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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 […]

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SnoCade Ride to Newcomb and Beyond 2/20/14

2/21 PM Update: Inch of new snow Thursday evening was washed away by over an inch of rain today. We’re not wiped out by any means; I still have a foot-and-a-half of snow in my yard. But the lakes have tons of slush on them. Low-lying sections of trail near swamps, river and brooks are […]

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Ride to Old Forge & Brantingham 2/12/14

When Matt, Cal and I got together to ride at 8AM this morning, it was still -20*F after a low of -24*F. Yeah, it was COLD! The Indian Lake village trails were fast and flat with about an inch of packed snow on top. The carbides and track lugs were just enough to break up […]

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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 […]

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Trail Report 12/23/13

As feared, the weekend thaw took most of our snow away. There was still about 2-3 inches of snow on my lawn at the ilsnow.com storm center this morning, but also some bald spots. Technically, this will be recorded as a “White Christmas” here in Indian Lake, but it’s an ugly mixture of white, green […]

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