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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Indian Lake to Newcomb snowmobile ride

2/10/23 Update An inch of rain and temperatures spiking into the lower 40s Thursday night has done it’s dirty work. Seasonal roads such as Perkins Clearing, Tree Farm, Powley Road, Newcomb/Old 538 and into Moose River Plains offer your most reliable options. Lakes are a mess. Narrow woods trails are gonna be really sketchy in […]

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