Trail Conditions
Oak Mountain Hill Climbs in Speculator this weekend! Update 12/3/14
We got a big dump of snow before Thanksgiving, then lost most of it. Indian Lake got upwards of 3 inches of snow Monday night, then melted some of it off on Tuesday. Then some lake effect snows Tuesday night. This is par for the course for late fall & early winter. There could be […]
Thanksgiving Day 2014 Update
Wednesday’s storm delivered the goods and then some. The heavy snow make it about 40 miles further west than I had expected and cranked on southern and eastern Hamilton county to the tune of 8-12 inches. I made out great with 9 inches here at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake. Further north and […]
Winter has entered ilsnow land! Update 11/21/14
Although ilsnow land didn’t get the multiple feet or yards of snow that crushed the snow belts in western New York since Monday, winter has seized a hold here as well. Snow cover is 2-4 inches in the immediate Indian Lake and Speculator areas, probably 4-6 inches in Perkins Clearing. Snow cover increases from 6 […]
Hackensack Mountain in Warrensburg
I’m not a “hiker” in the fanatical sense of the word. But give me the short hike, big rewards stuff any day of the week! I have passed through Warrensburg thousands of times in my life and noticed the flag waving near the top of Hackensack Mountain in recent years. This post on the The […]
Last Dance: Diehard Run 4/6/14
Sunday afternoon was drop-dead gorgeous: temperatures in the mid-40s and nary a cloud in the sky. I wanted to get out there and enjoy Adirondack heaven at least one more time before the winter’s corpse fades into the past. I did a drive-by recon of the village first to see what was passable. I can […]
