Seney/Curtis area
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saber1
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I rode the area last 4 days we stayed in Pine Stump area i would go a little north probably Newberry and ride north to northwest Talking to the locals areas south of M28 got a lot more rain than snow last few storms and have less of a base We tried to get to brewery at the falls but 45 still closed due to low snow and swamp areas not freezing up We rode the crazy 8s all good until u went east on 8 from Pine Stump it got thin.9 to 431 to Seney was great also Gran Marais area also good
Hey snopro7, Trees are all cleared, Your trip is 10 days away, lots can happen by then, every thing should be in pretty good condition unless we get rain or a warm up. I just ended a 2 day 512 mile ride in the Seney, Grand Marais , Pine Stump, Munising, Wetmore, Shingleton, Chatham, Eben, Little lake , Marquette areas, all very good except about 30 miles on trail 8 between Gwinn and the turn off to Ishpeming, By the condition of it, I do not think it has been groomed this season yet. Once we got into the Marquette 321 to 417 trail system, these were better than I have ever seen in that area, flat and fast. The snow was a bit thin in Gwinn but it usually is, Curtis swamps are trying to freeze, Curtis did groom some last night but not sure if all Curtis trails are passable yet. Seney was excellent as usual and the new 440 is awesome. Grand Marais excellent, TASA Pine Stump area, excellent condition. more snow expected for tonight thru Thursday 1/9 and Sunday 1/12 thru Thursday 1/16. Lets hope we get a good dumping. Ride safe.
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We are heading to wetmore Wednesday for 4 nights. . Conditions should be ideal by then. Going to ride to gwinn and up to east of marquette and back to munising on Thursday i think. Never ridden that route as we usually stay in grand marais or curtis areas. And don’t usually ride much west of munising.
confusion_900
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If you head towards Marquette make sure you stop off at the “look out” that looks out over Marquette !!
confusion_900
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Here’s a better description someone posted on how to get to the “look out”
If you take trail 8 towards Marquette and then get on 417 it runs right along the lake shore. Just before you get to Marquette you will be on a hi ridge and you can pull over and walk up a short hill about 50 yards and overlook Marquette. The Brownstone Inn is right on trail 417 about 30 miles West of Munising. Once you are closer to the West side of Munising you will intersect trail 8. If you go South and then East on 7/8 and then take trail 7 South you can go down to the Buckhorn which is a great place to eat. http://www.buckhornresort.com/ Like was posted above the Big Bay loop is good also. If you go up there make sure you stop at the Thunder Bay Inn it was built by Henry Ford in 1944.
http://www.midnr.com/publications/pd..._marquette.pdf
http://www.midnr.com/publications/pd...bile_alger.pdf
no more military up there. That ended in 1995 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base
Maybe this is what Clintondf is talking about:
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See also
Click →) Google Maps: B-52D Stratofortress at SAW.FWIW, the old, long abandoned (circa 1960s) NORAD/SAGE blockhouse i still there as well, but it's not much to see:
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I never saw that one, but I did manage to get a cooks tour of the one at Luke AFB in Phoenix in the late 1960s, before they shut it down:
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