Riding DALMAC

Welcome to DALMAC 2025. We have a great tour planned for you. We are continuing the gravel route for 2025 and this year we are offering an even better gravel route. The overnight stops will be the same as the 5 Day East route. We have designed the East routes so that you can pick and choose routes. Want to spend a day on gravel, then move to paved road the next day? No problem. How about doing the last day on the trail? You can do that. This makes the East routes the most flexible and varied. We hope to see you on East in 2025.

Here’s what you get on the tour:

• Free parking at the starting point for each of the routes
• Free parking in Mackinaw City if you want to position a vehicle at the end of the tour
• On road assistance from SAG vehicles if you need it, including air pumps and water
• Dinner each overnight and breakfast the next morning
• Transportation of your luggage and camping gear to each overnight stop
• Access to camping, restrooms, and showers at each overnight location
• Reserved camping location for CPAP users (bring your own cord)
• Bicycle mechanics along the routes and in camp each night
• Device charging stations at each overnight stop
• Nightly rider meeting
• E-bike charging stations at camp each night
• Community rest stops for food and refreshments
• Transportation of your bicycle from Mackinaw City to the starting point of your route
• Photographer in Mackinaw City to take your picture with the Mackinaw Bridge in the background and free downloads of the photos
• Bus transportation from Mackinaw City to the starting point of your route (optional – extra fee for this service)
• Camping service provided by Padre’s Cycle Inn (optional – extra fee for this service) learn more at https://padrescycleinn.com/pages/dalmac

For 2025 we are offering a Quint Century route. This route will provide a challenging and fun time for those who love to put on the miles! See the route details page for all the information.

We are also introducing Alma College as our new overnight location in Alma! We are very excited to offer this amazing facility for our riders. Camping will be adjacent to the College’s new athletic facility with plenty of space for tents and private SAG parking. The food promises to be amazing – we will be joining Alma College students in the campus dining facility for dinner and breakfast.

After no price increase for two years, there will be a small increase for 2025 – just $10 for all the route options. All the same great stops, all the services we provide, and all the fun with new and old friends for a very reasonable price. The proceeds from DALMAC are donated to the DALMAC Fund, Inc. to provide bicycle related grants throughout Michigan. Take a look at the DALMAC Fund page on this site to see the great work that the DALMAC fund does.

Have questions? Please send and email to director@dalmac.org and I will respond as quickly as possible.

Dan Stockwell, DALMAC Director

Learn about DALMAC

Click this link DALMAC Webinar Series to sign up for the 2025 DALMAC webinar series where we will discuss everything you need to know to have a great time on the tour

Please take time to read the DALMAC Handbook. This information is super important to know as you prepare for and ride the DALMAC

DALMAC Uses Ride with GPS.

DALMAC is using a RideWithGPS Experience. This allows riders to have navigation on their phone even if they don’t have a RideWithGPS account. Riders can download routes from it for use on their GPS. It also has information like SAG and other phone numbers, meal times, bus and bike loading times, repair truck stop locations, and PSM locations. This is good to have on your phone even if you are not using it for navigation for all the information plus it gives you a backup.