Newcomb | ilsnow.com - Part 3
Allen Van Hoff

Newcomb

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Indian Lake to Sabattis

With groomers out repairing weekend damage, I was chomping at the bit to roll out a ride from the compound on Tuesday. Didn’t really know which way I would head out of town, toward Moose River Plains or toward Newcomb. I followed a fresh groom on C8 with it turning onto S84. That made Newcomb […]

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Indian Lake to Newcomb snowmobile ride

2/10/23 Update An inch of rain and temperatures spiking into the lower 40s Thursday night has done it’s dirty work. Seasonal roads such as Perkins Clearing, Tree Farm, Powley Road, Newcomb/Old 538 and into Moose River Plains offer your most reliable options. Lakes are a mess. Narrow woods trails are gonna be really sketchy in […]

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Newcomb at Night

The Lost Boyz of Winter (Crazy Cal, Matty Ice and myself) got together for a dinner ride to Lake Harris Lodge in Newcomb. We trailered to the Northville Lake Placid trailhead parking lot near Lake Durant. Figured that would eliminate the 8 miles of bump-n-grind on S84 from town to reach the prize. It was […]

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Take my kid to work day

After Thursday’s epic day of discovery, I wanted to get back out to my “office”. Friday had started mild with temperatures cracking 40*F in the afternoon. I hadn’t ridden with Darrin Jr all winter, so I figured there was no better time than now. I didn’t unload my sled from the ilsnow command center after […]

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Around the horn!

After Tuesday’s mega-miler, I didn’t get back at it Wednesday until 10am. I’m human, after all, and needed a bit of time to recover. Today’s direction was easy: NORTH! I had only ran to Blue Mountain Lake and Newcomb once this winter and was eager to try it again now that we’ve got real snow. […]

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