Upper Michigan - Say ya' to da' UP, eh!?

[Yooper_Bob]

This will be the thread were all of us Yoopers can hang out.

Pretty sure, it'll be a quiet and lonely place.

Some pictures from past years to get things started.

A nice fall ride.

Tubing in the UP!

Montreal River Falls Keweenaw Peninsula

Spring riding!

Dog sled races!

Summer in 'da UP.

I love the pine plantation two tracks!

Riding after work with friends!

More pines.

Camping on the UPAT.

Really? More pine trees?

This ride was actually mid November....a rarity in the UP!!!

This track is now called "Broken Mirror". You'll note my mirror is missing. Took it out with me knee as I went over the handle bars!

 

[ThePanzerFurher]

Gods country up there. I was a transplant Yooper for 4 years getting my engineering degree up in houghton. I love it up there

 

[Divotdm]

Carney Lake

 

[Fallacy]

 

[Divotdm]

Norway Truck Trail

 

[DJ_MI]

I love the UP! I was lucky enough to make it UP there in October for 5 amazing days of trail riding.

 

[DJ_MI]

The UP is just terrible.

Me and a buddy are going to see how much of the UPAT we can knock out this May (weather pending). Should be fun on the big bikes. Hoping to get in 2-3 trips before August. I'll probably sneak in a couple hooky rides to Bass Lake as well.

Bass Lake was no joke. Is that where the last picture is from?

 

[Krabill]

Everybody loves Da Yoopers.

Rode my little 250 all the way from Oklahoma.

Even had me a Pasty.

And checked out a couple of museums while we were there.

Even met Santa Claus.

I actually grew up in St. Helen. Since I left, my parents have moved to Higgins Lake. I still visit Higgins every summer.

 

[DJ_MI]

Last pic was from up in Marquette area. Middle pic was Bass Lake May of 2020. The trail was in rough shape at that point. We rode only part of it that day, then a few days later rode the whole loop before heading home. Well.....my buddy skipped out a few miles in. He was sick of being smashed in the face by downed trees.

May 2021 was in primo shape. Even better now that they put in the one wooden bridges in the swampy spots.


Wild to think the first time I rode this was in 2009 on my BMW G650X. It's changed, but one of my favorite loops to ride.

Is that your video? Watching it brought back memories and gave me a little retroactive adrenalin rush.

 

[cb0802]

Hello from Wisconsin. See you this summer. My family lives on the Dead River near Ishpeming. Lots of fun in the basin

 

[DSquared]

Love me some UP. One of these days I'll convince the wife we need to become locals.

 

[gpfan]

This will be the thread were all of us Yoopers can hang out.
A nice fall ride.

When did you fall? I want pics.

And where is the guy that drives propane trucks into Ontario during the winter? I like his posts.

 

[Yooper_Bob]

When did you fall? I want pics.

And where is the guy that drives propane trucks into Ontario during the winter? I like his posts.

I fall all of the time!

I haven't seen Lukoph?

He lives over towards the Soo....

 

[Blue Mule]

Everybody loves Da Yoopers.

Rode my little 250 all the way from Oklahoma.

Even had me a Pasty.

And checked out a couple of museums while we were there.

Even met Santa Claus.

I actually grew up in St. Helen. Since I left, my parents have moved to Higgins Lake. I still visit Higgins every summer.

Why is there green shit in that "pasty"?

 

[DaveJ_U.P.Rider]

Okay just got registered! Some fall riding pics from last couple years.

 

[Yooper_Bob]

Dave.... glad to see you found us!

Only a few more weeks...ok, months...until riding season

 

[Klay]

 

[Klay]

Wait a minute...that looks like the UP...it's my brothers...but I guess it's the Superior National Forest. Why do the trees and motorcycles look the same as in the UP?

 

[Klay]

The other picture there, it looks like taconite. What? There's taconite in the UP? I thought taconite came from the Range.

 

[Yooper_Bob]

You can find tons of it along the tracks that lead from the mines to the ore dock in the upper harbor in Marquette.