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Sunday snowmobile stroll, Part 2

I got a text from Crazy Cal Sunday morning, asking me if I wanted to ride. To be honest, I hadn’t planned on riding and was content to stay home. I’d go take a walk to grab some outdoors. But the weather was beautiful and how many rides had I lost due to winter’s late […]

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Sunday snowmobiling stroll

Normally, I wouldn’t even take a flyer on weekend snowmobile riding. But desperate times call for desperate measures, especially since I’m pushing toward the end of January with only 26 miles spun off for the entire winter. It was time to pick myself off the mat and get moving. After all, I’ve got all summer […]

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Snowmobile shakedown cruise!

1/18/22 UPDATE: Indian Lake Parks and Rec are out grooming the Town trails! I saw fresh groomer marks on C8 heading out to Cedar River Headquarters. Monday 1/17/22 Report I was surprised to the point of being aghast at how many people were out riding in town this weekend before the storm hit. It couldn’t […]

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Slowly getting there for snowmobiling

I’m fond of saying that if it can’t snow, at least it can be cold. That way, there is hope down the road for us. The lake-effect snow guns that smashed Tug Hill made their way into the southwestern Adirondacks on Monday. Based on that, I would say that Powley Road is certainly good to […]

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Heading toward the weekend!

It’s been a painfully slow march toward a “real” snowmobiling season here in the central Adirondacks, feeling a good 3-4 weeks behind schedule. But, in the lousiest of winters, we do build and hold a snow pack. Snow cover around Indian Lake is generally in the 3-6 inch range. It’s enough to make things look […]

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