Newcomb Trail
Need… Snow… Badly!
Tuesday brought 50*F temperatures and an inch of rain, as if we weren’t already hurting badly enough. Creeks are flowing once again! Snow pack took another significant hit. Exposed areas are thin, with bare areas. Shady areas still hold anywhere from a few inches to a foot-plus of remnant that will freeze hard as a […]
The week ahead in snowmobiling (and beyond)
Wow! Friday and especially Saturday were the two busiest days we’ve had for snowmobiling all winter here in the central Adirondacks. I think most people had the same idea: Get out whilst we still can. Heavy traffic, warm weather and a quarter-inch of rain did its expected damage over the weekend. But we did not […]
Diehard: Report 3/12/20
UPDATE 3/23/20: Indian Lake picked up nearly 8 inches of snow in a hurry this afternoon. This would have been nice two weeks ago, before we lost the vast majority of our winter snow pack. All state snowmobile associations have closed their trail systems in the Northeast and Canada either voluntarily or by Executive Order […]
Feelin’ Long Lakey: Update 2/11/20
We’ve finally got something close to bona-fide mid winter snowpack here in ilsnow land with snow pack ranging from about 8-12 inches in the “thin spots” to upwards of 18-30 inches. Any day I can ride from the compound and forget the trailer is a GREAT DAY! I wasn’t looking for a mega-miler, just looking […]
Lake Durant to Newcomb: Ride 1/23/20
I was on the fence about taking a snowmobile ride today, until I got a text from Crazy Cal saying: Okay, let’s do it! My sled was still loaded onto the ilsnow.com mobile command unit from Wednesday’s ride, so Cal just loaded his sled after he got home from work. We decided to truck the […]
