Polar Vortex
Pathway to winter
Sunday, January 7 @ 7am update: Snow far, snow good! Have 5 inches down at the ilsnow storm center in Indian Lake, NY and reports of 7 inches in Piseco and Wells. A lull developed pre-dawn Sunday. But the radar is loading up to our southwest again with snowfall rates of 0.5″ to 1.0″ inch […]
Hope for the Back-9 of Winter
This winter has really sucked! People are saying that it’s been strange and unpredictable. In reality though, it’s been one of the more predictable and cyclical winters I can recall. We were entering the third consecutive winter under a moderately strong La Nina regime. We saw what the previous two did. Throw in amazing early […]
Roll Childwold, Roll!
Have trailer, will travel… It’s been that kind of winter for me. Another trip up north was in order for Tuesday. This time, I trucked it to Horseshoe Lake on the horrible “road” called NYS Route 421. Thankfully, the snowmobiling was well worth enduring 6 miles of frost heaved pavement to reach the trailhead. Here’s […]
Tupper Lake to Malone, again!
I seldom bother riding weekends. But this winter has already been cut short. And beggars shouldn’t be choosers. Damion hadn’t done much riding this winter and was good with my recommendation to truck our sleds up to Tupper Lake and roll it north. There weren’t many trucks in the Washington Street parking lot by the […]
Looking ahead into the start of snowmobiling season!
Mid-November 2022 fulfilled its promise in a big way, culminating with an epic, blockbuster lake-effect snow event during November 16-21 timeframe. This event mostly avoided the central Adirondacks. But we did score our first real snow of the season November 15-16 with a bit over 4 inches in Indian Lake, NY. Snow cover hung around […]
