Name: Glacial Hills Outside Loop North
Rating: 4.6

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Fast and flowy. The north trail has more riding on the side of hills which is great

Aug 8, 2019 near Bellaire, MI

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Sep 8, 2023

Kent B

Beautiful forested trail. I did the northern outer loop plus a bit of the south for ~15 miles with just over 1,000 feet of climbing. 14.8mi — 2h 11m

Jul 22, 2023

Ben Reddin

Decent.

Jun 23, 2023

Hugo Davila

Aug 1, 2022

John Okeby

Sep 18, 2020

Pete Januszewski

Jun 9, 2020

Mike Beebe

Jun 5, 2020

Mark Giles

Aug 8, 2019

Kyle Goodman

8.5mi — 1h 03m

Jul 6, 2019

Erik Schleede

Jun 1, 2019

Derek Hagan

20mi — 2h 00m

Aug 12, 2018

Steve Haupt

rode entire outside loop. loved it. 17.8mi

Aug 8, 2018

Berkley Cox

5mi

Sep 23, 2017

Michael Carnaghi

12.1mi

Jul 7, 2017

David Nixon

A goto place in Northern Michigan 9.9mi

Jun 10, 2017

David Howell

Some branch litter on various parts of the trail. Removed one which looked intentionally placed. :( Love the loop, first time riding it. 9.2mi — 1h 10m

Jun 3, 2017

Spencer Lindenberg

15.6mi

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Glacial Hills Outside Loop North

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989' 302 m

808' 246 m

578' 176 m

582' 177 m

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