Wondering if anyone had any current trail conditions for Marquette area and east to St. Ignace/Mackinac Bridge. We are planning a ride there next week leaving from the St. Germain Wis. area. Also any trail sugestions to hit/avoid. Good stops, lodging recommendations etc. would be appreciated. Never have ridden east of Marquette. Would like to check out Big Spring and Tequamengon Falls....worth it?
Marquette/Munising Eastern UP Conditions?
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Dirty70Firebird
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we rode from Munising to Big Spring Friday. Trails were excellent once we got outside of Munising. Munising was down to 1 groomer. Big Spring is worth the stop, really neat place, you can go on the cable barge for free in the winter.
wiharley02
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Dirty, by chance did you make a loop back to Munising after Big Spring? Did you ride trail 2 around the bottom side of Indian Lake and over the north side of Manistique at all? I'm headed up that way in about a week (17th-20th) and hoping to make it down to Big Spring and loop over and back up to Seney, would require taking 2 around Manistique. Wondering how the snow cover and base is the closer you get to Manistique area and north shore of Lake Michigan?
Dirty70Firebird
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yes, From Munising we rode 41 to 2 on the east side of Indian Lake then back up to the west side to the Big Spring. 41 and 2 were fantastic. We then rode 7, 8, 14 to Big Bay, those were great as well. Saturday from Big bay, 14, 5, 18, Republic ( no gas in Repbulic, so you have to ride road south of town). 18 to 111 to Crystal Falls, we ended in Tipler/Iron Mountain area on Saturday, Sunday, from there to Lando Lakes via 2. 700 miles in all.