Trail Conditions
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 […]
Sad sack of shit…
The Christmas Eve Massacre of 2020 has come and gone – leaving ilsnow land scorched and torched. Light snows Saturday into Sunday morning amounted to a dusting to an inch around Indian Lake. There isn’t anything “snowmobile ride-able” around here. I saw some people ice fishing on Adirondack Lake by Byron Park Sunday morning. But […]
