Snowmobile Hill Climbs Saturday February 9th at Ski Maple Ridge
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Snowmobiling Conditions: Update 2/3/13
I did some “drive-by” recon this afternoon. Overall, conditions are icy/marginal with about an inch of loose granular snow on top. Snow pack along the Route 30 corridor was mainly 8-16 inches, but the southerly exposed areas were burnt down to grass in places. Perkins Clearing Area: North end of Perkins Clearing Road was icy […]
Speculator Snowmobiling Update: 2/2/13
I’m passing along some trail closure information from the Pleasant Riders: WARNING !!!!!! TRAIL UPDATES CLOSED CAVE HILL TRAIL IS CLOSED MIAMI RIVER TRAIL in Perkins Clearing CLOSED RIVER TRAIL IN SPECULATOR BY THE BALL FIELD CLOSED SPY LAKE TRAIL IS UNGROOMABLE DUE TO WASH OUTS THESE TRAILS ARE CLOSED TILL FURTHER NOTICE Darrin@ilsnow.com […]
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 […]
