Transportation


 Rider Central > Transportation

The UP is long and skinny.

This makes it pretty easy to get back to your car if you aren’t doing the whole ride in one go. For example, start in Escanaba and ride five days to Marquette. On the sixth day ride your bike 70 miles back to Escanaba, and we’ll transport your luggage.

If none of the options below work for you, we are working on finding a way to connect bikers with other bikers so that they can carpool, drop off and pickup vehicles.

  • Foot standing on some gravel

    Take a fun bike ride back to your car - we'll transport your luggage.

    We have options for you if you want to finish your tour early. (NOTE: These routes are available backwards.)

    Houghton to Iron Mountain

    Marquette to Iron Mountain

    Marquette to Escanaba

    Marquette to Manistique

    Munising to Manistique

    Grand Marais to Manistique

  • Hail a cab

    We provide an ample number of local transportation services. (NOTE: Manistique and Grand Marais do not offer transportation services.)

    Escanaba — JN Taxi — 906-786-1122

    Iron Mountain — Tri-City Cab — 906-774-7878

    Ironwood — Twin City Taxi — 906-932-0711

    Houghton — Superior Transportation — 906-369-3285

    Marquette — Checker Transport — 906-226-7777

    Sault Ste. Marie — Soo Line Limo & Shuttle — 906-440-5161

    St. Ignace — Northern Transport & Shuttle — 906-430-5337

  • Riders swimming at a beach

    Grab your friends

    If you sign up with friends, and drive multiple cars, you can leave one at your finish destination to get you back to the start.

    Manistique — Keeping one or a few cars in your hotel parking lot for several days is not a problem. However, please check with the motel or hotel when you book your room. There is also parking available at Jack's and Tractor Supply.

    Sault Ste. Marie — Keeping one or a few cars in your hotel parking lot for several days is not a problem. However, please check with the motel or hotel when you book your room.

    St. Ignace — Keeping one or a few cars in your hotel parking lot for several days is not a problem. However, please check with the motel or hotel when you book your room.

North and South connecting routes for you to plan your transportation needs are available upon request. Email james@calloftheyooper.com

The UP is only 50 miles wide in some sections. We start in Manistique and go clockwise, eventually finishing back in Manistique. This helps you plan how to tackle a portion of the 10 day trip. For example, you can leave a car in Manistique and take a (supplied) route on your bike 65 miles to Grand Marais. We’ll transport your luggage. Then enjoy three days of riding with the group and finish back at your car.

We transport luggage from hotel to hotel each day during the trip. We will make special luggage transport trips back to people’s cars for those not riding all 10 days. This includes transporting luggage from Houghton Iron Mountain, Marquette to Iron Mountain, Escanaba and Manistique. We can also transport luggage north from Manistique to Marquette and Grand Marais.

Bike route mileage:

  • Houghton to Iron Mountain - 122

  • Marquette to Iron Mountain - 92 miles

  • Marquette to Escanaba - 71 miles

  • Marquette to Manistique (or vice versa) - 98 miles

  • Manistique to Grand Marais - 65 miles

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