7 Hour Plane Crash Trail
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Thanks for the awesome write up!!!
The Seven Hour Plane Crash Trail | Michigan Overland
The Seven Hour Plane Crash trail is easily one of the best overlanding trails in the midwest. If you haven’t heard of it before, here’s what it is and my personal experience driving the trail.
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A small group of us will be attempting the 7HrPC this March. Anything we should be aware of in the early spring \ late winter terrain in the Keweenaw peninsula \ NE Wisconsin area? Any flooding? (It looks like some of the towns near the trail have flooded in years past)
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Thus the name....
If you have decent tires and shocks. You should be ok. I would keep your crv in 4wd at all times, though.
I'm not sure what mother nature's obstacles currently are.
Have fun!!I
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Honestly, I don't know the current condition. I might make a run in April.
There's a group of overlander's (including me) going at the end of May.
We'll post details later this month.
Enjoy the ride be safe!
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The stickers are $4.00 /ea. Pretty much covers cost and shipping. I use paypal for payments.
Size: About 3 inches wide by 4 inches tall.
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Yes it will, especially near the Wisconsin Michigan border. My f150 made it but definitely got some stripes, nothing some buffing couldn't handle though. I would check the rules on the trails in Michigan, we got off the trails around Houghton because I'm pretty sure road legal vehicles were not allowed, use your judgement.
ATTENTION EVERYONE CONSIDERING TRAVELING THIS TRAIL!!!
This trail peaked our interest, Michigan's UP is a tremendous resource for getting out and "overlanding". However, before traveling a route that any individual creates and makes public we first do the necessary research to find out if the route is along trails that are LEGAL for suv and truck travel. The portion of this trail north of Calumet is in fact on an ATV trail that is NOT LEGAL for suv and truck travel. The rest of the trail south of Calumet appears to be legal.
This trail peaked our interest, Michigan's UP is a tremendous resource for getting out and "overlanding". However, before traveling a route that any individual creates and makes public we first do the necessary research to find out if the route is along trails that are LEGAL for suv and truck travel. The portion of this trail north of Calumet is in fact on an ATV trail that is NOT LEGAL for suv and truck travel. The rest of the trail south of Calumet appears to be legal.
This is correct, people need to do their own research before just believing what they see on the internet.
The entire trail is 100% legal. Including the North of Calumet. It's mostly on Hwy 41 to Mandan Rd.
Have fun you all! I ran the trail last weekend. It was dry and beautiful!!!
7 Hour Plane Crash Trail (Original Version) - Google My Maps
* KEY FACTS * * Created by: George Papageorge, director of the 7 Hour Plane Crash Foundation. * Length: Around 300 miles of off-road trails, but actual distance varies due to weather triggered re-routes. * States: Wisconsin, Michigan * Time Zones: Central, Eastern * Signified: Authentic...
Ran the 7 Hour Plane Crash Trail this past weekend in my Sequoia.
Everything was great.
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Everything was great.
7 Hour Plane Crash Trail (Original Version) - Google My Maps
* KEY FACTS * * Created by: George Papageorge, director of the 7 Hour Plane Crash Foundation. * Length: Around 300 miles of off-road trails, but actual distance varies due to weather triggered re-routes. * States: Wisconsin, Michigan * Time Zones: Central, Eastern * Signified: Authentic...
Ran the 7 Hour Plane Crash Trail this past weekend in my Sequoia.
Everything was great.
7 Hour Plane Crash Trail (Original Version) - Google My Maps
* KEY FACTS * * Created by: George Papageorge, director of the 7 Hour Plane Crash Foundation. * Length: Around 300 miles of off-road trails, but actual distance varies due to weather triggered re-routes. * States: Wisconsin, Michigan * Time Zones: Central, Eastern * Signified: Authentic...
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How long did it take you this time? I'm considering checking this out in a few weeks driving up from Illinois. I'm trying to figure how much time should I plan for.
GrumpyOldMan
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Hello friends. I'm new to the forum. Signed up just for this thread!
So our local Chicago based Raptor group has a route created that centers around Crandon. Found out about this so anxious to try it out. We tentatively have a trip planned for late August, but I'm going up to my place in Rhinelander this Sunday for two weeks so I think I'm gonna get the wife to follow me in her 2015 Explorer and we'll see how far we can go starting in Crandon. Regardless of when I hit this, I'll report back.
Regards,
Todd
So our local Chicago based Raptor group has a route created that centers around Crandon. Found out about this so anxious to try it out. We tentatively have a trip planned for late August, but I'm going up to my place in Rhinelander this Sunday for two weeks so I think I'm gonna get the wife to follow me in her 2015 Explorer and we'll see how far we can go starting in Crandon. Regardless of when I hit this, I'll report back.
Regards,
Todd
My friends and I just finished this trail two weekends ago. We took a Wrangler Limited, lifted Crosstrek on A/Ts, and my lifted 100 series land cruiser. We started from the northern end and worked our way south. The trail in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest are fairly wide dirt roads. I actually had mentioned to my friends that a driving a Raptor through this section would be so much fun. North of the National Forest, the trail does narrow a bit. All three of our vehicles ended up getting some pinstriping. So, Raptors will definitely get some pinstriping. There is also a creek crossing north of the National Forest. We had no idea how deep the crossing was and the area around it was the muddiest part of the entire trail. Our recovery gear didn't include winches so we avoided it. I found the norther portion of the trail signifcantly slower going than the southern portion due to bumpier driving surfaces which includes logging roads. If you enjoy camping, as OP had mentioned, the camping at the northern tip has amazing views of Lake Superior. Hope this helps.
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GrumpyOldMan
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Thanks for the update. I don't think the wife and I are going to do too terribly much of this route. More of just something to do to get out of the house while we're up north.
