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From $1,140 for 2 nights, before taxes Check dates

From $1,140 for 2 nights, before taxes

Check dates

Ride in, ride out, and room for the trailers.

Heritage Lodge is a winter base for a riding group of up to 10. Park the trucks and trailers on site, ride out from the lodge to the region’s trail network, and come back to a sauna, a big kitchen and a washer and dryer.

4 snowmobilers in the snow at a trail sign pointing to Pictured Rocks and Munising
Riders at a trail sign near Grand Marais, toward Munising and Pictured Rocks. Photo: NPS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized. File page

Where the trails go, and when they run.

Michigan’s state snowmobile trails open December 1 to March 31, and are groomed when there is enough snow. The weather office inland records about 197 inches a season, and the shore sees less.

Snowmobilers riding toward the camera down a snowy trail between snow-laden pines under a blue sky
Riders on a snowy trail.
The Lake Superior shore in winter from the air, a straight track running through the snowy pines toward the lake
The shore track in snow, from the air.

  • From the lodge

    You can ride directly to and from the lodge, onto trails that run toward Munising. The trails open when the snow allows.

  • Along the shore

    UP Trail 417 runs along the Lake Superior shoreline toward Alger County, and UP Trail 8 from Marquette toward Gwinn.

  • The walking trails

    The Iron Ore Heritage Trail and the North Country Trail are for walking, biking and skiing from the door: see the trails.

Before you ride.

Trail permit
$65 for the season, valid October 1 to September 30, bought from the DNR.
Registration
Each sled needs a Michigan registration, or a valid registration from your home state if you live elsewhere.
Trail rules and conditions
Permits, registration, trail rules and the day’s trail conditions are on the Michigan DNR’s snowmobiling page.
Trucks and trailers
There is on-site parking for trucks and snowmobile trailers. Tell us how many rigs you are bringing when you write to us.
Winter driving
Allow extra time on the road up. The lodge is on M-28, about 14 minutes from Marquette.

What it’s like to come back.

The wet gear goes through the washer and dryer. The sauna is there to warm you through, and the kitchen is set up to feed 10. Then there is the great room, with sofas for everyone and room to spread the trail map on the floor.

5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms for 10.

The red front door and its doormat in the log entry, string lights along the walls
The red front door: out of it in the morning, back through it at night.
The front gable of Heritage Lodge and its outside staircase among tall pines, under cloud
The lodge’s gable and its outside stair, in the pines.
The entrance corner: a bench, coats on hooks and a curtain beside the red stained-glass door
Coats and boots by the door.
The laundry nook: a stacked washer and dryer against log walls, a turquoise painted floor and a wavy mirror
The washer and dryer, for the wet gear.

Someone in the group who doesn’t ride?

They can ski or snowshoe from the lodge, and there are groomed trails a short drive away.

Cross-country skiing and winter days

Your winter dates.

Choose your dates and the calendar gives the price of your whole stay. The lodge takes 2 nights at least, so a riding weekend fits, and up to 2 dogs come too.

Good to know before you comeAsk us a question first

Tell us your dates and we will come back with availability and a price for the whole house.