The pathway is extremely well marked with maps at every intersection with signs specifically pointing the way to the parking lot. Post No. 1 is just off the trailhead parking area and from it all three trails departing into the woods are two-way, allowing Nordic skiers to reach any of the four loops. All other trail sections are one-way during the winter and followed in a counter-clockwise direction. Obviously mountain bikers have the freedom to go any direction they want.

For the perimeter route, head east (right) at post No. 1 to reach post No. 2 within a half mile The first loop, called the Highline, is just a pleasant 1.2-mile ride through a beautiful pine forest that eventually swings north and crosses cross a two-track to arrive at post No. 3 at Mile 1.7. Here you have the option to head west (left) back to the parking lot for a 2.5-mile loop.

Continue straight to follow Relic Pine Loop. You begin in pines but within a half mile break out into an opening where power lines are visible to the east. You quickly re-enter the woods and arrive at post No. 4 at Mile 2.6. Again, you can return to the parking lot in about a half mile by heading south (left).

Due west is Twin Hemlock, the only loop that rolls through a hardwood forest. The trail first winds along the edge of clearing, the site of the old homestead and another reminder that the sandy northern Michigan soil makes for poor farming. During the Great Depression in the 1930s poor, itinerant farmers moved to northern Michigan because of the cheap land available for homesteading. They soon found out it was unsuitable for conventional farming, and most left leaving weathered buildings as a legacy to that era.

The trail crosses an old farm lane and then swings south to post No. 5 near Mile 4. Continue straight ahead at the post to return to the parking lot for a 4.4-mile outing. Or head right for the most entertaining section of the pathway.

The Whoopsy Loop is a 1.5 mile-segment and just beyond the junction is the first hill of the day, a small slope easily negotiated. Two snow bowls followed and each one features another gentle downhill run that sends skiers gliding into the open areas scattered with jack pine and century-old tree stumps.

At post No. 6, reached at Mile 6, head east (right) to return to the trailhead in a quarter mile.