This is the traditional Five Day route. You will leave MSU with the 5 U.P. riders on Wednesday. We’ll see all of the important landmarks: the former VFW in Perrinton, the Lake George Campground, Elk Rapids, Alden, the “Wall,” the “Tunnel of Trees,” Goodhart and Cross Village.

The 4 Day East route will head north through the MSU campus. You’ll stay at Bullock Creek High School on Thursday. You won’t go through Perrinton. You won’t see the 4 Day West riders until you get to Mackinaw City (unless you do the optional Century on the last day.) Friday’s route takes you on the Pere Marquette Trail from Midland to Loomis then north to your destination at Houghton Lake High School. After Grayling, ride on to Gaylord Middle School for Saturday night. On Sunday, you will ride through scenic rolling countryside from Gaylord through the Indian River area at Burt and Mullett Lakes to Pellston. The route then heads north to Mackinaw City. The Century option will go through Boyne Falls and Boyne City to Petoskey/Bay View, Harbor Springs and the Tunnel of Trees.

The 4 Day West route will take you to Vestaburg High School on Thursday. Your ride takes you to Perrinton. Watch for the left turn onto Grant just north of Perrinton. All other routes will turn right. Friday’s overnight is at Lake City High School after riding through Farwell and Lake George. Be sure to stop at the Lake of the Pines rest stop on Ashard Road for lunch. You’ll pass through Kalkaska and Alden and ride up “The Wall” on the way to our overnight site at Boyne City High School on Saturday. The last day takes you through Walloon Lake, Petoskey/Bay View, Harbor Springs, the Tunnel of Trees, Good Hart and Cross Village.

The 5 U.P. route will leave MSU on Wednesday with the 5 Day riders. You will share the route until Shepherd, your overnight site. Your Thursday overnight site will be at Lake City High School. There is a fine lunch stop at the Lake George Campground. On Friday, after riding through Kalkaska and Alden, you will camp at the Central Lake High School. On your Saturday ride, you will encounter the “5 Tears” then continue through East Jordan and Boyne City. There are two options for Saturday. The short route will go north from Bay View to Pellston Schools. The century option follows the “Tunnel of Trees” through Goodhart to Cross Village. It then turns south to reconnect with the short route. After a 20 mile ride on Sunday morning, you cross the Mackinac Bridge. Your final day continues through St. Ignace and past the casino on Mackinaw Trail. The route continues on Mackinaw Trail to Sault Ste. Marie then to the high school. You will ride past Rudyard and Kinross. There are food opportunities at both of these towns. Sault Ste. Marie is the home of the famous Soo Locks.

The Quad Century route will overnight at Morley Stanwood on Thursday. After Westphalia, you will ride into Carson City, through Lakeview and Morley to Morley Stanwood High School. On Friday, you will head north through Big Rapids, Hersey and Leroy on your way to Manton. The route will come into Hersey from the east. This is different than in the past. Saturday’s ride from Manton takes you through the beautiful, rural,lake-filled countryside of Grand Traverse County south of Traverse City, then around Elk and Torch Lakes in Antrim County. The YMCA Camp will be your overnight site. Sunday is your day to experience the “The Wall.” The towns of Central Lake, East Jordan, Boyne City and Walloon Lake await you. There are also Petoskey/Bay View, Harbor Springs, the Tunnel of Trees, Good Hart and Cross Village