Speculator
Trail Report 1/1/14
Tuesday’s clipper system gave ilsnow land light snow throughout the day. Then the lake effect snow came in with a kick to it! Indian Lake got 2 inches of snow in short order in the evening, while Inlet got close to 10 inches, based on webcams. This puts Moose River Plains back in the “GOOD” […]
Trail Report 12/29/13 & Outlook
As expected, the snow late Sunday into the evening was very heavy and wet. It mixed with rain for a while at the onset here at the ilsnow.com storm center but I did end up with an inch-and-a-quarter of wet cement-like snow. Speculator/Morehouse area had much less rain mix and ended up with 3-4+ inches […]
Trail Report 12/23/13
As feared, the weekend thaw took most of our snow away. There was still about 2-3 inches of snow on my lawn at the ilsnow.com storm center this morning, but also some bald spots. Technically, this will be recorded as a “White Christmas” here in Indian Lake, but it’s an ugly mixture of white, green […]
Trail Report 12/20/13
Despite temperatures above 32*F and some rain today, most of the trails have held up pretty well. Good rides were reported in Perkins Clearing and Moose River Plains enroute to Old Forge and Inlet. The Speculator area trails were getting thin in places, but still offering a good ride. Around Indian Lake village, I saw […]
Trail Report 12/15/13
We got the got the goods from this storm, ranging from 8+ inches at Indian Lake to around a foot in Speculator. Total snow cover is a foot-plus around Indian Lake and Speculator and increases towards 18 inches to 2+ feet across Moose River Plains enroute to Inlet and Old Forge. As with most early […]