 
Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort is a recreational campground with over 200 camp sites during the summer months and is a Nordic ski area in the winter.
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.
The finish line is just a stone's throw from on-site parking. Timber Ridge will be running the parking operations this year. The BATA buses will also pick up riders in front of the Ranger Station at the entrance for the return trip to Kalkaska.
Please remember, you can be towed (and incur those nasty towing charges) if you park on Haaland Rd right outside Timber Ridge's entrance. Parking there creates a HUGE FIRE HAZARD as fire trucks can no longer get through the road. Also, there a always a few inconsiderate riders who block private driveways outside the property that are risking their cars being towed as well.
  Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) buses will be taking weary cyclists back to Kalkaska to pick-up their cars. Buses will leave the finish venue at approximately 20 minute intervals from 12:00 Noon 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.
 Kristen Levesque and Gordon Waggoner, Timber Ridge's owners, are a pair of whirling dervishes who can not stop working on their campground and resort! The park looks great and you'll definitely see the fruits of their labors whichever way you turn! They are really excited to make this the best finish venue Iceman has ever had!
"Hurricane Gordon" and his crew have been busy making new trails in the back-forty for skiing and widening a few of the existing trails to improve their flow. (I won't tell you about the fact that Gordon has some ideas about bringing racers through the middle of the park as part of the race course and then going back out on a path before coming into the finish line).
The "cozy cabins" folks are used to seeing spread out in the middle of the woods have been moved to the area near the south bath house. All have been insulated and now feature new tongue & groove walls inside. The bath house has been completely revamped and now has heat and will be open all winter, along with the cabins. They've put a new road in that goes around all the sites and have cleared many trees to make more parking available. Additionally, they have two new bunkhouses that sleep 10 (sorry, they're both already booked for this years event).
Last year, the night before Iceman, Gordon rescued a lost rider who just had to go for a quick ride right as it was getting completely dark. He was miles out and very lucky that Gordon was able to figure out which trail junction he was next to. So this year Gordon & Kirsten are planning on turning the lights-on on their lighted ski loop for late arrivals to ride around and keep loose for the race. Please, no venturing off property!
If people would like to tent camp and really rough it, Kristen & Gordon can place them in the electric area so they could run a heater and in case of bad weather (rain or snow) that night they'll allow campers to put their sleeping bags in the banquet hall and sleep there. "We've done that before with big groups when the weather turns bad suddenly," Kristen says with a laugh.
Oh, and they'll be serving food again after the races so you can grab a quick bite before venturing off to the next project.
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