Thanks to a crew of dedicated volunteers, you can ski, snowshoe or bike the scenic Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail all winter long.
While the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail can be enjoyed year-round, winter is an especially magical time to glide through towering snow-covered trees while soaking in views of the dunes and surrounding national lakeshore. The Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes make that magic possible.
The maintenance and grooming of the trail are managed each year by the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes to accommodate classic cross-country skiing, skate skiing, snowshoeing and fat tire biking between Glen Arbor and Empire. The crew of 20 volunteers grooms the trail between Forest Haven Road in Glen Arbor to the corner of Voice and Bar Lake roads just north of Empire, for a total distance of 10 miles. (The trail north of Glen Arbor, from Crystal View Trailhead to Port Oneida Road, is not groomed, but is open for backcountry skiing and snowshoeing.)