Backpack Manistee River Loop, Mesick, MI, June 25-27, 2025

Start
June 25, 2025
End
June 27, 2025
Location
Manistee River, Mesick, MI 49688

Registration

Deposit/Final/Full Trip Fee Payment – $40.00
Deposit/Final/Full payment is due before the May 25, 2025, cancellation date.
Lottery Wait List/$40 Sneak Preview Deposit – $40.00
Sneak preview registration is February 1-3, 2025. Your name will be included on the list. If the number of participants registered exceeds the number allowed, there will be a lottery drawing to determine who is on the participant list and who is on the waitlist.
The results of the drawing may not be available until February 25th. The $50 sneak preview payment will hold a spot (participant list or waitlist) until March 4, 2025, when the rest of the deposit or trip total is due.
WAIT LIST Sign Up Trip Fee Payment – $40.00
Wait List Payment is due at sign up. This registration DOES NOT QUARANTEE a place on the trip. You will be notified when space becomes available.

Backpack Manistee River Loop

Manistee River Trail, Mesick, MI

June 25-27, 2025

Co-Trip Leaders: Steve Kinch and A'ame Joslin

Type of Trip: Backpacking

Trip Cost/Deposit: $40/$40

Cancellation Date and full payment: May 25, 2025

Wilderness Level: 3 - typical meetup day event in good weather setting with cell coverage

Trip Difficulty: Moderate - up to 10 miles per day

Policy on Fitness Self-Assessment

Level 3: Applies to backpacking trips in which we hike with 25-35 pound backpacks. In one day, we can hike up to 7 miles and 3000 feet of elevation gain on maintained trails, or up to 5 miles and 2000 feet of elevation gain on more rugged trails. For a Level 3 trip you should be comfortable hiking 6-8 miles in a day in hilly or mountainous terrain with a 25-pound backpack.

Group Size: 8/7 Maximum/Minimum

Adults Only

Come join us on this 3-day backpack trip in the Manistee National Forest of Lower Michigan. We will meet at the Red River Bridge area on Wednesday, June 25^th at 11am to start our adventure. On the 1^st day we will hike 5-9 miles on the Manistee River Trail and camp near Eddington Creek on the North Country Trail. The hike will wet our appetite for the next day’s hike.

The 2^nd day will be the jewel of the trip. We will have stunning vistas of the river and the forested east shore. We will cross a wooden replica of the mighty Mackinaw Bridge and continue along the east side of Manistee River. We will cover 8-10 miles on the 2^nd day and camp along the river.

Day 3 we will hike the NCT back to our cars. We will cover 3-4 miles.

Each participant will bring their own food for this trip. This should include 2 dinners and 2 lunches, and 2 breakfasts. Also, please bring trail snacks and after-dinner treats. Hikers are responsible for their own transportation and for all meals in transit, as well as snacks and lunches on the trail. The fee for the trip covers the use of club equipment and club administrative costs.

Questions may be submitted to ciwcinfo@gmail.com.

All trip participants must fill out and submit a CIWC Medical Form and Long Waiver Form.

Effective on all trips, there will be a $50 non refundable registration fee. This fee will be assessed to those who sign up for a trip, get on the roster and then later cancel. Even cancelling before the cancel date. Those who never make the active roster (i.e. those who stay on the waitlist) will NOT be charged the $50 cancellation fee.