Blue Mountain Rest

Newcomb

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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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Newcomb Day!

Indian Lake picked up an inch-and-a-half of powder fluff snow into Friday morning. That set me in the mood for another afternoon of snowmobiling fun. I’ve ridden a lot this week, but hadn’t headed north. So I decided that January 28, 2022 would be henceforth, Newcomb Day. The Indian Lake local trails were in pretty […]

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Two Way Recon: Ride 2/3/21

I was sure to take advantage of the several inches of new snow we picked up Monday night into Tuesday. This looked like a bad omen as I departed the compound to start my ride: Saw fresh groomer tracks on C8 heading toward Cedar River Headquarters although I didn’t go that way. To Newcomb and […]

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