Harvesting could start this week and continue for the next five years at Chippewa Hills Pathway near Alpena, Mich.

If you’re looking for all-natural terrain, click through Ottawa County’s Find A Park feature, here. There are 15 parks with ungroomed cross-country trails.

These trails are located in South Woods and go up through the Eagle. For convenient access to the trail, parking is available at the Parks Garage located at 233 Valley View Road or the Golf Course.

Cross-country is a lot easier if you follow established tracks. On the other hand, it was gratifying to be in a place where the only signs of other life were the turkey and deer trails.

This was rugged country, where the high desert played havoc on wagon wheels and food for oxen and mules was often scarce. For present-day travelers, following the trail through Wyoming offers some ...

THE CHAPTER STARTED off like gangbusters. Or should I say trailbusters, as the 40-member-strong group forged through backcountry forest trails on the West End, clearing pathways of stormy debris and ...

That means Mountain Top Resort can use and maintain the original trails for the time being, and skiers’ experiences will not be impacted as the cross-country ski season begins, according to Hill.

When this cross-country ski center opened 30 years ago, “We were the only ones that had snow, so we gave people free skiing,” said John Garland, who owns and manages it with his brother, Doug.

The cross-country ski trails at the winter recreation area at Battle Creek Regional Park in Ramsey County are open, marking the season’s first machine-made snow trails open in the east metro.