Favorite place to ride in the U.P. ?

[woodey8]

I have never been to the U.P. to ride yet. Looking for input from other riders to point me in the right direction.

[Dave_B]

My opinion, as well as many others I'm sure, would be the Rockland to Twin Lakes area. Plenty of places to stay and usually the best "overall" conditions. You can day trip to just about anywhere in the Western UP from either location.

Dave

[mspease]

Dave_B is right, but also consider the Lake Gogebic area too. Lots of options from there too, including several bar/restaurants right on the lake.

[dpd43]

It's all good. Love to ride North of the bridge. Have stayed in Hancock at the Ramada and traveled both North and South and feel that's the best of the UP. M&M is right across the parking lot so when you need the inevitible fix or part they are right there to help you along. Honestly, there isn't any place that's not good.

[lenny]

I am in the Greenland, Mass City and Rockland area, very good riding. Have ridden in the Keewee and equally if not better IMO. Twin Lakes awesome. Bergland great. Trail 13 loop from Greenland to Twin Lakes one of the nicest in da UP. Trail 109 off trail 3 south of Twin Lakes heading toward Alston incredibly awesome. Freeda Loop before Houghton off trail 3 is great. Flying up and down the Bill Nichols trail (3) at 375 mph is fun

[Cat Woman]

Flying up and down the Bill Nichols trail (3) at 375 mph is fun

Bahahaha!

We have stayed from as far south as Watersmeet and north to Houghton and have ridden everywhere inbetween including up to Copper Harbor. IMHO anywhere you pick in that area will have great sights and good trails.

[meathead]

I am in the Greenland, Mass City and Rockland area, very good riding. Have ridden in the Keewee and equally if not better IMO. Twin Lakes awesome. Bergland great. Trail 13 loop from Greenland to Twin Lakes one of the nicest in da UP. Trail 109 off trail 3 south of Twin Lakes heading toward Alston incredibly awesome. Freeda Loop before Houghton off trail 3 is great. Flying up and down the Bill Nichols trail (3) at 375 mph is fun

I have 12 yrs of ridin da u/p and about 10,000 mi up there .And I could not agree more !!!!In fact I have over 2,000 mi this yr. and my lovely bride of37 yrs ,if I can get the time off from work I can go play anoyher 4/5 days in March (6/10 or11 maybe 14th if Im a good boy )Man do I LOVE that gal!!!!! JD please put the snow machine into overdrive....MEATHEAD

[squat]

I agree with the western UP. BUT! It can get a little busy over there sometimes. Depending on where you live, I would suggest Seney. Same amount of miles from Bourbonais, IL to either spot. Seney provides some of the best trails and low traffic. There are 5 loops you can make without ever hitting the same trail. Well a little but not much. In my opinion I would make 2 trips. One to each spot every year. I do! lol

[frnash]

I have never been to the U.P. to ride yet. Looking for input from other riders to point me in the right direction.

Confucius say: "Picture worth 10,000 words." So here are 80,000 words from the National Weather Service Forecast Office at Marquette, MI!
1. 2009-2010 UP total seasonal snowfall.
2. 2008-2009 UP total seasonal snowfall.
3. 2007-2008 UP total seasonal snowfall.
4. 2006-2007 UP total seasonal snowfall.
5. 2005-2006 UP total seasonal snowfall.
6. 2004-2005 UP total seasonal snowfall.
7. 2003-2004 UP total seasonal snowfall.
8. 2002-2003 UP total seasonal snowfall.

Do you see a pattern there?

(It's just too bad that the eastern end of the UP is handled by the Gaylord, MI Forecast Office, not Marquette.)

[frnash]

And from the NWSFO at Gaylord, MI!
Total seasonal snowfall for the Eastern UP and Northern Lower Peninsula:
1. 2009-2010 total seasonal snowfall.
2. 2008-2009 total seasonal snowfall.
3. 2007-2008 total seasonal snowfall.
4. 2006-2007 total seasonal snowfall.
5. 2005-2006 total seasonal snowfall.
6. 2004-2005 total seasonal snowfall.
7. 2003-2004 total seasonal snowfall.
8. 2002-2003 total seasonal snowfall.
9. 2001-2002 total seasonal snowfall.

Do you see a pattern there?

[ubee]

Yup, great pattern,you can count on it!! LOL!!

[rakins800]

I'm a big fan of the Ishpeming area............

[Pizza Man]

Munising during the week

[doospunk]

I'm a big fan of the Ishpeming area............

X2. There's alot of great stuff that way!

[just_ride]

I like staying around Ironwood, then riding North East toward Houghton, good loops around Lake Gogebic. Keeps me in the snow!!

Just_Ride