Weather Blog
Priming the pump for winter
As I’m writing, it’s rainy, foggy and totally depressing outside. I’m also fighting a cold and feeling ZERO motivation. I’ve been here before, way too many times over the years. I survive #summersucks and this is my reward? Come on, bro. I didn’t sign up for THIS! Some people have given up on snowmobiling and […]
Now what?
The caption picture sums up our conditions: Unfrozen lakes and patchy snow cover. Sunday night and Monday “delivered the goods” with 3 inches of rain and flash flooding. The only silver lining is that we didn’t have much snow to lose, anyway. Needless to say, we have no options for snowmobiling in ilsnow land for […]
Trying to look like winter
Moose River Plains (MRP) update, Thursday: Gates are open at Cedar River Headquarters, so you can ride into Moose River Plains (MRP) from Brown’s Farm parking lot near the end of Cedar River Road in Indian Lake, now at $10/snowmobile. If you’d be content with spinning the track into MRP on starter snow for limited […]
Snowmobiling season around the corner!
Monday, December 4th Update: The ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, NY picked up a couple inches of wet snow Sunday night, which has already turned to glop. With warmish temperatures the past few days and plowing on Perkins Clearing Road, there isn’t much to ride. As for Moose River Plains, you may be able […]
Slo-vember again for the Adirondacks?
When putting out my “winter outlook” on September 28th, I was concerned about a slow start to the snow season. Unfortunately, those concerns are playing out as feared. October 2023 ran quite mild in Indian Lake, NY with mean (daily average) temperature of 48.9*F, several degrees higher than the climo mean of 43.0*F. And October […]
