Is Winter Slipping Away? Update 2/2/13
What started with so much promise late December and early January has gradually wasted away to a corpse. As I like to say, “The snow pack doesn’t lie!” After the Thaw to end January, here is the snow pack comparison for February 1st between 2013 and 2012: There are subtle variations, but the pattern is […]
Snowmobiling Conditions for 1/31/13 with Weekend Outlook
We survived the Thaw! Rainfall Wednesday afternoon and night was generally in the 1.00-1.50 inch range, which was not as bad as some of the dire predictions. But the rain, combined with temperatures reaching 50*F did its fair share of damage. The typical low lying swampy and wet areas are a mess now. Lakes had […]
Pain! Update 1/29/13
Although the upcoming Thaw will be short lived, it will be very damaging. Here’s the setup for the main event Wednesday night into early Thursday: We’ve got a monster storm carving its way through the Great Lakes tapping into a subtropical plume. Not good at all! Meso-NAM is depicting widespread 1-2 inch rain with localized […]
Indian Lake to Speculator 1/29/13
After we got the half-foot of snow yesterday, I knew what had to be done: I would blow off work and take Darrin Jr out of school to go for a ride before we get hit full bore with the next Thaw! The snow really helped the Indian Lake village trails tremendously and the groomers […]
Snow Update 1/28/13
Got snow here! I measured 5.5 inches at the ilsnow.com storm center this evening. Most other reports I’ve seen around Hamilton County were somewhere around 3 inches. What are you waiting for? Get you can up here and do some riding Tuesday before Wednesday’s Thaw! If you find my posts valuable, please consider making a […]
