Trail Conditions
Touchdown, Speculator! Ride 1/21/21
After the S84 beatdown to cap off Wednesday’s 218 miler, my goal today was simply to get out of bed and ride my snowmobile for ANY distance at all. Speculator was the one direction I hadn’t ridden this year, so I wanted to give that a shot. My back and shoulders were in pain with […]
Big Ride! Update 1/20/21
After my snow removal chores, it was time to ride! I hadn’t done a big ride this winter, so I figured that heading out to Old Forge would be the safest play for that. You just know it’s gonna be a good day when it starts like this leaving the compound: Fresh groomer tracks were […]
Holiday Weekend Baseline
SUNDAY 1/17 Update: Another 3 inches last night pushes the storm total to 10 inches at the ilsnow storm center. We “lost” a few inches of accumulation due to melting/compaction Saturday afternoon – but otherwise, this storm did everything we hoped it would do. Finally, some REAL mid-week riding will be had for me. January […]
At least it’s not summer: 1/6/2021 ride
I knew it wasn’t going to be good. But I hadn’t been out riding in 3 weeks and got the itch I needed to scratch. Best I can say about the Indian Lake trails: They are ride-able but very rough, needing more snow BADLY! Although I didn’t ride C8/Sabael trail, I know it’s been ridden […]
Some fresh meat
Indian Lake, NY ended up with around 3-and-a-half inches of white stuff Friday night into Saturday morning which mixed with a good amount of sleet and freezing rain to add body to the snow. Here was the modeled snowpack shortly after the snow ended Saturday morning: The best places to ride with this meager snow […]
