Perkins Clearing
Attempt at Salisbury: Update 1/26/17
Update 1/28/17: 3 inches of fresh snow down as of Saturday morning here in Indian Lake, with much more further west. If you want to sit the couch this weekend, that’s your business. But I think that most people who come here to snowmobile this weekend will come away happy! I also got word that […]
Yes! Snowmobile ride to Speculator 1/11/17
My ride to Speculator happened Wednesday. I know that today’s thaw will change the conditions, but the snowmobile ride has a story worth telling and might provide a sort of “base line” for what conditions could be like over the holiday weekend. So, here it goes! We got 3 almost inches of snow/sleet mash Tuesday […]
Down but not out! Update 12/27/16
It’s always a bummer to get a warm-up and rain. But we didn’t fare that badly. Although the temperature shot up to 43*F Monday night at Indian Lake, we got very little rain…in the order of a quarter-inch. Temperatures then fell through the 30s on Tuesday, which stopped the bleeding. The winds also got really strong, […]
Weekend Snowmobiling Outlook: Update 12/23/16
Thursday’s weather system ended up being the little engine that could, with 3.5 inches of snow here in Indian Lake. The new snow is certainly enough to freshen things up nicely for places like Perkins Clearing, Moose River Plains, Speculator Tree Farm and Powley Road. As for the narrow woods trails around Indian Lake and […]
Weekend Snowmobiling Outlook: Update 12/16/16
The lake-effect snow guns delivered the goods! Snow pack is now 6-12+ inches in the central Adirondacks, then increases to 12-18+ inches as you traverse Moose River Plains into the western Adirondacks or head toward Powley Road & Morehouse in the southwestern Adirondacks. Moose River Plains has been groomed this week and reported to be […]
