as the title says when do the trails open up officially?

December 1st like last year?

I think so.Except for some area's in th U.P are closed till muzzleloader is over.

The areas that are usually closed are owned by private land owners that hunt or let people hunt on their property so make sure you ask around before venturing out if you go up.

The area is Newberry because of a small section of a trail...about 1 mile...The trails have to be marked or clearly closed that do not open on the 1st of Dec...

That seems stupid to close all of Newberry's trails for 1 mile of property. I didn't realize that was all there was. I figured it was a larger chunk of land that the hunters leased. Don't the deer hunters have enough land to hunt without being on the trail.? That allways sucks on the first two weekends in Dec to not have all the trails to ride!

Who needs trails anyways?

Dec. 1st is Dec. 1st.

Likely the area near Newberry is enforced like that to keep the landowners happy so they would continue the lease for the trail system.

You may find other areas closed also. But there is many miles of other trails to ride elsewhere.

Respect the landowners and hunters.

We have from Dec 16th till May to ride those areas afterwards.

Like APC said we have a lot of trails in other spots to use. If you aggravate them enough you may not have a trail at all. CJ

ok, i was told that the trails don't open anywhere till december 15th and it set a flag off in my head.

I have rode as early as late Oct back in 1996 on state land in north west lower MI. When there is good snow in Nov, which is about every 3 years or so up near our place, we ride state land at night from Nov 15th till Dec 1st. We've been doing this for over 20 years and never had a problem, you just need to know where and when to go and stay off private land. We hunt also up there but when the snow is good your not going to hurt anything by putting a few miles on your sled a night or two. Heck, back when I got my new Polaris Edge X 600 that year I had over 500 miles on it before Dec 1st! I think that was Nov of 2000. Great snow that Nov. Like one guy said "who needs trails" A few years back we even saw where a groomer had been out "panning" the trails Thanksgiving weekend one night when we were out ridding. It was east of Lake City and west of Higgins Lake area. The long range forecast is calling for a big time cold snap around hunting season again this year so with a little luck, we'll be out ridding some a few nights around that time!

Last yr in Ludington they had a FOOT of snow November 18th.

you put that boat away for the season yet salmonbun?

XXX2

Yep we have ridden in Oct....EVERY YEAR ...this thing comes up about when you can ride...I ride sometimes also way before deer deason.
Then during that time...Nov 15th to the 29th.. I ride some between the hours of 11 am and 2 pm but most of the time it is after dark...
The U.P. is a very large area with thousands of miles of forest roads...Know your area and ride as you please following the laws.

Why spend so much money on something you only use a couple months a year?? But keep in mind you will deal with mud,rocks and other none snow covered items.

And Please not the "Ground is not frozen line" A lot of the time the ground does not freeze unless it is a plowed area.

I'm with you 100%.

24 days, 10 hours and 48 minutes from now.

you know there wasn't a countdown thread this year, kinda bummed about that.

mxzeatr i nominate you to ensure a countdown for next season! hahaha.