1988 on a 1981 Scorpion Sidewinder. We rode from Mass City to Copper Harbor and back that day. The trails were as smooth as a highway all day long and it snowed the better part of the morning. We stopped in Mohawk to dry our clothes. We put on somewhere in the range of 500 miles on that day, because we hauled the sleds up there from home that morning and went home that night. Will never forget that trip.
Year/Town/Place you started riding in the U.P.
- Thread starter Running Bear
- Start date
skidoo4fun
New member
1999 Bessmer Bluff's Inn Legion or VFW next door
2000 Bingo's Nicest guy in the world
2001 - 2005 TJ's Ewen
2005 to present private home in Ewen
Started out with 1998 Indy 500, still one of my favorite sleds.
Currrent ride Etec 600 Renegade, great sled for the UP IMO.
2000 Bingo's Nicest guy in the world
2001 - 2005 TJ's Ewen
2005 to present private home in Ewen
Started out with 1998 Indy 500, still one of my favorite sleds.
Currrent ride Etec 600 Renegade, great sled for the UP IMO.
mrsrunningbear
Active member
1987 Lake Gogebic stayed at the Fishermans for a week. Rode a 1980 Kawasaki 440 Invader double with my girl friend knocking helmets the whole way. We rode the heck out of the trails. First night coming back from Henrys got into Bergland and got on the lake WHITEOUT first for me....guys said follow and don't loose their taillights pointed in the right direction and took off only to loose their taillights in seconds....scared to death... but kept on going holding the throttle hard hit some slush that came over the windshield my girlfriend screaming and holding on tight I knew I had to keep going hard or it would be spring when they found us. All of a sudden there were the taillights of the boyz and the fishermans lights...we made it. Scared and covered with ice but we were on dry land. Oh what that big lake can do! Never forget it.......
Saw my first groomer that day and as a tractor driver I told Bear I was gonna be a groomer driver someday. 2005 moved up and started driving that year
Saw my first groomer that day and as a tractor driver I told Bear I was gonna be a groomer driver someday. 2005 moved up and started driving that year
1992 Stayed at Silver Sands Motel in Silver City with family rode old Indys and would circle to Bergland back to Silver City & LOC. Was able to ride to LOC outlook no walking. Also skied at Porkies during the stay. Not a lot of traffic during the week but hardley ever saw a groomer the grades had 3 foot moguls in some sections just the way it was & long suspensions were not available. Started Xcross county skiing in Wakefield 1981 & stayed at Bingos. Silver City a shadow of what it was in early 90s.
I don't remember the exact year but I had one of my Kawasaki Invaders. We were staying in Boulder Junction at Gasper's and rode to Presque Isle Skyview. The bartender owner showed us a map and marked the forest roads and Stagecoach road (now illegal) route to Lake Gogebic. Once there the Root Cellar was our destination. Great time had by all and the longest ride we had taken up to that time.
I'd like to stop in an relive some old memories but never seem to get there! Unfortunately, we haven't been back since the late 80's.
polarfreek
New member
1988 Ironwood/Bergland on a Polaris TXL 340
I broke the hood and belly pan and bugee corded it together for the rest of the weekend.
I broke the hood and belly pan and bugee corded it together for the rest of the weekend.
1st ride in UP
I think it was Feb 2000, could be 01. Based out of Mercer. J9 and I on our first week long Ride without the kids.
Took the 1 up thru P.I. and the 13 up to the Root Cellar. Had read articles about the Root Cellar, Good food ect..... I was on 99 XLT Touring, J9 rode 98 XLT Touring.
Lots of snow and lots of moguls. I thought those moguls were so big you could have hid a VW Beetle in them...... Food was good. Better than today I think.
J9 never wanted to go back. But in late March that year or the next we rode from Hurley to LOC, Silver City, we took the Alt. 8 that crossed the Hwy right before Bingos up to South Boundary Road. We started calling it the Autobahn. Ton's of snow and the Autobahn had a center median of snow and was groomed to the 10's.
Hooked ever since. It use too take a lot longer to get to SC than today.
Ride em if you Got em!
I think it was Feb 2000, could be 01. Based out of Mercer. J9 and I on our first week long Ride without the kids.
Took the 1 up thru P.I. and the 13 up to the Root Cellar. Had read articles about the Root Cellar, Good food ect..... I was on 99 XLT Touring, J9 rode 98 XLT Touring.
Lots of snow and lots of moguls. I thought those moguls were so big you could have hid a VW Beetle in them...... Food was good. Better than today I think.
J9 never wanted to go back. But in late March that year or the next we rode from Hurley to LOC, Silver City, we took the Alt. 8 that crossed the Hwy right before Bingos up to South Boundary Road. We started calling it the Autobahn. Ton's of snow and the Autobahn had a center median of snow and was groomed to the 10's.
Hooked ever since. It use too take a lot longer to get to SC than today.
Ride em if you Got em!
coldsmokejr
New member
Rode out of Baraga, just me and dad 1996, 2 brandy new XLTs.....Most memorable ride yet!
mjkaliszak
New member
1994 ,Worked all day, left PA with 6-7 friends, drove all night, arrived in Nutberry about 6:00 AM , Started to ride to Paradise, then GM, and trying to end up in Munising where we had reservations ( Saddle Bag trip & I don't know what we were thinking , that was a big haul for a 1st timer). Drinking & partying along the way ( I'm a little wiser now ) After lunch my saddle bags started to come apart ( loaner bag ) and we tried to buy a new 1 everywhere. Suddenly , I get the brain storm that if I took this 2 track hooked up with this road then that road I could drive right into Munising and be GOOD !!! DID NOT HAPPEN, of course I didn't think I needed a buddy to go with so I solo'ed it. I thought how could you get lost along the lake ???? Well I ended getting lost in what I called the " White Birch Forest ", buy the time I stumbled out of that mess, then made my way to the Melstrand store it was dark and I had " given up ". Asked a local for a ride back to Nutberry, gave him a $100 and then left my saddle bag in his truck. Had to drive back to Melstrand in the car and then rent the Honey Moon suite at the Comfort Inn.
The next day the HoneyMoon was OVER.
Learned a few lessons when I was younger......
The next day the HoneyMoon was OVER.
Learned a few lessons when I was younger......
HIGHLANDER
Member
spent a good10 years in northern wis......until a new group of freinds took me to the munising area 4 yrs ago.........havnt been back to wisconsin since except to get to the u.p! hope the wisc. troopers dont read this.
1964: The local Conservation Officer (this was before the DNR designation) who lived 2 houses down in Ishpeming Township brought home a rear engine, 6 or 8 hp Fox Track (I think) & took all the neighborhood kids for rides. 2 years later (1965/1966) all the 14 year olds in the neighborhood had machines. 8 to 10 hp Johnsons, Evenrudes, Fox Tracks, SkiDoos, Scorpions & a bunch I can't recall.
Mine was a 10 hp Bolens Husky- a strange 2 piece device with no suspension.
These things probably topped out at 25-30 mph. There were no groomed trails. Nobody went beyond walking distance from home because the things were so unreliable.
Alan
Mine was a 10 hp Bolens Husky- a strange 2 piece device with no suspension.
These things probably topped out at 25-30 mph. There were no groomed trails. Nobody went beyond walking distance from home because the things were so unreliable.
Alan
816000tgre
New member
1984 MS-500 ride
I was a sophmre in High school,was ridn a 80'-6000 L/c
I was a sophmre in High school,was ridn a 80'-6000 L/c
HIGHLANDER
Member
i think finn takes the gold on this one