St. Helen trails

[Cheater]

I have been on the St. helen trails, but we parked at the denton trails, and didn't have enough gas to check out the whole trail. Is the eastern half of the trail pretty much the same as the west? I know that the gladwin trails were completely diffrent on opposite sides of 61. How is the scamble area? The scramble area is probaly where we are going to be parking.

 

[Steamfighter]

I'm thinking it is, I was just there but it was my first time and I was not leading due to the fact I never knew where I was most of the time. Lot's of whoops, to hard on a old dude like me, can't see going back.

 

[2TrakR]

The trails south (or west) of I-75, which are St Helen #2 and #3 are used less than St Helen #1 and the surrounding Motorsports area. They are decent trails, on the tighter side for a lot of them. The MCCCT from St Helen to Ogemaw Hills is decent with a couple technical (for ORV trail) hill climbs.

 

[Cheater]

I couldn't find any maps on the ST. Helen trails that I was on. On the denton trails you ran across map quite often. Didn't see any maps on the gladwin trails either. Maps really help when you don't know the trails, and your limited on gas.

 

[2TrakR]

Yup, maps are great. So great, in fact, that many ORV riders tend to take the ones we post on the trails home as souveniors.
Best bet to carry your own maps. The DNR has them available on their website here:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10365_15070_15080-38330--,00.html

 

[Cheater]

I'm thinking it is, I was just there but it was my first time and I was not leading due to the fact I never knew where I was most of the time. Lot's of whoops, to hard on a old dude like me, can't see going back.

Ther was alot of whoops? Try the Gladwin trails south of 61. Nothing but whoops, every now and then you will get a break for about 30'. And it is all sand. We parked at the denton trails on waco rd off of 18, the St.helen trails are about a half a mile away. I didn't see hardly any whoops on that part of the trails. We were flying through them in fifth gear. The denton trails were sweet too, not as fast, real tight riding.

 

[Cheater]

Yup, maps are great. So great, in fact, that many ORV riders tend to take the ones we post on the trails home as souveniors.
Best bet to carry your own maps. The DNR has them available on their website here:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10365_15070_15080-38330--,00.html

Yeah I have a book with all the maps in it. But the ones on the tree that says "you are here" are really nice.

 

[Cheater]

On the map, it says there is a "scramble area" right next to the parking area. Is there anything cool in the scramble area?

 

[2TrakR]

Nothing cool to speak of in the scramble area. The parking lot is actually "in" the scramble area, just on one corner. You can ride unmarked trail in there, just be alert for the boundary, so when you leave you don't get another ticket for riding in a closed area.

As for the You are Here maps. A GPS will do even better as it will show where you are, where you were and how to get back..

 

[YZMAN400]

As for the You are Here maps. A GPS will do even better as it will show where you are, where you were and how to get back..

Here Here....I love my gps :cool: