Weather Blog
Will Winter be D.O.A. in the Adirondacks?
Each year, I’m asked what kind of winter we’ll have, even while we’re still basking in late summer heat and humidity. My answer? We need to see how weather patterns evolve through autumn before we can hazard a guess as to how winter may jump off the starting blocks. It is no secret that autumn […]
Sad sack of shit…
The Christmas Eve Massacre of 2020 has come and gone – leaving ilsnow land scorched and torched. Light snows Saturday into Sunday morning amounted to a dusting to an inch around Indian Lake. There isn’t anything “snowmobile ride-able” around here. I saw some people ice fishing on Adirondack Lake by Byron Park Sunday morning. But […]
Christmas Eve Massacre
It’s been pretty much status quo since the December 16-17 snow event. Snowpack is holding around 6 inches at Indian Lake and a foot-plus for the Route 8 corridor. The DEC gate to S84/Blue Mountain trail in Indian Lake has been opened and some snowmobilers have ridden in. Since I won’t have any real riding […]
Ride to Newcomb: Update 3/4/20
UPDATE 3/5/20: Indian Lake picked up 2 inches of fresh snow Wednesday night! It was snowing pretty hard at times Wednesday morning, although it was having a hard time sticking with 32+ degree temperatures and the higher sun angle. Gotta admit I wasn’t really amped up to ride. But it’s looking like the end is […]
Lake Durant to Newcomb: Ride 1/23/20
I was on the fence about taking a snowmobile ride today, until I got a text from Crazy Cal saying: Okay, let’s do it! My sled was still loaded onto the ilsnow.com mobile command unit from Wednesday’s ride, so Cal just loaded his sled after he got home from work. We decided to truck the […]
