North Atlantic Oscillation
El Niño 2026-27! How badly will it screw winter?
We’re into the time of year littered with click bait weather outlooks. With El Niño to venture into record territory entering winter, fear mongering is approaching fever pace! Instead of fueling the doom and gloom machine, I’ll stick to ACTUAL science and statistics to get a broad brushed read on what may happen this winter. […]
Darrin’s Winter 2023-24 Outlook for central Adirondacks
The article title was just clickbait to get you here. Winter outlooks have severely limited accuracy and cannot account for timing of singular events that can make-or-break a snowmobiling season. However, the development of El Niño can be a strong clue into what winter may look like. This chart shows a large and strengthening bank of […]
Hope for the Back-9 of Winter
This winter has really sucked! People are saying that it’s been strange and unpredictable. In reality though, it’s been one of the more predictable and cyclical winters I can recall. We were entering the third consecutive winter under a moderately strong La Nina regime. We saw what the previous two did. Throw in amazing early […]
Solo snowmobiling mega-miler
Snowpack throughout the central Adirondacks has settled into the 16-24 inch range. We’re finally at the point when I can head out, pick any direction and win. Last week’s snowstorm has blown open the ilsnow playbook. Almost everything goes! The lakes did have slush on them, but wasn’t a problem for me when I stayed […]
Starter snow but not much else
We’re still weeks behind schedule for the arrival of real snowmobiling here in the central Adirondacks. But the locals are now able to slither around town on their beaters. Don’t let the pretty headline picture fool you. There are plenty of mud holes and sled-smacking rocks lurking in the woods along with early-winter blowdown. In […]