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Mega-Miler! Ride 2/16/17

Today was the day that I was going to stretch the 4-TEC for some big miles and justify its purchase. Mission accomplished, here’s the story: Headed out of the compound just after 7am. I actually wanted to get out before the groomers so I can romp on the half-foot of new snow! C8 out to […]

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Diehard season is upon us! Update 3/30/14

Ole Man Winter was dealt a crushing defeat last night in ilsnow land. Despite the radar showing “blue” of snow late Saturday night into early Sunday here in Indian Lake, it rained all night with temperatures around 33-34*F with sleet mixed in at times. Needless to say, everything is mashed potatoes and gravy and the […]

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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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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 […]

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Snowmobiling Ride Video: Piseco to Ohio 3/21/13

Snowmobiling Ride Video: [vsw id=”X98zL7zz2wM” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Start to 0:54 – Piseco Lake 0:54 to 3:26  – C4A/C4 Morehouse At 2:46 – Watch for the oxen! At 3:20 – “Harryville” 3:26 to 4:14 –  S46 to Nobleboro 4:14 to End – C4/Lower Ohio enroute to Norway

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