For Immediate Release Just as Northern Michigan roads become congested during the tourism season, so do the region’s multi-use paths and trails – sometimes creating dangerous situations. As visitors – many driven outdoors by the pandemic - surge into Northern Michigan, officials are working to create...
For Indian River’s Jess Miller, the 15th annual Kayak-Bike Biathlon, held Sunday, July 24, was bittersweet. It was sweet because it was yet another successful event, and a touch bitter because it was his last. The annual biathlon, which coincides with Indian River’s SummerFest, is Miller’s...
On June 29th, we welcomed around 200 members of the Top of Michigan Trails Council to our Annual Meeting - the Party on the lawn! With wonderful food provided by David and Kathy Beier, entertainment from Jelly Roll Blues Band, and a sneak peek at...
The 2021 Annual Report online version is available here. ...
As we noted in our last update, it has now been just over two years since a slope failure collapsed a portion of the Little Traverse Wheelway along the “Miracle Mile” trail segment. Since then we’ve been hard at work looking for solutions, and we...
This summer MDOT is undertaking a project that will impact access to Mackinaw City and consequently access to the trailhead for the North Western and North Central State Trails. The trailhead and trails will remain open but detours and traffic should be expected. June 14-16 I-75...
[caption id="attachment_32599" align="alignright" width="225"] Executive Director, Brent Bolin, with Ric and Lisa Loyd and members of Ironwood Construction[/caption] Since the Packy Offield Trail Center opened in 2015, the Top of Michigan Trails Council witnesses firsthand the tremendous amount of use of the area’s trail system. Throughout...
Do you love the "up north lifestyle" and wish you could make it part of your job? You can at the Top of Michigan Trails Council! We are looking for a dynamic fundraising professional to lead our development efforts at a critical time for the...
As the calendar turns to March, thoughts up north begin to turn to spring and walking, running, and biking along the Top of Michigan Trails Network in the warm sunshine. With the optimism of spring in our hearts we at the Trails Council thought it...
The North Western State Trail (NWST) will be seeing an improvement in 2022 thanks to a grant award from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Trust Fund. The trail runs from Petoskey to Mackinaw City along the former Grand Rapids and Indiana line of...
