Kensington Metropark

Grab your skis and glide across more than 12 miles of groomed trails at Kensington Metropark. Trail are open during park hours, when conditions permit. The trails are not lit. The Ski Center is located at the Golf Course.

 Rental equipment will be available Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with the last rental at 4:00 p.m. (weather and trail conditions permitting). Both Skate and Classic skis are rented. Group rates and rentals available, please call the Ski Center for more information and to reserve 810-227-8910. Equipment rentals must be reserved online. Reservations can be made no more than 5 days in advance. Limited reservations available. No refunds.

See https://www.metroparks.com/kensington-metropark/#cross-country_skiing to rental classic or skate skis.

The Ski Center also offers public restrooms and limited food service. Note that the ski center is not always open, and the ski center parking lot can be closed. You can park at one of the many other parking lots to access trails. Trail maps are available at the Ski Center, toll booths or the Kensington Park Office.

Skiing is prohibited in the following areas: Nature Study Area and nature trails, sledding hills and toboggan runs, snowboarding hill, and on the golf course greens. Trails are open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and they are not lit. Please use only marked ski trails.

The park grooms a classic doubletrack plus a skating lane on the golf course. The classic trails get heavily used and the track sometimes get blown away by people with wide touring skis, snowplowers, & walkers. Occasionally, horses can take out the grooming on select trails. The trails run over the golf course, over paved bike paths, and through trails in the woods. There are both flat areas and hilly areas, open areas and wooded areas. Most grooming is usually done with a snowmobile. When there's lots of snow, they will use the heavier Bombadier.

The golf course is a popular place for skaters when there is marginal snow or when they want a change from the Huron Meadows Metropark. Although most skaters tend to ski around the outside perimeter of the golf course, going up and down the inside fairways is great! The golf course tends to hold snow pretty well. We've been skiing on it when it seemed most of the snow around the area had melted away. Up-north skiers are always surprised with how good the skiing can actually be at Kensington!

Rollerskiers! Kensington has an 8.5 mile hilly bike path that used by lots of rollerskiers!