Snowmobiling season around the corner!
Monday, December 4th Update: The ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, NY picked up a couple inches of wet snow Sunday night, which has already turned to glop. With warmish temperatures the past few days and plowing on Perkins Clearing Road, there isn’t much to ride. As for Moose River Plains, you may be able […]
Slo-vember again for the Adirondacks?
When putting out my “winter outlook” on September 28th, I was concerned about a slow start to the snow season. Unfortunately, those concerns are playing out as feared. October 2023 ran quite mild in Indian Lake, NY with mean (daily average) temperature of 48.9*F, several degrees higher than the climo mean of 43.0*F. And October […]
Darrin’s Winter 2023-24 Outlook for central Adirondacks
The article title was just clickbait to get you here. Winter outlooks have severely limited accuracy and cannot account for timing of singular events that can make-or-break a snowmobiling season. However, the development of El Niño can be a strong clue into what winter may look like. This chart shows a large and strengthening bank of […]
Perkins Clearing, Last dance!
I did my own drive-by recon on Friday. Wasn’t committed to rolling it out for one more stroll before the snowmobiling season finally ends in ilsnow land. Saturday dawned blue and beautiful. It would have been a shame for me to pass up such a ride this deep into April. We haven’t had many opportunities […]
Almost done snowmobiling, but…
…there is one more weekend for the ultra diehard to spin the track one more time before this snowmobiling season slides into oblivion. Snow pack has become Swiss cheese near highways and southerly-exposed places. But snow cover remains pretty solid in the woods throughout the south-central Adirondacks. Most narrow woods trails are cooked, either by […]
