Grayling Visitors Bureau

The Grayling area offers six groomed ski areas and miles of ungroomed public lands for cross country skiing, ski joring, snowshoeing, and adventure skiing. Cross Country Ski Headquarters, Forbush Corner, Hanson Hills, Hartwick Pines State Park and Mason Tract Pathway offer over 100 K of well-groomed, scenic beginner to advanced trails.

Winter fun also includes sledding, tubing, downhill skiing and ice skating. Several businesses specialize in ski rentals, clothing and equipment sales and lessons. Numerous special events are held throughout the snow season. For updated snow conditions, sign up for email updates under “mailing lists” in the “contact us” section. 800-937-8837

The Grayling area offers miles of exceptionally well-groomed cross country ski trails for the novice to the expert, and ungroomed, pristine trails for snowshoeing or back-country skiing.

Sign up for current trail condition emails at “Mailing lists“, visit “Updates” for skiing or subscribe to the RSS Feed.

The Cross Country Ski Shop, Cross Country Ski Headquarters, and Forbush Corner also offer complete ski shops.

Area Name	Length	Difficulty comments by Dick Fultz of the Cross Country Ski Shop	Terrain	Grooming	Rentals	Trail Fee
Cross Country Ski Headquarters	8 loops, 1km to 8 km	novice to advanced	5% hilly, 40% moderate, 45% flat	track set / skating lane	yes	yes
Cross Country Ski Shop	2 loops, .8 mile lighted	novice	5% moderate, 95% flat	track set / skating lane	yes	no
Forbush Corner	20km+	novice to advanced "Sets the standard for world-class grooming."	5% steep, 45%hilly, 35%moderate, 15% flat	track set / skating lane	yes	yes
Hanson Hills Recreation Area	loops of 2km to 12km	novice to advanced "one of the nicest trail systems in the state."	60% hilly, 30% moderate, 10% flat	track set / skating lane	yes	yes
Hartwick Pines State Park	18+ miles	novice to intermediate	3% steep, 7% hilly, 60% moderate, 30% flat	track set	no	yes
Mason Tract Pathway	10+ miles	novice to intermediate "One of the most beatiful trail systems for skiing. A narrow machine-set single track follows the AuSable river."	5% Hilly, 85% moderate, 10% flat	track set	no	no
North Higgins Lake State Park	10+ miles	novice to intermediate "Great area for skiing - hilly enough to keep it interesting."	20% hilly, 30% moderate, 50% flat	track set / skating lane	no	no
Rayburn's	2 miles of paved trail	novice "2 mile point to point trail that crosses the AuSable River on a wooden bridge."	100% flat	none	no	no
Wakeley Lake	16+ miles	novice to intermediate "Crawford County's Walden Pond - it is a sanctuary of nature & quiet."	25% hilly, 55% moderate, 20% flat	none	no	yes