ilsnow.com - Part 42
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Big Fly to Fopo and Boonville: Ride 2/27/19

I woke up at 6am, intending to be on the trails by 7am. But temperatures in the -14*F to -18*F range compelled me to wait a bit until temperatures at least made a run to zero before I got out. The groomers have been out in force around Indian Lake to iron out the Presidents […]

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Presidents Week Wrap-up and look ahead: Update 2/25/19

There were tons of snowmobile riders in town over the week, especially on both Saturdays. As a consequence, the trails got beat up badly at times. And yes, I did hear complaints online and in-person. I rode enough places (over parts of 4 counties and a multitude of snowmobile trail systems) over the past week […]

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Ride to Brantingham: Update 2/21/19

Matt, Cal and I all had the day off and Cal got a friend of his, Justin, to head out with us. C8 out to Cedar River Headquarters was probably the first clue this ride wasn’t going to place on my top-10 list. Lots of studders and some rollers through there. Cedar River Headquarters out […]

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Ride Day! Update 2/20/19

Wasn’t sure where I was gonna head today. So I just started up my sled this morning and hoped the groomers were able to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. Around Indian Lake, the groomers did get out and it looked really good: Since I hadn’t been to points south for much of the winter, I […]

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Presidents Week Update: 2/18/19

Indian Lake picked up almost 4 inches of air-fluff snow on Monday, which brought back the nice mid-winter luster. As you can see from the opening graphic, snow pack is 2 feet or greater throughout much of the south-central Adirondacks. There were TONS of snowmobiles in town over the weekend and predictably, the trail conditions […]

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