March Outlook 3/8/14
The first week of March was amazingly cold with temperatures averaging greater than 15 degrees below normal! Not surprisingly, the Arctic air mass was very dry with little opportunity for significant snow. With the Polar Vortex swirling in eastern Canada, all of the storms were shunted well to our south. That cold snap is over, […]
The Big One! 3/6/14
Matt, Cal and I have been talking about doing a “mega-ride” over to Tug Hill and back for a couple of years. Yesterday was the fulfillment of that dream. 🙂 We started our ride at 7:30am with a temperature near -18*F. Yeah, we like to start our rides COLD! The Indian Lake village trails were […]
Indian Lake Ride Report 3/4/14
Seeing all those fresh groomer tracks around town on Monday compelled me to do a night ride after work Tuesday. The fresh inch of snow we got Tuesday afternoon into the evening was the frosting on the cake that made it look like mid-winter. As soon as I got out on the trails, I was […]
Trail Report 3/3/14
Did one of my “world famous” drive by reports late this afternoon on my way home from work. Let me say I love what I saw! Perkins Clearing Road, 2 Miles from Hell and Lewey/Indian Lake campsites were groomed and looking sweet from Route 30. Lakes had sufficient fresh snow to ride them. Back up […]
Ride to Newcomb 3/1/14
I’ve been the ultimate binge rider this winter. In one stretch, the XP sat in the garage for 3 weeks in mid January whilst waiting for snow. Then in mid-February I did 500 miles in a week. Feast or famine, but always a fun time when I get out there. Since the SnoCade 2014 Ride […]
