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Feeling Long Lakey: Ride 1/16/19
Hearing that the trails held up well (in most places) over the weekend gave me encouragement for some good ole fashioned mid-week riding. I’ve hit Old Forge a couple times already. Speculator wasn’t readily available in my playbook due to the C8/Sabael Trail closure. So I decided to run the Indian Lake, Newcomb, Long Lake, […]
New Year’s White Hope? Update 12/22/18
I’m not going to lie: Snowmobiling conditions SUCK right now. That’s what Friday’s 51*F and 2 inches of rain does for us. It’s really that simple. Around town we have a residual 4-10 inch snow pack. Those customary snow bowls on the south-central Adirondacks still hold over a foot. But that’s not the whole story: […]
Tough sleddin’ ahead: Update 12/17/18
We dodged a bullet last weekend, but I don’t think we’ll be so lucky for the next go around. The top of the snow pack is crusty from the sleet/freezing rain mixture we got on Sunday. We did get a bit of snow mixed in, but not enough to move the needle up for us. […]
More Winter, then? Update 11/15/18
Our early start to winter has got us pumped! It’s great to see that November has been colder and snowier than expected, after an up-and-down start to the month. With snow cover spreading across North America faster than climatology, things are looking good: This development, along with several other factors I have looked at, is […]
Shot of Winter for next week! Update 11/8/18
The handwriting has been on the wall for a while about a possible significant winter-like storm focused around Tuesday, November 13th. I’ve been posting my thoughts on the ilsnow.com Facebook page. Of course, there will be some weather before the November 13th event. A vigorous low-pressure system will roll through here later Friday into early Saturday. […]
