GLDS has been the grant sponsor for the Geels ORV Trail since 2004, which covers brushing and signing and other trail improvement projects. Around 2015 we took on grading the trails as part of our grant.

Geels is an ORV Trail, comprised of two loops (Geels North and Geels South), that are about 25 miles in length each. The trail is open to ORVs that are 50″ in width or less. 50″ UTVs are not recommended as they will not be able to fit through some corners/sections due to angles and tree positions. Designated parking with vault toilet is located between both loops, on Moore Road, just east off of Old M76, about halfway between St Helen and Roscommon.

GLDS has put in tremendous work over the years to improve the trail beyond the standard brush/sign/grade. Projects include Trail Bed Restoration (getting rid of mudholes) and stump grinding to eliminate trail-side hazards.

Trail update 7/21/26

Geels South was graded over the last 2 days, so both loops are freshly graded.

Trail Update 7/20/26

North loop graded, south is planned for this week. Excited to show off our new grading rig, very happy with her maiden voyage around the whole north loop.

Trail Update 7/13/26

One of our special maintenance projects was completed last week, that being trail-side stump grinding. A section on the north and another on the south loops, removing about 36 trail side hazards. Otherwise known as toe kickers on your bike or wheel grabbers on the quad. More on this project.

Trail Update 6/25/26

Full maintenance (brushing and signing) was done last week. Trails are in great shape, though ready for grading. Weather and ground conditions have kept us from grading but we will be out there soon.

Trail Update 5/22/26

Our spring full-maintenance run was completed on 5/14/26. A surprising amount of new downed trees were cleared from the trail along with regular brushing/signing. The surprise was due to already having fully cleared the trails a couple weeks earlier.

Some areas are still wet and look to continue that way into June. Grading and other trail work will happen after this holiday weekend.

Trail Update 4/26/26

Crews have been out over the last couple weeks to get the trails cleared. A March ice-storm brought down a lot of trees and debris, much worse than anything over the last 22 years, but also nothing of the scale from the ice storm damage inflicted north of Geels in 2025. Over 78 downed trees were cut and another 200 branches/slash were drug off the trail. As of this posting, both cut-off trails on the South loop need gone through plus the North loop has a handful of near-trail items that need removed. The trails are otherwise open and rideable. An excessively wet spring has overfilled many wet areas and we recommend avoiding the section of the north loop from the parking lot up to Pine Drive/Decker Rd.