Michigan Trails Report

Join Tom Funke, author of 50 Hikes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula & 50 Hikes on the North Country Trail as he explores Michigan through the eyes of a hiker & backpackpacker. Podcasts are released Mondays and Thursdays. On the first Monday of the month is our rundown of trail conditions, reservation system status, and even a hike of the month. The rest of the month, enjoy some Hiking History, and excerpt out of one of my two books, travel narratives, and I’ll have a series of podcasts like the Lewis Cass Expedition.

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Episodes

41 minutes ago

Million Steps: Silver Mountain & Sturgeon River

41 minutes ago

41 minutes ago

Last rendezvous with Julie & camp on the Sturgeon River

5 days ago

50 UP Hikes: Overlook Trail

5 days ago

5 days ago

Roots & Rocks....but thats what you get in the Porkies.

Thursday Jun 26, 2025

Million Steps: On to Bob Lake

Thursday Jun 26, 2025

Thursday Jun 26, 2025

Bob Lake & some dude that looks like an old college roomate

Monday Jun 23, 2025

Portages, Pathways, Paddles: Portaging between the Manistique & Tahquamenon

Monday Jun 23, 2025

Monday Jun 23, 2025

1/2 mile portage between the two

Thursday Jun 19, 2025

50 Hikes on the NCT #7: Boardman River Headwaters

Thursday Jun 19, 2025

Thursday Jun 19, 2025

Pickeral Lake, through Kalkaska, to Guernsey Lake

Monday Jun 16, 2025

Hiking Journal: NCT from Petoskey South

Monday Jun 16, 2025

Monday Jun 16, 2025

Suspected as a vagrant, cow patties, and made a new friend

Saturday Jun 14, 2025

50 UP Hikes: Tip Trail

Saturday Jun 14, 2025

Saturday Jun 14, 2025

The angst of Lake Superior & the peninsula effect.

Monday Jun 09, 2025

50 UP Hikes: Oren Krumm Trail

Monday Jun 09, 2025

Monday Jun 09, 2025

Michigan Audubon Brockway Mountain Sanctuary in the Keweenaw.