Snowmobiling Conditions: Update 2/22/13
Snow pack is 16-24 inches “in the woods” around Indian Lake and Speculator, with less on southerly exposures and village highway roadsides. The usual “snow-bowls” west of Route 30 hold over 2 feet of snow. The bigger lakes are starting to get snow dunes from the strong winds we had this week, but the snow […]
Just like last winter? Guess again! Update 2/21/13
I’ve got a lot to show you, so here it goes! The Arctic Oscillation (AO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Pacific North American Oscillation (PNA) are forecast to be favorable for cold, snowy weather around here into early March. You could say that’s the Triple Crown. This configuration certainly did NOT appear last winter: […]
Snowmobiling Conditions: Update 2/19/13
I had to run by Speculator today, so I got some “drive-by” stuff for you: Indian Lake and Lewey Lake looked like really nice riding. 2 Miles from Hell was freshly groomed midday: The south end (near Perkins Clearing) was especially nice. The north end (near Lewey Lake) had some spots scuffed down to dirt […]
Snowmobiling Conditions: Update 2/17/13
As expected, the extremely heavy holiday traffic has taken its toll on the trails. Anything I could see from the road late this afternoon was loaded with small bumps with snirty granular snow. In other words: The snow is tired! While picking up dinner in town, I ran into Charlie Clark and his wife from […]
