Weather Blog
Into the Back 9 of Winter
Even after a couple days of near 40*F warmth, I’m holding on to nearly 2-foot snowpack at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, NY. Tuesday’s rain was minor, less than a quarter-inch. Under these circumstances, you count ANY win! Leaving Presidents’ Week Holiday, we enter The Back 9 of Winter. Whether snowmobiling is great […]
Holiday Weekend Snowmobiling Outlook
Groomers are swirling around Indian Lake, NY in places. C8 to Cedar River Headquarters and C8A/Old S84 toward Blue Mountain Lake have been groomed. I’m assuming that Moose River Plains and C8A/Old 538 Newcomb trail have been groomed as well. C8/Sabael trail hadn’t been groomed as of Thursday afternoon. That trail will remain a rough […]
GRADUAL Improvement this week
Tuesday 1/14/2025 UPDATE: Snow fairies delivered 2-3 inches of snow in town Monday night. Over a half-foot of new snow into Moose River Plains. Hopefully, that’s enough to summon the groomers to work some magic on the narrow woods connector trails this week. Maybe a real snowmobiling weekend here at ilsnow Capital City coming up? […]
Starting to roll snowmobile track
FRIDAY 1/10/25 UPDATE: Status quo for the week with deep cold and pixie dust snow. Your best bet for this weekend would be to park at Brown’s Farm lot near end of Cedar River Road, plunk down the $10/snowmobile on trailer, ride into Moose River Plains and take the points from there. We need a […]
Snowmobiling ULTRA limited
1/5/25 Update: First the good news: Got 3-and-a-half inches of new snow last night into Sunday morning at ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, NY. There’s undoubtably higher amounts of new snow to the west. Seasonal road networks like Moose River Plains and Perkins Clearing (open from the north end) got a much-needed boost. DRAG […]
