Happy New Year to All ~ The U. P. Thunder Riders are grooming every day now. We really need more snow than what we are getting regularly…a real dumper or two is our wish! I don’t have an update from the grooming that was done today but we don’t anticipate much in the way of…… Continue Reading
WATERSMEET SNOWMOBILE REPORT FOR DECEMBER 14, 2016
It’s time for an update on conditions for everyone who is anxious to come up snowmobiling and skiing. We got about 12″ of snow this week. The really cold temperatures are more than welcome. Wind chills -20 to -30 and single digit highs pretty much all week are going to have pretty much any wet spots…… Continue Reading
WINTER HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!! WINTER SPORTS REPORT!
This was a crazy fall that didn’t want to leave, but for the third try it looks like it has finally has been replaced with winter weather. The weather reports are very positive with continuing cold weather down to -5 degrees this coming week. It has been snowing for several days and more is predicted daily. The…… Continue Reading
Chain Skimmers Water Ski Show
Thank you for supporting the Chain Skimmers in 2016. We look forward to seeing you in 2017!… Continue Reading
Ottawa Visitor Center 2016 Summer Program Schedule
The Ottawa Visitor Center is located on the corner of US 2 and Highway 45 in Watersmeet, Michigan. Through interpretive programs and displays, their goal is to foster understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the natural, cultural, recreational, and wilderness resources of the Ottawa National Forest. Hours of operation from June – September are from…… Continue Reading
Final Snowmobile Report for the 2015-2016 Year
Date of Report: 03/17/2016 Trail Conditions: Not Rideable Snow Cover: 3″ of new snow today Area Report: Who would think that everything would be wrapped up by this time? Our snowmobile season started late and ended up early this year much to all of our dismay. The in-between parts were great with lots of happy…… Continue Reading
Watersmeet Chamber of Commerce Snowmobile Trail Report for February 25, 2016
It didn’t take long for things to change here. After our two-day warm-up, we thought everything was going back to normal. Even though we have been receiving snow each day, it isn’t enough for the groomers to work with on the trails. The U. P Thunder Riders here have suspended grooming until we get another…… Continue Reading
Watersmeet Snowmobile Report for February 11, 2016
Lots of new snow, cold temperatures, and great grooming by our U. P. Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club now has our whole Watersmeet snowmobile trail system in EXCELLENT condition including all our trails: Trail 2 west of Watersmeet Trail 2 east of Watersmeet to Trail 107 Trail 3 north of Trail 2 to Trail 8 Trail…… Continue Reading
Watersmeet Snowmobile Trail Report for February 9, 2016
Thank you for visiting our website. We are experiencing lower than normal temperatures and snow most every day or night. Much of our snow right now is lake effect, but it’s the beautiful white stuff that we all want! Nighttime temperatures for this coming week are predictedat -3 to -9 nightly. It all works out…… Continue Reading
WATERSMEET SNOWMOBILE TRAIL REPORT AS OF JANUARY 29, 2016
Our U. P. Thunder Riders are busy daily or nightly working on our trails. We have been fortunate to receive snow just about daily! Temperatures last night got down to close to zero, so that helped to set things up and day time temps have been cooperative as well. It looks like Saturday and Sunday…… Continue Reading