Sunday April 22, 2012
Map of trail:
Directions:
To get to the Yankee Springs Rec Area Deep Lake Trailhead
From US-131 – Take 129th east (Exit 61) until it becomes Chief Noonday Rd. Turn south on Yankee Springs Rd. From the east (Hastings, MI) take County Rd 179 (Chief Noonday Rd.) to Yankee Springs Rd, turn south.
To get to the Yankee Springs Rec Area Deep Lake Trailhead
From US-131 – Take 129th east (Exit 61) until it becomes Chief Noonday Rd. Turn south on Yankee Springs Rd. From the east (Hastings, MI) take County Rd 179 (Chief Noonday Rd.) to Yankee Springs Rd, turn south.
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What’s a Devil’s Soup Bowl?
The bowl is a huge, glacially carved bowl in the earth that was formed about 10-13,000 years ago. Sorry, you won’t be riding into the Bowl- the slopes are too steep and no riding trails descend into it. But you do circle the rim of the Devil’s Soup Bowl on the Yankee Springs Deep Lake Trail- take a minute in your training ride to admire the power of the glaciers. You can hike down into the bowl if you are up for a foot-based adventure. The depth is approximately 100 feet on a steep grade.
The bowl is a huge, glacially carved bowl in the earth that was formed about 10-13,000 years ago. Sorry, you won’t be riding into the Bowl- the slopes are too steep and no riding trails descend into it. But you do circle the rim of the Devil’s Soup Bowl on the Yankee Springs Deep Lake Trail- take a minute in your training ride to admire the power of the glaciers. You can hike down into the bowl if you are up for a foot-based adventure. The depth is approximately 100 feet on a steep grade.
