Perkins Clearing
Touchdown, Speculator! Ride 1/21/21
After the S84 beatdown to cap off Wednesday’s 218 miler, my goal today was simply to get out of bed and ride my snowmobile for ANY distance at all. Speculator was the one direction I hadn’t ridden this year, so I wanted to give that a shot. My back and shoulders were in pain with […]
At least it’s not summer: 1/6/2021 ride
I knew it wasn’t going to be good. But I hadn’t been out riding in 3 weeks and got the itch I needed to scratch. Best I can say about the Indian Lake trails: They are ride-able but very rough, needing more snow BADLY! Although I didn’t ride C8/Sabael trail, I know it’s been ridden […]
Some fresh meat
Indian Lake, NY ended up with around 3-and-a-half inches of white stuff Friday night into Saturday morning which mixed with a good amount of sleet and freezing rain to add body to the snow. Here was the modeled snowpack shortly after the snow ended Saturday morning: The best places to ride with this meager snow […]
Finally!
Yes, FINALLY…points on the board as ilsnow land sat on the northern fringe of a historic snowstorm the night of December 16th into the morning of December 17th! We ended up with 6 inches at Indian Lake and a foot-or-more at Route 8 corridor places like Piseco and Speculator. Snowfall amounts north and west of […]
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 […]
