​Marquette, MI Trail Conditions

Winter is here! Check current conditions for your favorite winter sports in Marquette, MI. Find trail reports for snowmobiling, snow biking, and cross-country and downhill skiing in Marquette County. Updated daily as reports come in, Monday through Friday. 

A couple snowmobiling near Marquette, MI

Snowmobile Trails

Trail Name Status Last Groomed* Poor Good Excellent
Alger County SORVA

grooming is suspended until there is more snow and colder temperatures.

1/22/24 x    
Baraga County CVB

109, 8/15,15,159, and 14, snow is thin

1/20/24 x    
Big Bay/550 Trails

grooming is suspended until there is more snow and colder temperatures

1/24/24 x    
Hiawatha Trails

Groomer Barn to M553, Gwinn to Cascade, Crossroads Spur, Cascade Trail to 417 groomed. Grooming operations are suspended until we get snow and colder weather. Trails 33 & 32 are mostly dirt, trail 8 has snow north of Sands Station but the warm temperatures prevent grooming.

1/24/24 x    
Moose Country Trails

Trail 5 Republic to Big Bay is complete, Trail 8 is done to meet other clubs east and west. Low snow, exposed rocks, and thin ice west of Maple Ridge Resort ride with extreme caution. Trail 82 is mostly good with small areas of exposed ballast rock near Republic. Trail 18 is done with low snow conditions.

1/19/24 x    
Trenary Northern Trails Another successful groom last night. Full run. We still have 2 spots that we can not get the groomer into yet. We need more cold weather before we will be able to groom through them. Conditions are still early season conditions with thin areas. 1/23/24 x    
UP Central Trails fully groomed. poor conditions from Carp River to M-28 and Harvey Spur. Last groom until we get more snow or temps go back down. 1/24/24 x    
*Conditions are updated weekdays as reports come in. For more in-depth and up-to-date trail info please visit:

Snow Biking

Snow Bike Trails

Trail Name Status Last Groomed* Poor Good Excellent
NTN North Trails Base reasonably firm although still some soft spots and areas w/ drifting 1/22/24   x  
NTN South Trails

Soft, but setting up! Get out there while the tracks are firm!

1/24/24   x  
RAMBA SBT Lots of snow! Grooming in process, set to be done by Wednesday. 1/14/24 x    
RAMBA Hill Street SBT groomed 3/20/23   x  
*Conditions are updated periodically. For more in-depth and up-to-date trail info please visit:

XC

X-Country Skiing Trails

Trail Name Status Last Groomed* Poor Good Excellent
Al Quaal Recreation Area

Deer Lake, Baby Lake, Teal Lake, and Olympic all groomed

1/23/24   x  
Big Bay Pathway Longyear is actively logging the property. We have a bypass section to avoid the road on Hidden Grin. Both Ridgeline and Bear Mountain are snowshoe only, Longyear has ditched and bermed the trail on the far ends making access of the loop impossible with machines or skis. Hidden Grin and Meditation Loop are groomed and tracked. 1/20/24 x    
Blueberry Ridge Pathway Grooming is suspended until snow and cold temperatures come. 1/19/24 x    
Iron Ore Heritage Trail (Ishpeming-Negaunee) Groomed and tracked 3/19/23   x  
Marquette Fit Strip Getting thin. Waiting until the snow and cold temps come back. 1/22/24 x    
NTN Forestville Ginzu groomed most trails from FVTH to 17k. I cannot improve on the old tracks and they vary in quality. Hopefully we can get some new snow to work with. Some places are really nice and others thin so use caution 1/29/24 x    
Norman Juhola Trail System Blue, Red, Green, Purple, and Bowl Connector groomed and tracked. Warm-up/kids loop groomed for skating. 1/23/24   x  
Saux Head Lake CAUTION: Due to the above freezing temps and recent wet conditions deep ski tracks have been created on the trail making it unsafe for skiing. Waiting for colder temps before next groom. Weather forecast looks favorable for grooming either Thursday afternoon or Friday morning (1/29/24) 1/21/24 x    
Anderson Lake Pathway groomed and tracked 1/19/24 x    
*Conditions are updated periodically. For more in-depth and up-to-date trail info please visit:

Fresh powder skiing at Marquette Mountain

Alpine Skiing (Marquette MTN)

 West Side Runs Open Closed
Twin Hemlock o  
Whoopdee   x
Lower Ridge o  
Ridge o  
New Ridge o  
Upper Contour o  
Contour   x
Natural Park   x
Shaker o  
Chute o  
Upper Snowfield     x
Snowfield o  
Nastar o  
Logans Run o  
Skull Run o  
Exhibition   x
Tyro o  
Upper Rocket   x
Rocket o  
Cliffs Ridge o  
Supreme o  

 

 East Side & Backcountry Runs Open Closed
Freefall   x
Twilight Zone   x
Sudden Drop   x
Renegade   x
Renegade Bowl   x
Weasel Gulch   x
Tree Glades   x

 

*Conditions are updated periodically. For more in-depth and up-to-date trail info please visit: