Long Range Weather Outlook 2/10/14
The cold as of late hasn’t been anywhere close to extreme, but it has been persistent. The last real semblance of a thaw for ilsnow land ended on January 15th. We have a few opportunities for snow over the upcoming week, then we’ve got some trouble on the horizon. Let’s take a look at them: […]
Ride to Powley Road 2/8/14
Mattie and I got to Cal’s house by 8:30AM this morning to capitalize on the great conditions early on. Indian Lake village trails were newly groomed and flat out awesome. Sabael trail was also very nice, save for a few rock tops to clank carbide on. Indian Lake was a cold, windswept sunny run from end […]
Indian Lake Ride Report 2/7/13
With the family scattered to parts known and unknown this evening, there was only one thing for me to do: GO NIGHT RIDING! I went over to Crazy Cal’s house to see if he wanted to ride with me, but turns out he’s too cool to ride with me. 😉 So, I had to do […]
Trail Report 2/5/14
Wednesday’s storm delivered, big time! Final storm total was 9.5 inches at the ilsnow.com storm center. Speculator sat in a heavy snow band most of the afternoon and evening and ended up with over a foot. It was a dry, powdery snow…but not air fluff. EXCELLENT STUFF! This picture was how it looked outside my […]
Indian Lake Trail Report 2/2/13
I took the kids for a 20 mile spin around town Sunday afternoon. By then, the trails are usually bumped up. But at least the traffic is pretty quiet as most people have headed for home. The Indian Lake inner village trails were snirty and bumpy in the well traveled sections, but not the worst […]
