Thunder Bay Trails Association

08/23/2026

We are now ONE WEEK AWAY from this year's Thunder Bay Thriller! Your choice of 100, 65, 31, or 15 miles of beautiful country roads and trails. 🤘

Don't miss out! Signup today and join us in Alpena on August 29th: https://www.bikereg.com/thunder-bay-thriller

08/10/2026

🚴‍♀️🌲 The Thunder Bay Thriller is back August 29!

The Thunder Bay Thriller takes riders through some of Northeast Michigan’s best backroads, two-track and trails, all while benefiting the ROCK CF Foundation and its work supporting people with cystic fibrosis.

The Thunder Bay Thriller is part of the Michigan Gravel Race Series AND the I Love Gravel Race Series!

Choose your challenge:
🚵 15-mile — NEW this year!
🚵 31-mile
🚵 65-mile gravel grinder
🚵 100-mile Ultra — NEW for 2026!

The courses wind through the Northeast Michigan countryside, including Indian Reserve Road, Devil’s Lake, the Norway Ridge Pathway and the Alpena-Hillman Trail. Expect gravel, snowmobile two-track, single/two-track and plenty of beautiful northern Michigan scenery along the way.

⭐ Thunder Bay Trails Association members get 20% OFF registration! TBTA members, be sure to check your emails for a discount code!

Not racing but still want to be part of the action? 🙌 Sign up to volunteer and help make the Thunder Bay Thriller a great race-day experience for everyone!

📅 August 29, 2026
📍 Alpena, Michigan

Register here:
https://www.bikereg.com/thunder-bay-thriller

07/15/2026

July 16 community potentially postponed due to air quality. Sorry folks. Stay tuned 🌲😥🙏

07/01/2026

Enjoy the holiday and be safe out on the trails in this heat.
We will resume the community ride 7/9
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06/09/2026

Community Ride
Thursday 6/11
Norway Ridge - Alpena

5:30 pm

All are welcome and this is a No Drop Ride 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

We support folks in feeling comfortable on their bike, learning the singletracks, people share info on local trails, we connect about riding options in the area and always have a great time enjoying the outdoors on our bikes!

(We will share widely if the ride is cancelled for thunderstorms)

06/04/2026

The weekly Thursday night ride is still on tonight at 5:30p, Norway Ridge in Alpena.
Many of the members who have been leading the rides will be attending the monthly TBTA meeting at 6pm however - so the attendance may be lower and the ride self led.
We hope you can get out and enjoy the trails!
Share pics if you get out there!

05/28/2026

With the weather finally starting to feel like Spring/Summer some of our amazing members are starting a community ride at Norway Ridge! Check it out:

05/19/2026

Saturday, May 16th at Norway Ridge Pathway, AHS instructor, Andrew Wolfgang and his Environmental Club students hosted a nature walk. Andrew and his students helped identify birds, their calls, emerging fauna and flowers. We even aged a few of the large white pine trees. One tree was 175 years old! What an awesome, interesting and educational way to start out the day. Thank you Andrew and students for hosting!

Saturday, May 16th at Norway Ridge Pathway, AHS instructor, Andrew Wolfgang and his Environmental Club students hosted a nature walk. Andrew and his students helped identify birds, their calls, emerging fauna and flowers. We even aged a few of the large white pine trees. One tree was 175 years old!....

04/02/2026

Quick heads up due to the weather some of our board members are not able to make tonight's board meeting. We have postponed it to next week Thursday. Stay safe everyone!

04/01/2026

Join the TBTA board for their monthly board meeting at ACC every first Thursday of the month. If you are hoping to get more involved with the organization this is the best place to start. All are welcome! Tomorrow in room 104 in the CTR building starting at 6pm.

Our next monthly TBTA Board meeting is this Thursday, April 2nd at 6PM at Alpena Community College's CTR building, room 104. Members of the public are welcome to attend!