s when I first got into mountain biking. I think there used to be a race here and I first went over there to check out the trails before the race, but I don’t think I ever made it … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes Believe I’ve only ridden the Proud Lake Trails one time while we were camping there. It was quite a while ago. Ride Videos No ride videos from Proud Lake, but you can check out the rest of our videos on our YouTube channel. Parking Map I would check out the … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes I’ve only ridden here once and it was a quick ride while I was passing thru town. I can’t remember a lot of the trail, but seemed like nice trails to ride. I was going to go to Highland, but I had ridden that in years past and had never … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been a long time since riding here, so I just don’t have a lot of detailed memory of the trails. Rode here a few times when living in Michigan. Ride Videos No ride videos of Bald Mountain, but check our other ride videos out here… Parking Map It’s been … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been a long time since riding here, but I road here a few times for fun and for a couple of mountain bike races back in the late 90s or early 2000s. I’m pretty sure this was one of the races where I crashed into some poison ivy. I … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes These were good trails and I remember them being really tight and twisty in some sections. It’s been years though. I think we rode them a couple times when we moved back to Michigan for a short time almost 15 years ago and then I rode them a few times … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been years, but this used to be one of the local go to trails years ago when I lived in Michigan and was first getting into this. There was a nice fairly easy riding loop and then I remember a more technical loop with lots of log pile crossing … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been a long time, maybe late 90s, so I don’t have much to say other than I know I’ve ridden here once or twice and quite possibly as a bit of a side ride when riding the nearby Bald Mountain Rec area trails. Some of the rides, I just … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes Only rode here 1 time and it was for a Hi-Tec Adventure Triathlon years ago (early 2000s). The mountain bike trails were fun. Ride Videos No ride videos from Stony Creek, but we have lots of other videos on our YouTube channel. Parking Map I would check out the trail … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes I believe I’ve only ridden here one time and it was years ago. It’s one I’d like to go back and ride again. If I remember correctly, our ride was cut a little short after my buddy took a spill or wrecked something and I can’t even remember the details … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Brighton Rec Trails Ride Notes It’s been a bit, but have ridden here a few times. It’s a good ride and I think new trails were in processed or just getting finished the last time I was there, almost 10 years ago, when I was visiting Michigan. Ride … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes The Michigan Tech Trails is where it all started… I (Steve) put a lot of miles on mountain bikes at the Michigan Tech Trails during my college years when I was getting into riding. I’ve only been back on the trails a couple times since then as most of the … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been a long time, but I think I’ve ridden here a couple of times. I know I did a race here once, maybe summer of 99. I really can’t remember much of the trail other than a couple spots stick out in my head from the race. Ride Videos … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes I’ve ridden here quite a few times, but it’s been years since the last ride. It was one of the first places I rode in lower Michigan in the late 90s when I got into mountain biking. I also revisited in laters years when visiting Michigan. It’s a really fast … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been awhile and was one of my favorite trails to ride one summer back in the late 90s. I remember really liking these trails. I think I liked that you could go on this one big loop or at least connect a big loop and get a nice ride … Read more
I really like these trails and try to get a ride in if I’m in town for a few days. It has been a little bit since riding them though. It seems like the last few time I was in the area, I ended up just riding from the house up to Churning Rapids. Sometimes … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Copper Harbor Trails Ride Notes We’ve ridden up here multiple times, along with Kyle and Reid doing the Copper Harbor Trailsfest Long XC Race. That’s a bit of a story in itself as Reid forgot his gear bag and some shuffling of bikes, pedals and gear had to … Read more
I (Steve) often refer to the Trail System as my happy place or most favorite place to ride. I can take off in these trails and just wonder all afternoon. Lynn’s family doesn’t live far from the Churning Rapids Christensen Rd. Trailhead and I’ll just ride my bike up to the trails from their house. … Read more
The Polar Roll is a fat bike race held in February in Marquette, Michigan. It runs through the RAMBA trail system on snow — the same trails as the Marji Gesick 100. Multiple distance options. I’ve done this one three times. polarroll.com At a glance Location Marquette, MI Discipline Fat bike When February Official site … Read more
The Marji Gesick 100 is a 100-mile mountain bike race held in the Marquette area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula every September. It’s not a normal 100 miler — the course is brutal, the cutoffs are tight, and the buckle is legitimately hard to earn. You’re riding through the RAMBA trail system and surrounding terrain, which … Read more
The Ore to Shore is a point-to-point mountain bike race that runs from Ishpeming to Marquette, Michigan every August — 48 miles for the long course, 28 miles for the short. It covers a mix of singletrack, doubletrack, snowmobile trails, and fire roads through the UP terrain around Marquette. It’s more mountain bikey than the … Read more
The Copper Harbor Trails Fest is a mountain bike festival and race weekend held every August at the tip of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. The trail system up there is genuinely world class — technical, rooty, rocky, with elevation changes that don’t mess around. The race has a 30-mile long course and a shorter option, and … Read more