Stratospheric Polar Vortex
Slo-vember again for the Adirondacks?
When putting out my “winter outlook” on September 28th, I was concerned about a slow start to the snow season. Unfortunately, those concerns are playing out as feared. October 2023 ran quite mild in Indian Lake, NY with mean (daily average) temperature of 48.9*F, several degrees higher than the climo mean of 43.0*F. And October […]
Rock bottom, now what?
We haven’t had any substantial snowfall in weeks, to the point it’s fair to wonder if this winter is a completely lost cause. As we rolled through autumn I saw a number of strong and obvious signals, indicating that winter could stumble out of the gate, possibly into January. You can click onto this post […]
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 […]
Got (a bit of) snow! More on the way?
We had some excitement on Sunday as Indian Lake fought and clawed its way to a fresh inch-plus of snow. All joking aside, it’s been the kind of winter when it’s considered a victory to score an inch of snow rather than an inch of rain. On top of that, we even bagged a sub-zero […]
Starter snow but not much else
We’re still weeks behind schedule for the arrival of real snowmobiling here in the central Adirondacks. But the locals are now able to slither around town on their beaters. Don’t let the pretty headline picture fool you. There are plenty of mud holes and sled-smacking rocks lurking in the woods along with early-winter blowdown. In […]
