The town of Munising and the Michigan Upper Peninsula welcome the first ever Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew visit.
A strong group volunteered to re-route a problem spot on Bruno's Run. Located in Hiawatha National Forest near the town of Munising, this rooty, sandy trail is a local favorite. See a map here.
The local television station and newspaper came to learn more about trailbuilding, the Crew, and mountain bike volunteers.
The best part of building new trail? The test ride!
The Keweenaw Trekkers, an IMBA club in Houghton, invited us to attend their Monday night group ride to check out some of the trails at Michigan Tech University. See their website.
Local mountain bikers are working with the University to build some incredible singletrack and some very impressive elevated wooden trails. Lori shows us how to ride an A-frame.
Good thing Michigan Tech produces such fine engineers! A great trail map is available at here.

Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew Visits Michigan's U.P.

August, 2002 - The Upper Peninsula of Michigan may now be overlooked as a mountain bike destination, but once news about the awesome riding leaks out, mountain bikers will flock there. From sandy singletrack, to rocky technical stuff, to man-made structures, Michigan's U.P. has it all!

The focus of our (Mark and Lora of the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew) visit to the U.P. was a 9-mile piece of fast and twisty singletrack called Bruno's Run. A solid volunteer trailwork day gave Bruno a modest makeover.

Also during our visit we presented our "Ride Around the World" slideshow, led a Trailbuilding School, conducted a trail assessment and design clinic, and enjoyed good times with the local mountain biking crowd.

Thanks to everyone for making our visit a great success!

- Mark and Lora