At least it’s not summer: 1/6/2021 ride
I knew it wasn’t going to be good. But I hadn’t been out riding in 3 weeks and got the itch I needed to scratch. Best I can say about the Indian Lake trails: They are ride-able but very rough, needing more snow BADLY! Although I didn’t ride C8/Sabael trail, I know it’s been ridden […]
Some fresh meat
Indian Lake, NY ended up with around 3-and-a-half inches of white stuff Friday night into Saturday morning which mixed with a good amount of sleet and freezing rain to add body to the snow. Here was the modeled snowpack shortly after the snow ended Saturday morning: The best places to ride with this meager snow […]
Sad sack of shit…
The Christmas Eve Massacre of 2020 has come and gone – leaving ilsnow land scorched and torched. Light snows Saturday into Sunday morning amounted to a dusting to an inch around Indian Lake. There isn’t anything “snowmobile ride-able” around here. I saw some people ice fishing on Adirondack Lake by Byron Park Sunday morning. But […]
Christmas Eve Massacre
It’s been pretty much status quo since the December 16-17 snow event. Snowpack is holding around 6 inches at Indian Lake and a foot-plus for the Route 8 corridor. The DEC gate to S84/Blue Mountain trail in Indian Lake has been opened and some snowmobilers have ridden in. Since I won’t have any real riding […]
Starter snow: Ride 12/17/20
After I completed my snow removal chores, I went out there to poke around in the half-foot of fresh snow we got in Indian Lake. It was starter snow, for sure, with no other snow under it. But I sorely needed to get out there and it was absolutely the right thing for me to […]
