Weather Blog
Not yet for snowmobiling
We are into the 2021-22 snowmobiling season for the central Adirondacks, but don’t have much to show for it yet. If the weather unfolds close to what I’m expecting for the next couple of weeks, it will be a while before we’re riding here. Saturday’s New York Shootout in Inlet, NY behind the Ole Barn […]
Weather Roller Coaster
The end of big game hunting season at sundown, Sunday December 5th marks the beginning of snowmobiling season in the central Adirondacks. It’s looking pretty with a few inches of snow on the ground here. But… Will that build into something rideable for the first week of snowmobile season and into Snodeo? My take? It’s […]
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 […]
