Name: Big Kame Loop
Rating: 4.8

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Description

The 4.75-mi Big Kame loop is more technical with two large rock gardens and many small to large jumps.

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Land Manager: Michigan DNR - Waterloo Recreation Area

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Dave Jansen with improvements by Nicole Zeckner and 3 others

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Trail Ratings

4.8 from 104 votes

#2

in Waterloo Recreation Area

#18

Overall

4.8 from 104 votes

5 Star		86%
4 Star		11%
3 Star		3%
2 Star		1%
1 Star		0%

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#2

in Waterloo Recreation Area

#3

in Michigan

#18

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Oct 30, 2021 near Chelsea, MI

May 7, 2018 near Chelsea, MI

Jul 25, 2022 near Chelsea, MI

Riding Big Kame out at DTE Energy Foundation trails @Boys on Bikes - Ride MTB.

Jul 25, 2022 near Chelsea, MI

Aug 27, 2018 near Chelsea, MI

Jul 9, 2018 near Chelsea, MI

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Check-Ins

Nov 2, 2024

Elliott Kasprzak

4.8mi

Oct 20, 2024

Dave Walick

Big Kame and the Green Loop with friends 10.4mi — 1h 00m

Jul 18, 2024

Matt Miller

May 4, 2024

Tommy Grill

Jul 15, 2023

Yvonne Paguada

Jul 12, 2023

Logan

Jun 18, 2023

Klein VerHill

Full DTE Loop 4.8mi

Jun 14, 2023

Michael Clement

4.7mi

Jun 12, 2022

J H

2h 30m

Jun 2, 2022

Aaron Krumheuer

4.6mi

May 17, 2022

Brian Gotham

Aug 24, 2021

George Triantos

Aug 23, 2021

Joe Vukich

Aug 7, 2021

yaksh patel

Aug 1, 2021

Brian Gotham

Jul 29, 2021

Brian Gotham

Jul 19, 2021

Micah Plimpton

4.7mi

Jul 13, 2021

Garrett Mallak

Tree down on kame near the wooden wall ride/berm — 2h 00m

Jun 16, 2021

Andy Martz

4.7mi

Apr 27, 2021

Jim Monnett

Great ride. Trail dry 4.7mi

Apr 17, 2021

Micah Plimpton

5mi

Apr 3, 2021

Tim Adamski

4.9mi

Dec 16, 2020

Joe Hamm

Nov 19, 2020

W Anders

Nov 11, 2020

Morris Donald

Oct 17, 2020

Justin Cecil

0h 34m

Oct 16, 2020

Justin Cecil

0h 34m

Oct 14, 2020

Jordan Sternik

Sep 13, 2020

Haley Sommerville

Favorite trail at DTE. Lots of rolling hills, sm-med jumps and great rock features. Trail is well maintained and fast.

Aug 1, 2020

Mandy Bradford

Smooth flow with lots of roller hills and a few jumps on Sat route 4.2mi

Jul 18, 2020

Natasha Meinecke

4.7mi

Jul 12, 2020

Andy Mastay

Jun 10, 2020

El Rodeo

4.7mi

May 22, 2020

Rob Brown

May 16, 2020

Everette Stephens

Apr 24, 2020

Jason McConnell

Riding with Kerry — 1h 38m

Oct 19, 2019

Ian Turpin

4.7mi

Sep 4, 2019

Arnaud Soyez

Aug 24, 2019

Matt Wie8

Jul 27, 2019

Richard Inman

4.7mi

Jul 16, 2019

Eric Freier

0h 31m

Jul 7, 2019

Yosuke Kanii

Jul 2, 2019

Joseph Spaulding

8.6mi — 0h 59m

Jun 30, 2019

Joseph Spaulding

8.6mi — 1h 00m

Jun 29, 2019

Matt Ivons

Jun 28, 2019

Yosuke Kanii

Jun 23, 2019

Yosuke Kanii

Jun 23, 2019

Mike McA

May 4, 2019

Rick Garcia

May 4, 2019

JEFFREY DONNA

4.7mi

Apr 22, 2019

ROBERT BLAZOFF

Apr 20, 2019

Sydney Wenger

Apr 10, 2019

Jason Folt

Dec 29, 2018

Jason Irons

Dec 15, 2018

John Holliday

Nov 11, 2018

Mike Burns

Good shape 4.7mi

Sep 15, 2018

Chad Sperry

12mi

Sep 14, 2018

Jim Clarke

Green x1, Kame x2, Winn x2 27.5mi — 2h 40m

Sep 6, 2018

Christian Clark

Aug 22, 2018

John Whitt

Aug 18, 2018

Ryan DasGupta

Aug 4, 2018

Nolan Maryanski

Aug 1, 2018

Davey Washboard

Jul 29, 2018

Steve Haupt

a very fun loop that keeps you coming back! great exercise and lots of fun. 4.7mi

Jul 8, 2018

Erik Schleede

Jul 7, 2018

John Garland

Dry 5.6mi

Jul 4, 2018

Rob Thornburg

Ridden 7/4 w/ Ryan. Not as fun as the green loop. Some serious climbing and technical rock features.

Jun 17, 2018

Bhargav Tammineedi

Jun 16, 2018

Jared Gibby

May 26, 2018

Don P

May 25, 2018

Rick Garcia

May 4, 2018

Danny Evanoff

4.7mi

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Big Kame Loop

“Several small hills and one very large one with big jumps. ”

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1,079' 329 m

955' 291 m

363' 111 m

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