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Watersmeet, MI
13K
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The East Trails travel through a forest dominated by evergreens with terrain that is gentle and rolling and suitable for skiers of all abilities. The West Trails travel through a forest of primarily hardwoods and offer more hills and winding runs through the natural hilly terrain.
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2022-2023 season
Reports 8 to 17 of 18    Month: Mar | Feb | Jan | Dec
Friday, January 27, 2023
Evening
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Groomed the trails early this evening. With the small amounts of snow we received the last few days the trail groomed up nicely. If appearance means anything, conditions should be as good as they can get. Full deep tracks everywhere and no tree litter.
(Bob Turnquist)
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
After a visit to Pioneer Creek trails, we strided part of the east loop here, since it appeared to have been groomed this morning. It was a fun single-track trail through mixed hardwoods and gently rolling hills. A solid track made for a fun ski experience. We hope to return to ski the other trails here in the near future.
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(Darren Blankenship)
Friday, January 20, 2023
Afternoon
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Groomed the East Side Trails this morning and the West Side Trails late this afternoon. With the new snow tracks are deep and very little tree litter is visible. The trails were slightly soft but should freeze up nicely overnight. Conditions should be very good or better. With the fresh snow it is beautiful on the trails.
(Bob Turnquist)
Friday, January 20, 2023
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Beautiful trails today. Bob does a great job. The East side was tracked, the west side was groomed. Thanks Bob.
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(Ricky Plomin)
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Trails are in good shape and seemed to be recently groomed. The tracks were a bit icy which I think is unavoidable with the weather the last few days but definitely fast because of it.
(Eric Roden)
Friday, January 6, 2023
Afternoon
Grooming Scheduling 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
I groomed the trails late this afternoon. Conditions should be excellent, very much like mid-winter conditions. Tracks are deep and well formed and the litter from the warmup last week is covered up. Get out there and ski. Who knows what conditions will be like in the future with the crazy weather we have had this year. Moonlight ski Saturday evening, meet at the parking lot at 7 pm.
(Bob Turnquist)
Friday, December 30, 2022
Evening
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
With yesterday's warm temperature the snow on the evergreens fell off the branches and onto the trail where it froze last night and today. The tracks also iced up so I groomed this evening. The trail was quite hard but I was able to smooth out the clumps from the evergreens and set new tracks that would not be icy. The tracks don't look as nice as when we have new snow but for the most part they are full depth and should be fine for skiing. Conditions should be good to very good. I would like to ask skiers to please report people who are walking on the trail to the F&G club. Happy New Year to all.
(Bob Turnquist)
Monday, December 26, 2022
Afternoon
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
During and since our last weather event we have gone over the trail three times, the last being this afternoon when we leveled and tracked the trails again. Skiing this morning prior to grooming this afternoon was darn good so I suspect tomorrow will be mighty fine. Use your good skis for sure.
(Bob Turnquist)
Friday, December 16, 2022
Afternoon
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
Trails were groomed Friday afternoon.  With the new snow tracks look great and conditions should be very good.
(Bob Turnquist)
Friday, December 9, 2022
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
The East Side Trails have been leveled and tracked and are in very good early season condition. I have skied them several times with B skis and found they are in good shape. Much of the West Side trail is in decent shape. In most places we were able to set a good track. Since we use different equipment for low snow conditions we are not able to lift the tracker on hills and curves. This will make negotiating the steep hills difficult so it is suggested to not to ski down them. There could be a few rocks in certain areas so don't take your best skis if you have others. I picked up a few while skiing this morning so there are not a lot, but likely a few.
Photos:
(Bob Turnquist)

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