Perkins Clearing
To the edge of oblivion, but… Update 3/9/17
3/10/17 Update: An arctic front dropped an inch-plus of snow Friday evening, ready to be blown to smithereens. 3/9/17 Report Winter’s remnant snow pack took yet another hit this week. We didn’t get a ton of rain, but two days of mild temperatures and strong winds ate some more cover away. Around Indian Lake, snow […]
Limited Snowmobiling Options: Update 3/3/17
UPDATE 3/3/17 EVENING: The central Adirondacks picked up an inch or two of dry, powdery snow Friday afternoon. It’s not enough to improve the base, but it’s enough to keep your slides and heat exchangers cool while you nick and shear your carbides to pieces. 😉 Friday Morning Report Wednesday’s thaw was bad enough with […]
Trail conditions going downhill! Update 2/24/17
UPDATE 2/27/17 After our severe bout with spring thunderstorms on Saturday, it got colder quick and we got almost 3 inches of cement mixture Saturday evening that froze overnight. As to be expected, many trees got bent or knocked down with the heavy snow/ice load. If you have any designs on riding, better do it […]
Mega-Miler! Ride 2/16/17
Today was the day that I was going to stretch the 4-TEC for some big miles and justify its purchase. Mission accomplished, here’s the story: Headed out of the compound just after 7am. I actually wanted to get out before the groomers so I can romp on the half-foot of new snow! C8 out to […]
110 miles on a Thursday afternoon: Ride to Speculator & Wells
After getting home from the Skillet concert at 1am Thursday morning and with the trails being frozen ice/hard pack, I wasn’t thinking of going out on the snowmobile today. But the coastal-nor’ester nudged up just enough to kiss Indian Lake in the cheek with a fresh inch-and-a-half of snow and I just had to get out […]
