Trail Conditions
Feeling Long Lakey: Ride 1/16/19
Hearing that the trails held up well (in most places) over the weekend gave me encouragement for some good ole fashioned mid-week riding. I’ve hit Old Forge a couple times already. Speculator wasn’t readily available in my playbook due to the C8/Sabael Trail closure. So I decided to run the Indian Lake, Newcomb, Long Lake, […]
At it again! Ride to Old Forge 1/10/19
Yesterday’s recon ride from Indian Lake out to Cedar River Headquarters gave me plenty of ammo to make a run out to Old Forge today. So… after we picked up another inch or two of fluff last night, I set out to ride. But I waited until mid-morning, just to give the groomers a bit […]
Yes! Indian Lake Recon 1/9/19
5 inches of new snow over the past couple days had done us a bunch of good! After my snow removal chores were complete, I took to the trail. So I headed out of Town on C8. The plan was to see if I could have a half-way decent ride out to Deer Valley. It […]
Perkins Clearing and Moose River Plains: Ride 1/3/19
Got about 3 inches of snow here in Indian Lake to start the day, which got me off the couch and on my sled. Crazy Cal decided that Thursday was going to be his day off, after all. So the cast was set. We trailered our sleds down to Mason Lake Parking lot and headed […]
Down, but not out: Update 1/2/19
Well…another rain, thaw and freeze cycle has rolled through ilsnow land. Most places in New York State and even into the Adirondacks have been wiped out. But ilsnow land is still hanging on to some of that November bounty with a hard and icy trail base. The house has burnt down, but the foundation remains. […]
