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Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
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- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
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Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 1,377
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 951
- Trails E-Bike
- 175
- Trails Horse
- 268
- Trails Hike
- 1,117
- Trails Trail Running
- 1,099
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 2
- Trails Snowmobile
- 6
- Trails Snowshoe
- 369
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 125
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 113
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 405
- Total Distance
- 1,949 mile
- Total Descent
- 112,354 ft
- Total Vertical
- 928 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,505 ft
- Reports
- 1,861
- Photos
- 822
- Ridden Counter
- 65,264
Sub Regions
- Alcona County (0)
- Millen Township (0)
- Mitchell Township (0)
- Millen Township (0)
- Alpena County (93)
- Alpena (29)
- Norway Ridge Pathway (25)
- Ashland (47)
- Hubbard Lake (17)
- Alpena (29)
- Antrim County (111)
- Bellaire (100)
- Glacial Hills Pathway (100)
- Chestonia (4)
- Bellaire (100)
- Charlevoix County (106)
- Boyne City (38)
- Charlevoix (3)
- East Jordan (7)
- Browns Creek (7)
- Saint James (47)
- Beaver Island (47)
- Cheboygan County (16)
- Crawford County (23)
- Emmet County (151)
- Carp Lake (28)
- Harbor Springs (53)
- Mackinaw City (4)
- Petoskey (45)
- McCune Preserve (25)
- Tanton WFR (4)
- Grand Traverse County (116)
- Interlochen (14)
- Traverse City (100)
- Copper Ridge Freeride (8)
- Hickory Hills (3)
- Muncie Lakes Pathway (17)
- VASA Pathway (31)
- Vasa Singletrack (16)
- VASA Winter Sports Singletrack (10)
- Iosco County (3)
- Oscoda (3)
- Oscoda (3)
- Kalkaska County (28)
- Kalkaska (20)
- Kalkaska (20)
- Leelanau County (21)
- Empire (1)
- Glen Arbor (10)
- Norh Manitou (1)
- Northport (10)
- Leelanau State Park (15)
- Suttons Bay (3)
- Empire (1)
- Ogemaw County (76)
- Lupton (31)
- West Branch (45)
- Ogemaw Hills (45)
- Oscoda County (15)
- Mio (15)
- Wolf Creek Trail (15)
- Mio (15)
- Otsego County (49)
- Gaylord (9)
- Aspen Park (2)
- Treetops Resort (7)
- Johannesburg (5)
- Vanderbilt (35)
- Gaylord (9)
- Presque Isle County (64)
- Onaway (64)
- Roscommon County (3)
- Wexford County (62)
- Cadillac (47)
- Mesick (15)
- Cadillac Forest (8)
- Mackinaw Island (1)
Popular Northern Michigan Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vasa #13 - #14 VASA Pathway | |||
| GH #46- #47 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH #40 - #41 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH #47- #48 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH #41- #42 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH Vandermark Trailhead - #24 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH #45- #46 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| Vasa #4 - #5 VASA Pathway | |||
| GH #48- #51 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH Orchard Trailhead- #50 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH #23- #24 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH #22 - #23 Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| GH #49- #50 long Glacial Hills Pathway | |||
| Vasa #5 - #6 VASA Pathway | |||
| GH #18 - #22 Glacial Hills Pathway |
Northern Michigan Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vasa Pathway VASA Pathway | 14 miles | |
| Outer Loop Glacial Hills Pathway | 18 miles | |
| High Country Pathway (IMBA EPIC) High Country Pathway | 75 miles | |
| West Valley Glacial Hills Pathway | 3 miles | |
| Ptown trifecta Petoskey | 28 miles | |
| 6 Mile Winter Lunchtime Loop VASA Pathway | 6 miles | |
| Little Traverse Wheelway Petoskey | 24 miles | |
| Big Foot Big Boyne Loop Boyne Highlands Bike Park | 15 miles | |
| Rolling Hills Glacial Hills Pathway | 5 miles | |
| Switchbacks Bellaire | 2 miles |
Photos of Northern Michigan Mountain Bike
trail: NCT - Doubleski Rd to M32
139 |
Feb 16, 2023 @ 8:57am
Feb 16, 2023
trail: Boyne Land
21 |
Feb 4, 2023 @ 10:42am
Feb 4, 2023
trail: Tomahawk Lake Spur
11 |
Nov 6, 2022 @ 5:27am
Nov 6, 2022
trail: Lost Lake (South)
29 |
Sep 27, 2020 @ 5:31pm
Sep 27, 2020
trail: Lost Lake (South)
28 |
Sep 27, 2020 @ 5:31pm
Sep 27, 2020
trail: The Enlightener
396 |
Nov 3, 2019 @ 6:58pm
Nov 3, 2019
trail: The Enlightener
378 |
Aug 25, 2019 @ 4:13pm
Aug 25, 2019Videos of Northern Michigan Mountain Bike
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Feb 13, 2023
trail: Copper Ridge
164 |
Nov 13, 2020
trail: Bad Jackson
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Aug 7, 2020
trail: Copper Ridge
1:44 |
147 |
Apr 25, 2020
trail: Copper Ridge
2:12 |
200 |
Apr 13, 2020
trail: Hog Wild
0:33 |
122 |
Sep 17, 2019
trail: Holy Diver
1:00 |
193 |
May 30, 2018
trail: Stoner's Secret Stash
5:14 |
397 |
Jan 28, 2017
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac TH - #2 Cadillac Pathway | Feb 26, 2023 @ 4:08am Feb 26, 2023 | Snow Groomed | Getrad68 | ||
| Cadillac #3 - #4 Cadillac Pathway | Feb 25, 2023 @ 2:07am Feb 25, 2023 | Snow Groomed | craj13 | ||
| Cadillac #7 - TH Cadillac Pathway | Feb 24, 2023 @ 6:07pm Feb 24, 2023 | Snow Packed | craj13 | ||
| Access Trail Wildwood Hills | Feb 9, 2023 @ 5:39am Feb 9, 2023 | Variable | Obeshawone | ||
| NCT - Skyline Trail Petoskey | Feb 2, 2023 @ 12:40pm Feb 2, 2023 | Snow Covered | linden44 TOMMBA | ||
| Browns Creek Pathway - Connector Browns Creek | Jan 14, 2023 @ 4:07am Jan 14, 2023 | Variable | Nachazel | ||
| Thing 2 Boyne Forest Trails | Jan 7, 2023 @ 11:00am Jan 7, 2023 | Snow Cover Inadequate | Jayvw | ||
| Hog Wild Boyne Forest Trails | Jan 7, 2023 @ 3:00am Jan 7, 2023 | Snow Cover Inadequate | Jayvw | ||
| Browns Creek Pathway - First Loop Browns Creek | Dec 31, 2022 @ 8:01am Dec 31, 2022 | Snow Cover Inadequate | Nachazel | ||
| BM #5 - #1 Black Mountain Forest Pathway | Dec 10, 2022 @ 10:23am Dec 10, 2022 | Unknown | englemobile |
National Scenic Trails & Official Routes
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North Country Trail
- Mountain Bike
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Vasa Pathway, Traverse City
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
- Snowshoe
- Nordic Ski
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update | event | The Northcountry Short Track XC is Cancelled - Grief counsellors are standing by and 1 more | Mar 30, 2023 @ 6:38am 2 days | ||
 | msmcfate | update | trail | Andy's Trail | Mar 27, 2023 @ 4:33pm Mar 27, 2023 |
 | Splash01 | ridden | trail | VASA Singletrack - 14 Mile Loop | Mar 27, 2023 @ 3:06pm Mar 27, 2023 |
| hinchmant | wishlist | region | VASA Pathway | Mar 27, 2023 @ 11:30am Mar 27, 2023 |
| hinchmant | wishlist | region | Bellaire | Mar 27, 2023 @ 11:29am Mar 27, 2023 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | This is a really good trail and is more fun... | Sep 30, 2022 @ 11:19am Sep 30, 2022 | ||
| report | This has been cleared. | Sep 5, 2022 @ 1:03pm Sep 5, 2022 | ||
| report | This has been cleared | Sep 5, 2022 @ 1:02pm Sep 5, 2022 | ||
| trail | Really fun stretch of trail. Full of berms,... | Aug 11, 2022 @ 9:50am Aug 11, 2022 | ||
| trail | Trail has been cleaned up and marked. Trail is... | Aug 9, 2022 @ 9:43am Aug 9, 2022 |
Local Badges
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10 Blue Trails461 awarded -
Big Ride 30k4,446 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k1,521 awarded -
Big Ride 30k977 awarded -
Completionist6 awarded -
Top 10 Trails223 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne Mountain Resort | bike park | Boyne City | |
| Cross Country Ski HQ | bike park | Roscommon | |
| Forbush Corner Nordic | bike park | Frederic |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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| Mountain Bike | 951 | 1,298 mile | 68,816 ft | 443 miles | 928 ft | 813 | 1,849 | 24 | 53,537 | |||
| E-Bike | 175 | 438 miles | 7,746 ft | 138 miles | 781 ft | 1,553 | 2 | 310 | ||||
| Horse | 268 | 694 miles | 23,642 ft | 218 miles | 853 ft | 2 | 312 | 69 | ||||
| Hike | 1,117 | 1,776 mile | 80,791 ft | 571 miles | 928 ft | 8 | 1,807 | 17 | 2,918 | |||
| Trail Running | 1,099 | 1,506 mile | 70,446 ft | 490 miles | 928 ft | 1,805 | 15 | 649 | ||||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 2 | 24 miles | 262 ft | 4 miles | 276 ft | 307 | 2 | 43 | ||||
| Snowmobile | 6 | 156 miles | 640 ft | 51 miles | 778 ft | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Snowshoe | 369 | 429 miles | 20,797 ft | 115 miles | 741 ft | 53 | 12 | 315 | ||||
| Downhill Ski | 125 | 31 miles | 17,051 ft | 29 miles | 587 ft | 2 | 1,482 | |||||
| Backcountry Ski | 113 | 50 miles | 6,404 ft | 19 miles | 650 ft | 33 | 12 | 184 | ||||
| Nordic Ski | 405 | 658 miles | 21,775 ft | 189 miles | 833 ft | 34 | 1 | 1,821 |
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