We ended up with 8 inches of new snow here in Indian Lake from Wednesday’s storm.
It wasn’t the double-digit snowfall I was expecting. But we didn’t get rain and we certainly didn’t get skunked.
Snow is nice and deep around these parts now and the snow banks on the back roads have gotten high! Snowpack is 1-2+ feet around Indian Lake, increasing to the 30-40 inch range as you traverse into the snow bowls in the southwestern Adirondacks.
My, how times have changed in a week. 🙂
Strange day for me: Happy because we were getting good snow, frustrated because my internet was hardly working. And I had a headache like something was trying to jack-hammer its way out of my skull. But two ibuprofen and a two hour tour of snowblower duty cleared my head up nicely. 🙂
Back on the saddle…
Before the Wednesday’s new snow, I got back on the saddle for my first real ride in almost 3 weeks. It almost felt strange at first, but I got the hang of it. 😉
Weekend Outlook
Umm… We’ve got snow! But it’s all powder and grooming probably won’t hold up especially well vs. heavy weekend traffic.
But does that really matter at this point? After we’ve been snow-starved for WEEKS?! Just get here early Saturday or mid-week if you can to maximize the best riding, then let the chips fall where they may.
After perhaps several inches of new snow Friday night, temperatures will peek into the 30s over the weekend. But I don’t foresee any significant or damaging rainfall.
Extended Outlook
I don’t have time to diagram it now, but the notion of bottom-less cold that I had indicated as possible for mid-late February is rubbish.
Instead, we’ll be in a push-and-pull, tug-of-war between brutally cold air to our north and mild air to the south. However, it may not be quite the same up-and-down ride we had for the final 2-3 weeks of January. Very active and fast flow will make long term weather forecasting more difficult than usual.
More of the story: Grab today’s snow because we’re not promised tomorrow. But…always be ready to hit new snow as we get it. I don’t think winter is done yet. Phil the Groundhog said 6 more weeks of winter, right? 😉
One more thing…
10th Annual Purple Ribbon Cancer Ride is Saturday, February 10th. Ride will start at the Boars Nest 9AM and return by 4PM for dinner. Click here for details. Looks like they won’t need to trailer to ilsnow land for the ride this year. This is a great event for a great cause, sponsored in part by Progressive Motorsports and Sportline, who are two longtime supporters of ilsnow.com
For the ilsnow nation,
Darrin
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