Trail Report 1/1/14
Tuesday’s clipper system gave ilsnow land light snow throughout the day. Then the lake effect snow came in with a kick to it! Indian Lake got 2 inches of snow in short order in the evening, while Inlet got close to 10 inches, based on webcams. This puts Moose River Plains back in the “GOOD” […]
Thursday Storm Update 12/31/13
WOW! There has been lots of internet and media consternation over the upcoming storm. Lots of flip-flopping, ping-pong forecasting out there with each model run every 6 hours. I try to avoid that, because in the end, it’s a meaningless exercise. Back on the 29th, I showed how the upcoming North American weather pattern supported […]
Trail Report 12/29/13 & Outlook
As expected, the snow late Sunday into the evening was very heavy and wet. It mixed with rain for a while at the onset here at the ilsnow.com storm center but I did end up with an inch-and-a-quarter of wet cement-like snow. Speculator/Morehouse area had much less rain mix and ended up with 3-4+ inches […]
Trail Report 12/27/13
Snowfall reports over the past 24-36 hours were an inch around Indian Lake, about 2 inches in Speculator and 3 inches in Morehouse. It continues to snow this morning with minor additional accumulations expected. Inlet and Moose River Plains appear to have a few inches. The southern end of Powley Road probably got several inches […]
The Phoenix WILL Rise Again! Update 12/23/13
It all looked good the first couple weeks of snowmobiling season, plenty of snow in Old Forge for Snodeo weekend, then a storm that dumped 8-12+ inches of snow throughout ilsnow land. Yes, we got hit for a hard loss last weekend. But the bleeding has stopped as temperatures have fallen below 32*F. It’s even […]
