Finish Venue
Timber Ridge: The Finish Venue
Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort is a year round resort featuring camping, world-class biking and Nordic ski trails, charming banquet facility and is host to a variety of popular events. Timber Ridge’s trails are directly connected to the Vasa Pathway and offer an exciting finish to the Iceman. The last leg of the Iceman race winds its way through Timber Ridge’s trails, making the resort the perfect location for spectators to view the exciting and often tight finishes.
Timber Ridge Resort has developed a new seasonal site rental area for large RVs and Park Models Homes specifically designed to meet the increasing demand for more luxurious and comfortable seasonal living.
Park Model Home styles range from rustic cabin to craftsman cottage and can be customized to suit the owner’s style and needs. Bay windows, vinyl flooring or carpet, cathedral ceilings, tape and textured interiors, and covered porches lend to the upscale feel of the park model homes. Timber Ridge Resort has partnered with builders Athens Park Homes and Skyline Park Homes to present these affordable “cottages” for about $35,000 to $45,000. Timber Ridge works with our clients on the order, purchase, and delivery of their RPT. The park model homes can be placed on a leased Timber Ridge Resort campsite for about $2,600 per season (May 1 to October 31; utilities billed separately) or we can arrange for delivery to another site. In fact, since last fall, Timber Ridge has added 2 park model homes featuring full kitchens and bathrooms to their rental list so be sure to check them out!
Hurricane Gordon blew through Timber Ridge again this spring! Three cabins on the north end of the property were blown off their foundations and actually landed a quarter mile south near the South Bath House. The relocation of the cabins placed them near all of the other cabins on the southern portion of the campground and opened up areas near the North Bath House. In fact, the Iceman information and awards trailers will placed right where the cabins used to be! Gordon also created a new road that improves flow for pullthrough camp sites on the north end. It’s no wonder that Iceman chose this location for the new Ice Capades Awards Celebration Zone.
Either you’re on the bus, or you’re off the bus. Gordy also picked up an old school bus to transport Timber Ridge guests on adventure trips to the Boardman River and other activities. Bring your kayak north this fall and Timber Ridge can drop you at the river and then meet you at the put-out.
Timber Ridge Parking
Slush Cup riders and Sno-Cone families will receive a complimentary parking pass for Timber Ridge. Bell’s Beer Iceman riders will find only a very limited amount of parking at Timber Ridge. Timber Ridge’s guests and campers have the first priority over Bell’s Beer Iceman riders. For those that insist on parking at Timber Ridge instead of taking advantage of the free parking at TC East Middle School, parking at Timber Ridge will cost $50.00. The proceeds will benefit the Timber Ridge Foundation.
Black & Gold Line
All Iceman riders and their support crews will utilize satellite parking lots at TBA Career Tech Center and East Middle School. Buses will be running continuously from East Middle School and TBA Career Tech center from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. We’ll have Penske Trucks assigned to each bus so your bike can make the trip back to the car with you. The East Middle School and TBA parking lots are just a quick 5 minute ride to & from Timber Ridge Resort so it will be a painless operation.
Star Cars get VIP Treatment
One exception to the limited parking situation at Timber Ridge Resort is that all Subaru drivers will have a special VIP parking lot set aside for them at Timber Ridge Resort on race day. So bring your Brat, Baja, Forester, Legacy, Impreza, Outback, or Tribeca and receive VIP treatment at Timber Ridge! The Subaru only parking area will be located in the northwest corner of the Timber Ridge Resort property. Look for the signs on your left as you enter Timber Ridge. Subaru. A lot to love.
Buses Back to Kalkaska
Blue & Silver Line
Kalkaska Public School buses will be taking weary cyclists back to Kalkaska to pick-up their cars. Buses will leave the fi nish venue at ap prox i mate ly 20 minute intervals from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sorry, no bikes are allowed on the BATA buses so you’ll have to check your bike at the Bike Corral while you head back to Kalkaska to get your car.
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Tow Away Zones
Parking outside of Timber Ridge’s main gate creates a HUGE safety hazard. Ambulances, buses, and fire trucks cannot negotiate the narrow strip of pavement that is left over by the cars parked on both sides of the road. Thus, all of Six Mile Rd. will be considered a Tow Away Zone. Park there and your car will be towed. Period. No if’s, ands or buts.
Bell’s Beer Iceman Weather Forecast: Hot and showery in the afternoon
That’s right for the first time ever in the his- tory of Bell’s Beer Iceman, we are making a guarantee on the weather for the day of the event. Showers.
No more, “it’s supposed to be sunny and 55 degrees or, hopefully, we’ll have snow, it could rain, maybe a little light freezing drizzle”....but showers are a certainty this year. For all Meijer Sno-Cone, Meijer Slush Cup, and Bell’s Beer Iceman riders who would like to warm up & put some dry clothes on before enjoying the rest of the afternoon’s festivities, we have a solution! Hot steaming showers!! There’s nothing quite like the feeling of being hot, dusty & sweaty or of being soaked & chilled to the bone and knowing that a hot shower is right around the corner.
Courtesy of our “Racer Services” sponsor, Priority Health, two semi-tractor trailers containing 16 private shower stalls each will be located right inside the Celebration Zone. So we’ll have 32 additional showers to compli- ment the hot showers in the two bath houses at Timber Ridge (4 showers each in the north & south bath houses). Eight shower stalls are reserved for women while 24 showers are for the men. Thanks to Priority Health the trailer showers are 100% complimentary! If you want to use Timber Ridge’s bath house showers (and maybe avoid the lines), just be sure to bring some quarters as the showers require about $2.00 for an eight minute good hot steaming. Towels are also highly recommended if you’re planning on using either shower facility.
Tent Warmers
For over 30 years, Team Bob’s has provided comfort, peace of mind, and healthy environments for their residential and small business customers. By installing, maintaining, and servicing HVAC and Plumbing systems they offer warmth, relief from the heat, clean fresh air, and a reliable pure water supply. Now they’re going to apply one of their specialties to the Iceman changing tents and First Aid tent. That’s right...the Team Bob’s crew will be installing a small furnace in the women’s and men’s changing tents as well as the First Aid tent to create a refuge from the cold if the weather turns nasty.
Finish Line Map
