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Snowmobiling season’s last gasp

We’re nearing time to close the books on another short and sub-par snowmobiling season. I hope you were able to get a reasonable amount of saddle time in. Before you know it, I’ll be wading through ankle deep mud, then swatting black flies. And don’t get me going on #summersucks! Saturday’s snow totals have reached […]

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One… More… Time?

Sunday’s 60*F Chinook and Monday’s cold rain left ilsnow land in a world of hurt. The above picture from Monday afternoon tells the tale. Strong winds have also knocked down trees. Thankfully, combined rainfall from Sunday and Monday only totaled 0.50″ to 0.75″ for much of the central Adirondacks. This prevented a wholesale washout and […]

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Wells Call!

No matter how good the riding is where I can truck my snowmobile, it’s always best when I can roll it out from the compound. I hadn’t ridden down to Wells this winter. Believe it or not, I hadn’t ridden the Speculator area in nearly a month! Wasn’t gunning for big miles. Just wanted to […]

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Back to the well! Charlie’s Inn to Lake Placid to Malone

Crazy Cal blew off work Thursday and wanted to truck it up to Charlie’s Inn to relive the glory days. I had ridden from there the day before, but he didn’t have to twist my arm. I was more than thrilled to make the return trip! By the time we got our collective act together […]

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Charlie’s Inn to Malone, AGAIN!

Tuesday’s ride got me off the pine for the first time in nearly two weeks. A fresh 2-3 inches by Wednesday morning had me ready to go! This time, I was able to get Darrin Jr. to blow off work and ride with me. I told him that he was gonna like it, a lot! […]

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