Moose River Plains shakedown snowmobile ride
January 10th update: Ended up with 7 inches of snow by 9:00pm Tuesday that settled to 4-5 inches of waterlogged glop from 38*F warmth and rain overnight Our waiting game resumes until the snowpack firms up and we get our next installment of snow. Remember, this is a process, not an event. We essentially started […]
FINALLY! (Winter making an appearance in the Adirondacks)
Photo caption credit to John Dortch who spun off 20 miles into Perkins Clearing with the new snow. Our Saturday night into Sunday snow event delivered a dump of white gold onto the central Adirondacks to make it finally look like winter! Total snowfall was 8 inches at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, […]
Pathway to winter
Sunday, January 7 @ 7am update: Snow far, snow good! Have 5 inches down at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, NY and reports of 7 inches in Piseco and Wells. A lull developed pre-dawn Sunday. But the radar is loading up to our southwest again with snowfall rates of 0.5″ to 1.0″ inch […]
Priming the pump for winter
As I’m writing, it’s rainy, foggy and totally depressing outside. I’m also fighting a cold and feeling ZERO motivation. I’ve been here before, way too many times over the years. I survive #summersucks and this is my reward? Come on, bro. I didn’t sign up for THIS! Some people have given up on snowmobiling and […]
Now what?
The caption picture sums up our conditions: Unfrozen lakes and patchy snow cover. Sunday night and Monday “delivered the goods” with 3 inches of rain and flash flooding. The only silver lining is that we didn’t have much snow to lose, anyway. Needless to say, we have no options for snowmobiling in ilsnow land for […]
