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Indian Lake to Ole Barn snowmobile run!

Wednesday, January 31 AM Update: Fresh groom staring down the barrel of S86 main drag toward Bear Trap Swamp. Grooming in progress into C8A/Old S84 toward Lake Durant & Newcomb trail. C8 toward Cedar River Headquarters yet to be groomed, but it’s probably a matter of time this week before that gets combed over. C8/Sabael […]

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Snowmobiling to Old Forge and Brantingham

Friday NOON Update: Fresh morning groom on C8A/Old S84 heading out to Blue Mountain Lake. Yeah!! Grooming has commenced on our local trails, including C8 out to Cedar River Headquarters. C8/Sabael trail has not been groomed yet. Be prepared for rough riding in that area, especially through the swamps. It takes a lot of work […]

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Monday evening Moose River Plains run

6pm Tuesday update: We picked up about a half-foot of new snow today! Somewhat more than I had anticipated from yesterday’s forecast. Every once in a while, we can get the shooter’s roll. 🙂 I sat on the pine waiting for the holiday weekend crowds to leave. Still didn’t know whether I’d bother snowmobiling on […]

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Moose River Plains shakedown snowmobile ride

January 10th update: Ended up with 7 inches of snow by 9:00pm Tuesday that settled to 4-5 inches of waterlogged glop from 38*F warmth and rain overnight Our waiting game resumes until the snowpack firms up and we get our next installment of snow. Remember, this is a process, not an event. We essentially started […]

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FINALLY! (Winter making an appearance in the Adirondacks)

Photo caption credit to John Dortch who spun off 20 miles into Perkins Clearing with the new snow. Our Saturday night into Sunday snow event delivered a dump of white gold onto the central Adirondacks to make it finally look like winter! Total snowfall was 8 inches at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, […]

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