Weather Blog
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 […]
Reversal of fortune: Update 1/12/20
UPDATE 1/19/20: Almost 5 inches of dense powdery snow at the ilsnow.com storm center and still clicking away a bit. Reports of 6 inches and 6.5 inches out of Piseco and Speculator Mountain respectively – so, the really heavy snow never did develop for the southern flank of ilsnow land. But we’ve got some sorely needed points […]
