Perkins Clearing
Indian Lake to Speculator recon mission
After Thursday’s exhausting day of snow removal, I was definitely in the mood to stay home and bang out a ride from the compound. Watching the Town of Indian Lake groomer roll through ilsnow Capital City amped up my excitement. By the time I headed out early Friday afternoon, I already heard reports of good […]
Sunday vulture ride into Speculator
When riding Sundays, I’m picking at the scraps left behind by the weekend warriors on their way out of town. Saturday was a lazy day for me. And truth be told, I felt tired, worn out and didn’t feel like going snowmobile riding. But I needed to get outside to shake off the doldrums. Heading […]
Indian Lake into Speculator recon run
With my sled still on the trailer after Tuesday’s road trip, I trucked it to Mason Lake parking lot on Wednesday to perform a scope run of Perkins Clearing and surrounding areas. On the way down, I could see people riding C8/Sabael trail, down the length of Indian Lake and C8/Two Miles of Hell. I […]
More snow
Sunday night’s event deposited 3-6 inches of snow on the central Adirondacks and 6-9 inches along the Route 8 corridor in the Speculator region. After settling, snowpack ranges from several inches in thin/exposed areas to a general 6-12 inches in the shady woods. “Snow bowls” in the back side of Perkins Clearing and the high […]
Got (some) snow
Thursday night into Friday was a true “variable outcome” event through the Adirondacks. Reports ranged from only an inch or two of glop for the Route 8 corridor in southern Adirondacks to 3-4 inches of snow around Indian Lake and up to around a half-foot in Newcomb. Over the western Adirondacks, the temperatures nosed above […]
