Marquette Trails Festival
Celebrate the best ways to enjoy Marquette’s forest trails!
A competitor in the Marquette Trails Festival men’s slalom race catches air on Friday, June 6, 2014, at Benson Hill in Marquette, MI. (MarquetteMagazine.com photo by Ron Caspi)
Marquette, MI – This June folks from around the U.P. and surrounding areas turned out to kick off the summer season with a super fun festival dedicated to enjoying our local trails by biking, running, and hiking!
Andy Keinitz of Duluth, MN took second place in the 2014 Men’s Slalom Race during the Marquette Trails Festival on June 6, 2014. (MarquetteMagazine.com photo by Ron Caspi)
How many different ways can you enjoy our local trails? Find out at the annual Marquette Trails Festival where you can spend an entire weekend immersed in non-motorized trail use. Marquette County has more hiking and biking opportunities than anyplace else in the Upper Peninsula. This annual festival features a variety of mountain bike races, trail runs, and family hikes and each day finishes with a bonfires, music, and BBQs.
Stephen Andreae (7) of MQ, MI and Nosh Bulkema (10) of Alto, MI race in the Marquette Trails Festival men’s slalom race on Friday, June 6, 2014, at Benson Hill in Marquette, MI. (MarquetteMagazine.com photo by Ron Caspi)
The entire 3-day festival is sponsored by local businesses and helps to raise funds to support our community trails. The Noquemanon Trails Network (NTN) has spearheaded advocation of improving and maintaining our non-motorized trail options since 2001 in response to state funding cuts.
All the proceeds from the Marquette Trails Festival go to the NTN singletrack trail building which in turn directly benefits everyone with a love for hitting the trails!
Timothy Neuschwander (3) of MQT, MI reacts to the terrain of the men’s slalom race on Friday, June 6, 2014,l in Marquette, MI. (MarquetteMagazine.com photo by Ron Caspi)
A participant races on a downhill mountain bike trail during a bike race on a portion of the Noquemanon Trails Network in Marquette, MI. (photo by Ron Caspi)
A racer competes in a downhill mountain biking event in Marquette, MI. (photo by Ron Caspi)
A mountain bike racer rides out of the forest on a non-motorized trail during a bike race at the Marquette Mountain Ski Hill in Marquette, MI. (photo by Ron Caspi)
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