Slowly getting there for snowmobiling
I’m fond of saying that if it can’t snow, at least it can be cold. That way, there is hope down the road for us. The lake-effect snow guns that smashed Tug Hill made their way into the southwestern Adirondacks on Monday. Based on that, I would say that Powley Road is certainly good to […]
Heading toward the weekend!
It’s been a painfully slow march toward a “real” snowmobiling season here in the central Adirondacks, feeling a good 3-4 weeks behind schedule. But, in the lousiest of winters, we do build and hold a snow pack. Snow cover around Indian Lake is generally in the 3-6 inch range. It’s enough to make things look […]
Got (a bit of) snow! More on the way?
We had some excitement on Sunday as Indian Lake fought and clawed its way to a fresh inch-plus of snow. All joking aside, it’s been the kind of winter when it’s considered a victory to score an inch of snow rather than an inch of rain. On top of that, we even bagged a sub-zero […]
And we keep waiting for snow
Let’s get the trail report thing out of the way: I wouldn’t recommend traveling from any meaningful distance to ride your snowmobile here. The beat goes on for this latest snow drought, as you can see by looking at my Indian Lake snow climatology table. The best I can say for our weather this week […]
Starter snow but not much else
We’re still weeks behind schedule for the arrival of real snowmobiling here in the central Adirondacks. But the locals are now able to slither around town on their beaters. Don’t let the pretty headline picture fool you. There are plenty of mud holes and sled-smacking rocks lurking in the woods along with early-winter blowdown. In […]
