Exploring the 7 Hour Plane Crash Trail and other parts of Michigans upper peninsula

We drove the 7 hour plane crash trail through Wisconsin and Michigan's upper peninsula in Jeep Wranglers. We explored several other cool trails and saw plenty of cool sites on this 4 day epic road trip.
Keweenaw Rock Range is at the eastern most point of the Keweenae Peninsula which is the most northern part of Michigans Upper Peninsula. It's was also the destination of our most recent adventure. We ran a slightly modified version of the 7 Hour Plan Crash Trail. This trail was 280 miles long from its starting point in Crandon Wisconsin. Of that 280 miles about 260 miles of it was dirt and gravel roads. It took us 16 hours over the course of two days, and that's not even including the 4.5 hours and almost 300 mile drive to Crandon. We also got the opportunity to explore several other awesome places in the U.P. including a 100+ foot tall waterfall, a 120 year old mine shaft, an abandoned mine tunnel, and abandoned buildings. In total we drove 1150 miles and spent 42 hours in the jeeps over the course of a 4 day weekend.
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[@walkercustoms]

Excellent video, thank you

[@JeepsLimited]

@@walkercustoms Thank you for watching.

[@mikesnifferpippets3733]

Thanks for sharing. The narration was enjoyable and not everyone can do that well.

[@JeepsLimited]

@mikesnifferpippets3733 Thanks. That was definitely a lot of me talking lol.

[@SuperBjeep]

Glad to see you got to make the trip. Great video. I agree the best part was just getting out and seeing the nature and the sights.

[@JeepsLimited]

@SuperBjeep Thanks. Definitely a trip to remember.

[@SpangsWorld]

Now that's an epic Midwest trip! Great video looks like a trip I need to do one day. That poor muffler every trip 😂.

[@JeepsLimited]

@SpangsWorld lol the muffler never got fix all the way after I smashed it on the rocks last fall at the Badlands.

[@JeepsLimited]

@SpangsWorld And yes it was definitely one of my top 5 best trips. I would highly recommend it.

[@_ltor]

Really Nice job on the video man!

[@JeepsLimited]

@_ltor thanks. It was by far the most time-consuming video I have edited

[@zetajno]

As someone who lives in that area and knows that hole you struggled on on the cliff mine trail. Please make a few attemps and then winch instead of digging out the trail for everyone else. Let everyone enjoy it instead of destroying it

[@JeepsLimited]

@zetajno I can appreciate that however I don't think it's far to say we destroyed it. It was obvious destroyed when we got there. And to be far we did attempt to take the already made bypass but couldn't make it through those either. Overall we are very respectful to the trails.

[@breeloven6225]

​@JeepsLimited Then you should have turned around. Just because other people have done it, doesn't make what you did right. Locals attempt to fix the damage (to the best of our ability) that is done every year, and this behavior continues to make it difficult. Every year, when it's this muddy, we tell people to let things dry out first. Every year, more damage is done by people who don't live around year. We want people to have fun, but this is poor trail etiquette.

[@fiveoboy01]

@@breeloven6225FIBs gonna FIB

[@BMoris95]

Average entitled FIB

[@911brad]

A buddy and I did this in June 2024. After getting my Gladiator stuck in the same hole that F250 was in, we also turned around and found a bypass. Kaine Lake Road seems to get the best of a lot of us! I couldn’t believe the OnX route doesn’t include the Bill Nichols trail, which we also added to our route. Great video. Helped relive some memories from our trip. Best advice to anyone is to plan ahead as much as possible and do this trip with a buddy.

[@JeepsLimited]

@911brad I agree the the Bill Nicholas trail should be on the route. It's well worth the detour. Glad you liked the video.

[@JeepsLimited]

@911brad I also agree that for anyone doing this trip plan ahead. Especially since cell service is pour to none out there.

[@levi_McDonald]

I been in a bit of those old mine buildings near the end of the video. Someimes I dirtbike under that bridge in calumet. very Interesting. Keep it up.

[@JeepsLimited]

@@levi_McDonald those old buildings are pretty cool.

[@kenrosemergy2151]

I ride these trails on the cliffs all the time, there are many lookouts probably 5 or 6 that I've found

[@JeepsLimited]

@kenrosemergy2151 somehow we didn't find any of the look outs lol. Still a fun area though.

[@falc0n_forcegaming839]

You guys really didn't give a shit about making the trails worse huh?

[@Thatguy11351]

Of course they don’t, they’re from Illinois. FIBs come to WI and never give a shit. I deal with the snowmobilers. Same thing. Zero respect for anything. Put a wall up and keep em in Illinois.

[@j_mars_cars]

Right?? I see a winch bumper. Is that just for show?

[@romeomaxwell320]

We were there just a week or two before you. We did cliff in reverse and that rocky hill was fun to climb. My TJ on 31s ran circles around the other two mini monster truck jeeps in our group. Its like having a big, but way cooler side by side. Gearless leader almost got stuck going down that big mud spot you climbed in his 4 door.

[@JeepsLimited]

@romeomaxwell320 Nice. If we ever go back I plan on doing the cliff trail the other direction.

[@doubledrc3401]

Nice video and thank you for sharing your adventure! I live closer to the southern part of upper michigan and we don't have many trails down here. Have a gladiator I want to get out and use for what it is but it seems we will have to travel a bit!

[@JeepsLimited]

@doubledrc3401 Thanks glad you enjoyed it. I'm surprised you don't have a lot of trails near you. I feel like is see them everywhere around Michigan.

[@silverfoxjk]

Great video :) more filmed from the outside rather than hood cam would make em even better

[@JeepsLimited]

@@silverfoxjk thank you. And I know the dash cam stuff is honestly is kind of boring to watch but with how quickly we are trying to move through this trail getting out to videotape stuff we never would have made it to camp in a day.

[@jsned2502]

You can see a lot of the Quincy mine free and without reservation. Just cant go in the big power house and in the shaft. Bueatiful up there.

[@JeepsLimited]

@@jsned2502 it definitely is.

[@peterberbee]

This is too much road damage. Please remember that you are driving on property that is not yours.

[@jr_jeep4470]

Enjoy the video thank you for the share, reason I found a very interesting as well as I am planning on running that trail this coming weekend. So I know the spring was pretty wet up until the point you were up there some of those mud hole areas I’m a little leery about only because I’m gonna be up by myself. I am on 35s lockers, Jeep Wrangler. I am currently mapping my route now out of Crandon on ONx. by the way, thanks for the name of the road with the trestles. I wanted to go on that and thought you’d like to share with me.?

[@JeepsLimited]

@jr_jeep4470 I'm glad you like it. If you going by yourself my suggestion would be when it doubt turn around. There are plenty of others ways to go if you think you might get stuck or if something looks to deep.

[@JeepsLimited]

@jr_jeep4470 the trail with the bridges is the Bill Nicholas trail. If you go north east on highway 26 right out of Mass city about a mile it crosses the highway so you can miss it. Just turn left onto the trail and head east.

[@jr_jeep4470]

@@JeepsLimited Thanks for the reply, that was somewhat my thoughts. I am looking forward to it.

[@JeepsLimited]

@@jr_jeep4470 have fun!

[@TheInstigator918]

Nice video, the wife and I are planning a trip to the UP this fall. The part of the trail where it took you and your buddy a few tries to get through would you think stock suspension and 33’s be fine or would you avoid it?

[@JeepsLimited]

@TheInstigator918 Thank you. I would definitely be cautious with that set up on that particular trail. That was the trail on onx called cliff mine drive. You still might be able to get to the over look are of that trail from a different access point tho. However even if you avoid the area all together there's still plenty of great stuff to see.

[@TheInstigator918]

@ thanks, forgot to mention it’s a 24 Willy’s 4xe so the same suspension as the Rubi not sure if that would make a difference. I’ll check the trail out on onx and go from there.

[@JeepsLimited]

@@TheInstigator918 i would say your biggest limit is your tire size. That trail had some deep mud and some larger rocks. The mud blue were stuck in is definitely not somewhere you want to be by yourself or without a winch.

[@AdventuresOfRogersAndHenderson]

17:36 THIS is why you never wanna be second thru a greasy mud hole

[@JeepsLimited]

@@AdventuresOfRogersAndHenderson lol exactly.

[@AdventuresOfRogersAndHenderson]

27:16 EPIC

[@JeepsLimited]

@AdventuresOfRogersAndHenderson there was definitely some cool spots along the lake.

[@monkeysbusiness]

I’ll be starting this trip Aug 15th.

[@JeepsLimited]

@monkeysbusiness nice. Your going to have an awesome time.

[@Northerndon3514]

The road by the quarry is the road to the look out you should have kept going, it loops back around to the trail you where on

[@JeepsLimited]

@@Northerndon3514 I kind of figured that was the caes lol.

[@_ltor]

We should really just stick a gopro on my jeep to record you since youre always in front lol

[@JeepsLimited]

@@_ltor do you still have one?

[@AdventuresOfRogersAndHenderson]

19:03 LTOR found the talent!

[@JeepsLimited]

@@AdventuresOfRogersAndHenderson he just needed some words of encouragement.

[@fiveoboy01]

FIBs making trails worse. Shocker

[@falc0n_forcegaming839]

Shocking ....

[@shawnchase574]

4:10 that rock was only a few inches out of the ground when I smashed into it last year.

[@JeepsLimited]

@shawnchase574 it's definitely way out of the ground now.

[@wmurray23]

Think you mean Quincy mine. Champion is hour west of Hancock

[@JeepsLimited]

@wmurray23 No it's the Champion mine. It's only 15 minutes west of Houghton/ Hancock area. And it's along the Bill Nicholas trail. We tried to go to the Quincy Mine in Hancock but they were booked.

[@j_mars_cars]

Around 17 min in yall should have winched through the muddy spot. This is NOT tread lightly. Try it 3-5 times then winch through. It’s not cool that you made it all torn up like that. Imagine someone wanting to take their stock 31” tire rig and now they can’t make it past your ruts. Otherwise great video so far

[@JeepsLimited]

@j_mars_cars Thank you. A lot of people have commented on that muddy spot. Obviously it was extremely tourn up before we got there. I don't think it's fair that everyone is putting the blame on us given the mud hole was already there. We aren't not the ones that made it that deep.

[@j_mars_cars]

@ I understand, but it is still obvious that you guys are making it a little bit worse. It is a lot of fun to play in the mud 😁

[@lcatalla7292]

Can you share coordinate ?

[@JeepsLimited]

@@lcatalla7292 coordinate for? The start of the trail?