Indian Lake to Speculator recon mission
After Thursday’s exhausting day of snow removal, I was definitely in the mood to stay home and bang out a ride from the compound. Watching the Town of Indian Lake groomer roll through ilsnow Capital City amped up my excitement. By the time I headed out early Friday afternoon, I already heard reports of good […]
Snow Day in Indian Lake!
11AM Friday (2/24/23) breaking update! Town of Indian Lake is out grooming. S85/Ski Hut, S86/Main drag into town freshly groomed. Saw groomer crossing the highway by Mountain Fitness gym, heading out. Looks like I’m gonna bang out a local ride today for more recon. On the Sparkle City front, DRAG of Speculator is grooming their […]
Hope for the Back-9 of Winter
This winter has really sucked! People are saying that it’s been strange and unpredictable. In reality though, it’s been one of the more predictable and cyclical winters I can recall. We were entering the third consecutive winter under a moderately strong La Nina regime. We saw what the previous two did. Throw in amazing early […]
Getting down-n-dirty…
If Tuesday’s ride was like mid-March, Wednesday’s ride was late-March. Decided to roll for another ride. Figured since my snowmobile was already on the trailer, I would truck it to Mason Lake parking lot and roll from there. I saw a couple of other trucks in the lot before 11am, so I didn’t think I’d […]
Making tracks up north again!
I’ve been skunked enough times this winter. I wasn’t letting Tuesday’s opportunity go to waste. Trucking it up north has been my best strategy for logging miles and smiles in 2023. So, I trucked it to Washington Street parking lot in Tupper Lake for another run at it. We had a fresh dusting to an […]