Trail Conditions
Fuel Stabilizer Ride: Update 2/24/16
I had walked enough on the snowmobile trails this week to know there was still a good icy base in the woods, even if the exposed areas were really thin. Snow pack was still holding at 6-12 inches in the woods. It would only take an inch or two of new snow (or slop) to […]
On the Edge of Elimination: Update 2/22/16
Let’s get the trail conditions of the way: They’re awful! If you want to slither around on the crust and pick your way through frozen dirt with a fan-cooled beater snowmobile the next couple of days, have at it. You might find decent riding if you can worm your way to the back side of […]
Weekend Update: 2/19/16
Update 2/20/16: Indian Lake got an inch of new snow Friday night while Speculator picked up 2 inches. Sorry for being a bit late with the weekend update. We have riding here, but you need to be smart about it and pick your spots like we’ve had all winter. Perkins Clearing will be your best […]
Tuesday Meltdown: Update 2/16/16
I was feeling giddy about the 7 inches of snow we got Monday night. I knew we were going to take a hit on Tuesday with heavy rain, but I figured we would hold on to enough goodness to make this a solid gain for us. Well, the weather had different ideas. In the time […]
The week ahead: Update 2/11/16
Well, I can only look upon this week as a tremendous waste of opportunity. The deep trough did carve its way through the eastern United States, but the smaller scale features were far too disjointed and disorganized to produce the major snowstorm we desperately needed. At any rate, Indian Lake picked up about 2-3 inches of […]