i have stayed at the Red Fox motel in years past but the last couple of times the place was getting to be in generally rough shape, crappy beds, uncontrollable heat, etc. we are planning a saddlebag trip through that area this year. does anyone know if they have done any updates recently??
Red Fox Inn Gwinn
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Team Elkhorn
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We haven't stayed at the Red Fox in a year or two, but it didn't seem to bad for the price. We always got the one and two bedrooms suites though.
tundra ron
New member
I have stayed at the Red Fox Inn the last two yrs. The stay have been excellent warmest place I have ever stayed. the walls are about 12ins thick
Scalding hot water too. The beds are not the greatest but for the price and the groomed spur trail from Trail 8, you can't beat it.
They just had a story on the local news tonight that they closed.
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=~\news\lists\local&id=673345
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=~\news\lists\local&id=673345
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Mattarsc
Guest
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They just closed. The ease of access to everything there for Red Fox was awesome. That other motel you mention in Gwinn, somewhat near that BP station, that is closed and for sale too. There is though, Queens Cottages, or a place in Little Lake on Farmers Lake, not sure of the name. Otherwise In between Little Lake and Munising there are several Mom and Pop places. THE CLEANEST and most comfortable I think is JUST out side of Chatam.
Village Inn Motel
N5125 State Highway M94 , Chatham, MI 49816
(906) 439-5800 ()
Otherwise, down the road from the Buckhorn in hiawatha
http://www.munisingwebsites.com/timberridgelodge/
And there is always the big chains in Mqt. Easiest being Holiday Inn. And most expensive. ha ha!
Those mom and Pop places have garages and would put your sleds in there I am sure. Timber Ridge advertises it.
They just closed. The ease of access to everything there for Red Fox was awesome. That other motel you mention in Gwinn, somewhat near that BP station, that is closed and for sale too. There is though, Queens Cottages, or a place in Little Lake on Farmers Lake, not sure of the name. Otherwise In between Little Lake and Munising there are several Mom and Pop places. THE CLEANEST and most comfortable I think is JUST out side of Chatam.
Village Inn Motel
N5125 State Highway M94 , Chatham, MI 49816
(906) 439-5800 ()
Otherwise, down the road from the Buckhorn in hiawatha
http://www.munisingwebsites.com/timberridgelodge/
And there is always the big chains in Mqt. Easiest being Holiday Inn. And most expensive. ha ha!
Those mom and Pop places have garages and would put your sleds in there I am sure. Timber Ridge advertises it.
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Mattarsc
Guest
That would have been the place. RFI. Car rentals, outdoor supply, and a bunch of defunct businesses is all that is near airport. The Airforce didn't have any "Dorms" per say that close to airport. They were all located a little bit further away. The alert pad was the closest but that was on otherside of the runway.
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Team Elkhorn
Guest
Lol, my wife and I always stayed in the suites at the Red Fox, (we had the dogs), our friends and my son and his buddys would always stay in the main buildings that reminded us of "Dorms", so that's what we called them.
I hope they open again soon. Great place to base out of. Nice to have a restaurant on site. Plenty of parking too.
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Mattarsc
Guest
Lol, my wife and I always stayed in the suites at the Red Fox, (we had the dogs), our friends and my son and his buddys would always stay in the main buildings that reminded us of "Dorms", so that's what we called them.
I hope they open again soon. Great place to base out of. Nice to have a restaurant on site. Plenty of parking too.
I know the people personally that closed it. I don't know the situation behind closing but it is a shame. We use to send alot of people that direction because it was WAY convienent. Bar, food, room, tons of parking. And trail access was one hop over the snowbank.
Too bad.I know the people personally that closed it. I don't know the situation behind closing but it is a shame. We use to send alot of people that direction because it was WAY convienent. Bar, food, room, tons of parking. And trail access was one hop over the snowbank.
It is a shame. The problem behind them closing was simple math. X amount of $$ needed to be made to stay open each month. Snowmo season was always good to them but the last two winters not enough to carry through.
We always stayed there snowmobiling prior to moving to Negaunee and it sucks to see them closing.
Thats kind of funny cause our crew was planning on taking the dirt bikes that direction this weekend. Think that they actually had reservations for Saturday night. Hope they didn't leave a deposit!