Snowmobiling ULTRA limited

Hope y’all had a great holiday season. We’re on to 2025!

At this point, I’m guessing Moose River Plains would be marginally rideable from the end of Cedar River Road. Snow coverage is thickest on the slope of Cellar Mountain between Headquarters and Silver Run. Inlet side past Big-T flats probably bony to rocky in large sections.

With the previous plowing in Perkins Clearing earlier this winter, there isn’t enough for it to be snowmobiling happy place. South end of Perkins Clearing Road into Mud Lake Road will be plowed and closed to snowmobiling for the winter.

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Winter will take hold into foreseeable future with strong blocking high pressure over Greenland. A massive Newfoundland vortex (NV) will develop in conjunction with the block. This will ensure persistent (but not extreme) cold through next week. But the sheer size and strength of the Newfoundland vortex would squash all would-be significant snow opportunities to our south.

As I’m fond of saying: If it can’t snow, at least let it be COLD! That often sets us up well down the road.

By mid-January, the Newfoundland vortex could move off its spot and merge with the Polar Vortex (PV). This would open the path for a parade of shortwave (S/W) weather systems to bring snow opportunities. I can’t tell you yet whether we’d score a big-bopper. But I see reasonable cause for optimism for mid to late January.

That’s all I got for now. Don’t have much more to share at the moment.

For the ilsnow nation,

Darrin