Take a few grown-up “snow days” and drive this 243-mile winter wonderland through the Manistee National Forest. You’ll lumber down old logging roads and some of the most scenic regions of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula!

Enjoy panoramic vistas and trails along historic rivers like the Pere Marquette, Pine, and the Manistee. Make a few stops to soak up the winter wilderness in calm, snow-covered forests. This two-day adventure includes two meals and one night’s lodging (with a warm pool) in Cadillac, Michigan.

Day 1:
Bring your cooler filled with whatever you would like for lunch on the trail (no alcohol please). We will be two tracking approximately 125 miles the first day thru the Pere Marquette Forest and into the Manistee National Forest. Stopping along the way for restrooms and snacks. Goal for the day:Days Inn in Cadillac Michigan at 6pm. with dinner furnished at the Timbers Restaurant at 7pm.

Day 2:
Continental Breakfast at the Days Inn at 7:30am, then to a great elk ranch, after a 30 minute stop its on to some of the most beautiful trails of the trip.A stop in Mesick for snacks or lunch is next on the agenda. Then a challenging obstacle course before we enter the Manistee River basin. Two tracking along the river brings us to the Tippy Dam. Its off to the trails in the Udell Hills area on our way to Sandy Korners, arriving back at home base about 5pm