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Indian Lake to Old Forge: Update 2/3/15

I didn’t make a deal with the devil or blow off work today. I live here and this happened to be my day off. Was going to start at the crack of dawn. Umm…minus 15*F changes that strategy pretty quick. So I waited until 9:40AM to get underway, to give the groomers a head start. […]

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Moose River Plains, Inlet and Old Forge: Update 1/14/15

It had gotten down to -18*F last night and had only “warmed up” to -8*F by ride time. John Foley from Speculator picked me up at the compound before 9AM and we trailered out to the Brown’s farm parking lot at the end of Cedar River Road. The mile of road past the Brown’s farm […]

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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 […]

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Ride to Moose River Plains and Inlet 3/18/14

Update 3/20/14: We picked up around 4 inches of snow at Indian Lake last night into early this morning. A little sleet mixed in, but there wasn’t much, if any, rain. No matter how good the snow is mid to late March, it can get “old” with the strong sun and temperatures crossing 32*F at […]

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Ride to Inlet 3/14/14

Came home from work with nothing better to do than ride on the fresh foot-plus! 🙂 Indian Lake inner village trails were groomed but getting torn loose by the Friday afternoon traffic. C8 out to Headquarters was groomed, but there were plentiful soft lumps from the traffic. Bear Trap Swamp as a mess in a […]

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