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 […]
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 […]
