Trail Report For: Watersmeet - 02/08/2012
Trail Report: Watersmeet
Reported By: Carole Yakel for the Watersmeet Chamber of Commerce
Date of Report: 02/08/2012
Trail Conditions: Fair
Snow Cover: 8-16″ according to the local news a few minutes ago
Area Report: Hi Everyone ~
The good news is that we’re finally past the warm days and always retained the cold nights. Our groomers are grooming at least nightly and may groom more on the weekends. Temperatures are to be getting colder (down to -13 on Saturday night!), and we do have a little snow predicted for a few days or nights in the next five days. It doesn’t look like it will amount to anything but any snow we get will be good. Our groomers report that the base on the trails is about 4″ only, and there are some bare spots now. It’s been sunny and with the thawing and refreezing, please be careful out there for icy trails and corners. With the cold temps again, it will help with a new hard-packed base. We have a slightly mixed groomers report from poor to fair to some good trails. Caryl DeBroder stopped a snowmobiler late this afternoon and asked what he thought. He said he definitely would not say the trails were poor but thought that fair was a good call in general. It’s great to hear from the people using the trails, because we get pretty tough on ourselves here and want to give you a really true report of trails here in the Watersmeet area.
One of our groomers reported yesterday “there is more good than bad but its not great out there”. He said that Trail 2 west has a bare area west of where you get back on the grade after running the road area. The road area is good though and after 13 North it’s good to Marenisco. The snowmobiler that Caryl talked to specifically said that 107 was in much better shape than he expected. That was good to hear. He also said that the trails he was on in Ewen were bad, so it would be good to check on that area before heading that way.
We are all hoping for snow to come soon, so our dedicated groomers have something more to work with, but for right now they are doing a great job of keeping trails the best they can.
If you want a live up-to-date snowmobile report, just call Caryl DeBroder at 906-358-9961. We invite you to visit our website at www.watersmeet.org for a listing of area accomodations and businesses who are all happy to make your stay here in the Watersmeet area a super one. E-mail if you have any questions, too, if you like.
Thanks so much for checking in. We hope you’ll visit soon. We also hope that one of these upcoming snowy days brings us a dumper! 
) See you soon…
Carole Yakel
News & Events: February 18, 2012 – U. P. Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club Poker Run
February 18, 2012 – Bent’s Camp on Mamie Lake on the Cisco Chain is holding its Annual Radar Run, Bikini Run, and Chili Feed
March 12, 2012 – U. P. Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club Appreciation Banquet
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Snowmobiling Information
Winter snowmobiling excitement runs rampant throughout the Watersmeet Michigan area. Hundreds of lakes and acres of state and national forest lands provide a winter wonderland for enthusiastic riders.
Watersmeet Michigan and Land O’ Lakes Wisconsin, located on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula provides an excellent home base for your winter excursions. Trails to the north connect with the serene trail network of the Upper Peninsula. Corridor 6 guides riders across the northern section at the eastern border, through Land O’Lakes as it continues on to Presque Isle.
Watersmeet, Michigan is the gateway to snowmobiling in the Upper Peninsula with access to Minnesota, Lower Michigan and Wisconsin. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has a reputation for an extensive groomed snowmobile trail network, exciting terrain, and an abundance of snow. In the entire State of Michigan there are over 5,800 miles of snowmobile trails located throughout six state Forest, three National Forests and many acres of privately owned lands. About 230 miles are located in the Ottawa National Forest. Yearly Michigan trail permits are required.
This area offers the pure enthusiast miles of groomed trails in the north in Upper Michigan and short trips to various Wisconsin towns to the south, east, and west. Gas, rentals, sales, and meals, are within minutes of each lodging facility The snowmobiler can ride from any lodging location without the need of the vehicle that brought them.
Annual snow fall generally between 100 and 250 inches 35 miles of groomed trails that interconnect.
