Tuesday’s Canadian Clipper on Steroids came through for us in a big way. I ended up with 8+ inches at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake.
Further south, amounts were generally clustered around a foot along the Route 8 corridor. Morehouse was the big winner with 15 inches.
Midweek Outlook
This dump of snow doesn’t put us in mid-season form by any stretch, but we have moved the needle in the right direction. When you go out riding, beware of the typical early season hazards like rocks, swampy areas and downed trees.
I can tell you that Moose River Plains is OPEN and the Town of Indian Lake has groomed our portion from the end of Cedar River Road to Silver Run.
As for Perkins Clearing, I’ve heard that the lower end of Perkins Clearing Road into Mud Lake Road will be plowed for logging and closed to snowmobiles for the season. That would require use of the “lower Perkins bypass” which was in place last season for the direct connect to Speculator. I haven’t been down to Perkins Clearing to see whether the gate is open at the north end. But I imagine it would be open soon, if not already.
The local “woods” trails need to get packed down to drive down the frost and freeze up the swampy areas. Any grooming on those trails would be on a limited scale until the swampy hazards freeze. The locals have been out today to start packing the Indian Lake trails, led by our own Cal Stanton:
You can check the ilsnow.com bulletin board for trail reports as they come in.
Lakes?
STAY – OFF – THE – LAKES! I don’t want to read about you falling through the ice on Facebook or the Hamilton County Express.
That’s it for now!
For the ilsnow nation,
Darrin
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