Trail Report For: Watersmeet - 03/07/2012
Trail Report: Watersmeet
Reported By: Carole Yakel for the Watersmeet Chamber of Commerce
Date of Report: 03/07/2012
Trail Conditions: Fair
Snow Cover: 1 – 2 feet
Area Report: Hi Everyone ~
Well, we went from our 14+” of beautiful snow and great trails to questionable now since it’s raining and in the mid-40s! We talked to the groomers this afternoon who said they would groom tonight if the temps get down to below freezsing as predicted. With the rain now, I’m not sure so we’ll see what happens. There’s plenty of snow out there but parking areas are are now mostly bare blacktop and temps are predicted to the 50s! We can hang on for a while but it will be questionable if we can ride this one out. To go from great conditions for the past weekend to this is very disheartening. The woods trails should still be good but there was snirt on the trails coming in to town yesterday. So I guess we’re at Mother Nature’s mercy one more time this winter.
I’ll keep you updated as we know anything here. At the present you’ll probably find anything from wet poor areas to fair and good trails. One day at a time…we’ll see what happens.
Thanks so much for checking in here and thank you for your past, present, and future stays in the Watersmeet area. It’s great to have you come our way and want you to know how much our area businesses appreciate it. We hope each and every trip is better than the one before.
Call Caryl DeBroder at our chamber number, 906-358-9961, for a live update or e-mail me at visit@watersmeet.org for any questions you might have. Also, please visit our website at www.watersmeet.org for lots of area information. Thanks again.
News & Events:
March 24, 2012 – U. P. Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club of Watersmeet, Michigan Annual Appreciation Banquet for 2012 – Cocktails (cash bar)_ at 5:30 p.m. and a great buffet dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. This year’s annual event will be held at the Lac Vieux Desert Casino, Room 400 at the hotel, N5384 Highway 45, Watersmeet. Cost is $12 per person. There will be 50/50 raffles, presentations, good conversation with all those who helped with sponsorships, land use, and labaor. It’s a great party for fellow Thunder Rider Snowmobilers to get together. For more information, contact Linda Schultz at 906-827-3208.
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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.
