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Ride time! Update 12/19/19

The promise for snow this week rang true as it looks nice and white out there again! Snow cover is several inches around Indian Lake/Speculator and probably closer to a foot as one presses across Moose River Plains into the western Adirondacks. With everyone chomping at the bit to ride, I’ll give you my best […]

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Maybe some fun next week, then? Update 12/12/19

Chances are you aren’t riding, so I’ve got quite a bit of reading (and listening) for you! Read all the way through… I was certainly disappointed to see our mini-bounty of white gold from early December go poof in the night. But our previous 6-12 inches of powdery snow cover wasn’t going to stand a […]

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Opening Day Scoop: Update 12/6/19

12/8/19 Update: Snow cover throughout the central Adirondacks in generally around a foot or less in most places. Monday and Tuesday will take a dent out of that, with the leftovers being frozen in place by Wednesday. Generally speaking, avoid trails that are not seasonal roads and let the snowmobile clubs and town crews clean […]

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Big Fly to Fopo and Boonville: Ride 2/27/19

I woke up at 6am, intending to be on the trails by 7am. But temperatures in the -14*F to -18*F range compelled me to wait a bit until temperatures at least made a run to zero before I got out. The groomers have been out in force around Indian Lake to iron out the Presidents […]

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About this weekend: Update 2/7/19

We got a pretty good glazing of ice Wednesday night. So I just waited for the temperature to make its rise through the 30s to soften things up a bit before I headed out Thursday afternoon. Trails around Indian Lake village were still in pretty decent shape for the most part. This was some of […]

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