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Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Why mountain bikers keep returning to this remote Michigan trail system

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Sports, Wilderness

4.7574 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking with Nick Ryan, the Trails Coordinator for the Copper Harbor Trail Club in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Copper Harbor has been on mountain bikers’ radars for years, both for its remote location and its incredible trail quali. With some exciting new projects underway and a lot of lessons learned over the years, we get up to speed on Copper Harbor with Nick.

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Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today we're talking with Nick Ryan, the trails coordinator for the Copper Harbor Trail Club in Michigan's Upper

1:10.0

Peninsula. Copper Harbor has been in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

1:14.6

Copper Harbor has been on mountain bikers radars for years,

1:18.7

both for its remote location and its incredible trail quality.

1:23.5

With some exciting new projects underway and a lot of lessons learned over the years,

1:26.6

I'm excited to dig into the story with Nick.

1:28.5

Thanks for joining me today, Nick.

1:30.6

Yeah, thanks for having me on, Jeff.

1:31.4

I appreciate it.

1:39.7

So to kick things off, can you tell us a little bit about what the Copper Harbored Trail Club is all about and what your role looks like as a trail coordinator?

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