Snowmobile season is HERE! Update 12/8/14
We struggled through summer and fall to reach the prize: Snowmobiling season! Friday night and Saturday’s mixed precipitation event did no harm. In most places, it was a couple inches of gunky snow with some ice and rain mixed in. Sunday’s colder temperatures froze everything up nice and tight. Snow cover is 3-6 inches in […]
Driveby to Speculator: Update 12/4/14
I drove down to Speculator today for a bit of business and some fun. Snow cover was about 3-6 inches along the Route 30 corridor, which is really pretty to look at but certainly not worth riding yet. Perkins Clearing Road was plowed from top-to-bottom, so there is really no reason to be tempted for […]
Oak Mountain Hill Climbs in Speculator this weekend! Update 12/3/14
We got a big dump of snow before Thanksgiving, then lost most of it. Indian Lake got upwards of 3 inches of snow Monday night, then melted some of it off on Tuesday. Then some lake effect snows Tuesday night. This is par for the course for late fall & early winter. There could be […]
Thanksgiving Day 2014 Update
Wednesday’s storm delivered the goods and then some. The heavy snow make it about 40 miles further west than I had expected and cranked on southern and eastern Hamilton county to the tune of 8-12 inches. I made out great with 9 inches here at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake. Further north and […]
Winter has entered ilsnow land! Update 11/21/14
Although ilsnow land didn’t get the multiple feet or yards of snow that crushed the snow belts in western New York since Monday, winter has seized a hold here as well. Snow cover is 2-4 inches in the immediate Indian Lake and Speculator areas, probably 4-6 inches in Perkins Clearing. Snow cover increases from 6 […]