Powley Road
Speculator to Bleecker snowmobile ride
Did something a little different on Friday’s ride. Darrin Jr’s snowmobile was ready for pickup at Village Motorsports after a couple of issues were resolved. Instead of going to Speculator only to pick up Jr’s sled, we decided to haul my snowmobile to Speculator and start a ride from there. T’was a way to kill […]
GRADUAL Improvement this week
Tuesday 1/14/2025 UPDATE: Snow fairies delivered 2-3 inches of snow in town Monday night. Over a half-foot of new snow into Moose River Plains. Hopefully, that’s enough to summon the groomers to work some magic on the narrow woods connector trails this week. Maybe a real snowmobiling weekend here at ilsnow Capital City coming up? […]
Indian Lake to Speculator & Powley Road
Wednesday 8AM Update: Banged out a couple inches of freshness in Indian Lake, NY last night, a nice little bounty for the opportunistic mid-weeker. Tuesday’s ride rolled out from the compound, instead of hauling it. As much I can enjoy road trips, embarking on my snowmobile rides from the garage is twice as nice! My […]
FINALLY! (Winter making an appearance in the Adirondacks)
Photo caption credit to John Dortch who spun off 20 miles into Perkins Clearing with the new snow. Our Saturday night into Sunday snow event delivered a dump of white gold onto the central Adirondacks to make it finally look like winter! Total snowfall was 8 inches at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, […]
Almost done snowmobiling, but…
…there is one more weekend for the ultra diehard to spin the track one more time before this snowmobiling season slides into oblivion. Snow pack has become Swiss cheese near highways and southerly-exposed places. But snow cover remains pretty solid in the woods throughout the south-central Adirondacks. Most narrow woods trails are cooked, either by […]
