Trail Conditions
Indian Lake to Newcomb snowmobile ride
That half-foot of new snow on Tuesday got me motivated to bang out a local ride! T’was mid-winter cold, which almost felt strange. But I haven’t forgotten how to suit up for it. Since my sled was already sitting in the ilsnow mobile command center, I just trucked it over to the parking lot at […]
Monday evening Moose River Plains run
6pm Tuesday update: We picked up about a half-foot of new snow today! Somewhat more than I had anticipated from yesterday’s forecast. Every once in a while, we can get the shooter’s roll. 🙂 I sat on the pine waiting for the holiday weekend crowds to leave. Still didn’t know whether I’d bother snowmobiling on […]
Moose River Plains shakedown snowmobile ride
January 10th update: Ended up with 7 inches of snow by 9:00pm Tuesday that settled to 4-5 inches of waterlogged glop from 38*F warmth and rain overnight Our waiting game resumes until the snowpack firms up and we get our next installment of snow. Remember, this is a process, not an event. We essentially started […]
FINALLY! (Winter making an appearance in the Adirondacks)
Photo caption credit to John Dortch who spun off 20 miles into Perkins Clearing with the new snow. Our Saturday night into Sunday snow event delivered a dump of white gold onto the central Adirondacks to make it finally look like winter! Total snowfall was 8 inches at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, […]
Trying to look like winter
Moose River Plains (MRP) update, Thursday: Gates are open at Cedar River Headquarters, so you can ride into Moose River Plains (MRP) from Brown’s Farm parking lot near the end of Cedar River Road in Indian Lake, now at $10/snowmobile. If you’d be content with spinning the track into MRP on starter snow for limited […]
