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ATV Riders can enjoy seemingly endless trails and forest roads
through the scenic wilderness of the U.P.'s national and state
forest lands. The Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan offers
off-road enthusiasts nearly infinite riding possibilities, with
hundreds of miles of scenic and historic trails.
Visit the link below to see beautiful pictures and learn more
about the incredible atv trail system in Michigan’s Western
Upper Peninsula. You can also read about some of the
trails below.
http://www.ontonagonmi.com/multiusetrails.html
The Bill Nichols Trail
The Bill Nichols Trail begins in Greeland in Ontonagon County and
travels northwest for 35 miles to south of Houghton. Riders will
enjoy an exciting trek across the Fire Steel Bridges; each trestle
is well over 100 feet above the river!
The Hancock-Calumet Trail
Another route, the Hancock-Calumet, is a fun-filled trip between
the two cities. An abandoned railroad grade from Iron River east
to Watersmeet and on to Marenisco provides riders with a nearly
80-mile journey
MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA'S MULTI-USE TRAIL SYSTEM
A multi use trail system that was built with the services and
cooperation of the Michigan National Guard, U.S. Army Reserve,
U.S. Forest Service, Michigan Department of Natural Resources,
corporations and private landowners.
Michigan’s Upper Peninsulas Multi-Use Trail System is a National
Role Model project coordinated by the Ontonagon County-based
organization of Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the
Environment of the Upper Peninsula, better known as TRALE-UP.
TRALE-UP was founded in the early 90's by a group of
ATV enthusiasts.
The multi-use trail system has been planned to incorporate one
of the nation's must scenic areas, Ontonagon County, along with
the region's rich mining history. The trail system leads the ATV
enthusiast to remote mining areas of the later 1800's and early
1900's. The trail system also features rest and picnic areas, and
interpretive geographic and historical trails.
With the help of the R.L. Ryerson Company and Polaris, TRALE-UP
has been working with the organization Outdoors Forever.
Outdoors Forever is a Michigan-based organization that works
with different public and private organizations in building off road
access areas for the physically challenged. An organization that
has been an instrumental part of the planning and development
of many facets of this multi-use trail system.
Ontonagon County's multi-use trail system plans on linking up with
the hundreds of miles of pre-existing multi-use trails, trails that
include the use of numerous abandoned railroad beds and trestles.
It is a trail system that has been built to be environmentally friendly.
Per TRALE-UP member Skip Schultz, "The trail system has more
culverts to correctly move and drain water than the City of Milwaukee.
It is amazing to see how much long range planning has gone into
this trail system. The last thing TRALE-UP wanted was for someone
to say we are hurting the beauty of the Western U.P.
From bluffs that overlook thousands of acres, to trails that wind
through virgin forests, here is an ATV enthusiast's ultimate
destination. Ontonagon County recognizes the value of the
growing ATV community as a valuable tourist attraction.
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