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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that, effective immediately, Snowmobile Trail No. 422 from Trail No. 8 to Miners Castle – near Munising in Alger County – will be closed for the 2016 season.

Permission to use a portion of Alger County Highway 58 (H-58) as groomed trail to access Miners Castle was not granted this season by the Alger County Road Commission. The DNR has made every effort to keep the trail open for the upcoming snowmobiling season, but was unsuccessful. A variety of partners and DNR staff are diligently working on an alternate route for next season.

The 13-mile Trail No. 422 has provided snowmobilers access to Miners Castle, one of the Munising area’s unique scenic features at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Although this trail is closed, there remain hundreds of trail miles available to ride that connect to other scenic sights and many nearby communities including Munising, Grand Marias, Seney, Manistique and Marquette.

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