Trail Conditions
The Weekend Update! 1/8/15
January 9th, 8AM Update: 2-3 inches of snow last night into this morning, still snowing lightly… Base line condition this week was 6-9 inch crusty snow pack in the woods with a 1-2 inch skiff of powder on top. That’s sub-par for mid January, but it’s better than looking at green grass. Bitterly cold air […]
Live from Outer Mongolia! Update 1/5/15
Saturday night, we got 2-3 inches of snow/sleet mash caked with ice. Then temperatures shot into the 40s on Sunday, but thankfully not much rain with that. The whole thing settled into about an inch or two of slushy mess. Then everything froze solid last night as temperatures plunged into the teens. For good measure, […]
Got some fluff: Update 1/2/15
The lake effect snow guns came through, about as well as you can hope for around here. I picked up almost 2 inches of snow at my house by Friday morning, but Indian Lake hamlet easily had 4+ inches of fresh snow when I drove over for errands. Based on the webcams in the western […]
Snow conditions: Update 12/28/14
I took a long walk today and was hard pressed to tell you that it’s late December. It felt, looked and smelled more like early April with the melting snow, mud and runoff. Snow cover was 3-6 inches “in the woods” around town but the usual exposed areas were thin to bare. There was some […]
Grim Reaper Cometh! Update 12/26/14
“You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.” – Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey I’m digging at the bottom of the barrel to find a little humor here. But it’s better than crying, I suppose. We did our dance with the reaper Christmas eve with […]
