News & Features
Tread Fest Returns for 2017
Posted by Ed on April 25, 2017
The Keweenaw Tread Fest is a new mountain biking event being held at the Michigan Tech Trails in Houghton, Michigan on June 17. There are options for all riders including a two lap race (~25 miles), one lap race (~12 miles) and youth events.
The 12 and 25 mile races will feature the flow trail “Just Mite” with the 25 mile race taking riders on additional loops of singletrack and the flow trail “Don’t Think.” The cash prize money and podium
Kick up Your Heels: Season 2017 is Here!
Posted by Ed on April 4, 2017
Yes folks, Season 2017 is here! And why you ask is that significant?
It marks the 20th Anniversary of UPMTB aka U.P. Mountain Bike, first launched in the spring of 1997. Published in a 3rd floor apartment on Spruce Street in Marquette, by Dave Ollila & Meredith Ammons Ollila, things haven’t changed much other than the main office has moved to a basement in Negaunee.
Based on the idea of unifying the mountain bike culture and events across the Upper Peninsula, UPMTB
Think Snow!
Posted by Ed on November 15, 2016
List of links and dates for 2017 Snow Bike Races in the Upper Peninsula:
(Race information has been provided by organizational websites)
Noque Snow Bike Race, January 29
Featuring a 20k Snow bike race on trail only available to snowbikes during the Noquemanon Wildside events. Race course starts and finishes at the Forestville Trailhead on Sunday morning.
Polar Roll Fat Bike Race, February 17-18
30-Mile Roll — Get the full experience of Marquette County groomed singletrack. Starting in Ishpeming, Michigan you will ride R.A.M.B.A.’s SBT (Snow-Bike-Trail). Ride
2016 Race Season Hotsheet
Posted by Ed on June 8, 2016
Summer is getting underway and the events are stacking up like cord wood. Get ready to heat things up with race events from now until the snow flies again.
Summer 2016: Lake Superior Gravity Series & Marquette Gravity Sessions — gravity fueled races from enduro to downhill, even using chairlifts from time to time
June 18: Keweenaw Tread Fest, Houghton — cross country races on the Michigan Tech Trails, youth races start at 10am, short and long races start at 12 noon.
June 24-26: Marquette Trails
2016 Print Edition
Posted by Ed on May 13, 2016
The original mountain bike zine showcasing events and trails across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan hit a bench mark this week with the 20th printing. Started in 1997 by Dave Ollila and Meredith Ammons-Ollila, the annual print kicks off the mountain bike season by providing a comprehensive list of events, club contacts and enough trailhead locations to keep even the most dedicated mountain biker chasing ribbons of dirt the entire summer.
Distribution will be on-going through the month of May. Checkout UPMTB
Opening Day
Posted by Ed on April 22, 2016
Opening Day!
The designated day that opens the season. Bringing new opportunities and refection of what went down last year. Baseball, cost trout opener, tadalafil walleye season… they all have their designated day.
But not mountain biking. There isn’t a “designated opener.” It happens when it happens for each rider. That first time out for the season when things click back into gear.
That day happened for me this year on Sunday, April 17 on the Marquette South Trails doing two laps
Posted by Ed on April 13, 2016
2016 Keweenaw Tread Fest & Michigan Tech Junior Mountain Bike Camp
The Keweenaw Tread Fest is a new mountain biking event being held at the Michigan Tech Trails in Houghton, help Michigan on June 18. There are options for all riders including a two lap race (~25 miles), thumb one lap race (~12 miles) and youth events.
The 12 and 25 mile races will feature the flow trail “Just Mite” with the 25 mile race taking riders on additional loops
MTB Capital of Michigan
Posted by Ed on March 10, 2016
Click on Link to View Original Source: Singletracks.com
UPMTB Supplementary Commentary (edited 3-11): Anytime you put a label on a town that places it in a higher status than the surrounding towns it’s going to spark a debate. Singletracks.com published an article on March 7th (see link above) that listed the “Mountain Bike Captials of the United States.”
How these best mountain bike destinations were determined was by crunching Singletracks.com massive database on trail info and reviews along with a previous survey conducted last
Get Your Groom On
Posted by Ed on December 12, 2015
source: www.northernfatbikesummit.com
SUMMIT INFORMATION:
Fat biking at its finest is more than just five inch wide tires and a load of fun. Sure, view this growing segment of two-wheeled transportation is on the rise, try but where are they ridden? Like any sport in it’s infancy (see snowboarding), patient fat bikers often run into access dilemmas from land users already engrained in their own forms of recreation.
Thankfully, Marquette, Michigan is ahead of the game, embracing winter riding years ago