Perkins Clearing
Trail Report 2/5/14
Wednesday’s storm delivered, big time! Final storm total was 9.5 inches at the ilsnow.com storm center. Speculator sat in a heavy snow band most of the afternoon and evening and ended up with over a foot. It was a dry, powdery snow…but not air fluff. EXCELLENT STUFF! This picture was how it looked outside my […]
Ride to Perkins Clearing & Speculator 1/28/14
Ridin’ Rich Lupia at Upstatesnow.com wanted the ilsnow.com tour of the Speculator area. I blew off work and embarked on the trip with a temperature of -3*F, and it didn’t get a whole lot warmer than that during the day. The Indian Lake village trails were groomed, but the low snow was not enough to […]
1/27/14 Trail Report
Indian Lake & Speculator area got 3-6 inches of fresh powder last night into Monday. Strong winds blew it around considerably though. This powder doesn’t do much for base building, but at least there is more loose snow for cooling and lube. D.R.A.G. of Speculator has been doing their utmost to keep their trails in […]
Ride for the Cure & Trail Report 1/22/14
1/24 UPDATE: There was a bad snowmobiling accident reported at the south end of Perkins Clearing Road late Friday. Trail conditions are VERY ICY under the thin layer of packed snow on the trail! Breakfast at Oak Mountain Ski Center in Speculator will run from 7am until 10am. Parking for snowmobiles, cars and trucks-and-trailers is […]
Trail Report 1/19/14 & Ride for the Cure
1/20 AM Update: Good news! Indian Lake got 2-3 inches of new snow overnight while Speculator got 3-4 inches. Judging by the webcams, the western Adirondacks picked up at least several inches of fresh snow. Snow cover around Indian Lake & Speculator is generally 6-12 inches “in the woods.” Large open fields and southerly exposures […]
