Well we only got to 24 below this morning and it looks like it's going to be another cold one tonight. But after tonight it look like it's going to be a little warmer. With night time lows in the single numbers below zero and single and teens during the day time. This weekend is The Adirondack Ice Bowl in Inlet and Nelson's Cottages has turned their webcam so you are able to see some of the hockey rings.
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I drove up from longisland tues night it was -15 at 7:00 pm. Rode to daikers for drinks and food, it was cold. Trails were hard, they seemed ok. Woke up to -31 below !!!! WOW! I went out to get coffee. The inside of my nose instantly froze. I did some work arouned the house and went out at 11:30. Warmed up to -5. All I have to say is that the trails were sick. Hard fast and no one arouned. Ripping the trails at sustained 60. Would never do that on the weekend. I went to Stillwater had lunch, then rode down to kovachs. Trails were groomed and fast. Heading back I jumped on trail 2-3-8. All were great. I finished up at slickers for dinner and drinks. If you can handle the cold get up here and ride. I am writing this back in LI wishing I cn ride tomorrow. Be back next week for more good riding. (week days).
ReplyDeleteCant hardly stand it ,coming up for the week on sunday. Hope the snow gods are good to us.Maybe we can get a ride in during the week this year steve. see ya sunday
ReplyDeleteI live in CT and we got about a foot of snow...it makes me excited to get up there! I went last weekend and the riding was great but it was super cold. If u can stand the cold then this is a great opportunity for you to get up here! Not busy at all!
ReplyDeleteChrisy's motel is honestly the best motel up in Old Forge! Steve you are so nice! Thanks for keeping me updated with all of thew blogings! Everytime I come to OF I will stay with you Steve! Keep up the GREAT work!!!
6 More weekends until SnoFest!!! 1 in 4 Years we get snofest to ride nice trails... Winter as whats Left for weekend Warriors..
ReplyDeleteJan 25th Weekend Cold cold and Little Snow
Feb 2nd Weekend.. SUPER BOWL IN JERSEY " very Low traffic"
Feb 9th Weekend.. If snow Open To Ride
Feb 15th Weekend WIFE WEEKEND FOR MARRIED
Feb 22nd Weekend WILD WILD PRESIDENTS WEEK BUSY TRAILS
March 1st Weekend Wow March Already. Longer Dayz. Sun Stronger
March 8th Weekend SNO FEST WEEKEND! DEMO RIDES
There is is Folks Been Up alot Since Sno-Deo But it goes Quickly If your married with kids and a Day Job. Wish my work day went as fast as My Trail Rides...
STAY WARM AND RIDE RIGHT!!
Ride for Cure in Speculator this Sat the 25th Morning. Starting at OAK Mountain
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Can't wait we are coming up super bowl Sunday for a week and my mother and father have not rode O.F. for 20years. My wife and I were up for sno fest last year and that was my wife first trip to O.F. and my first trip in 20years. Big thanks to Steve for all you do. THINK SNOW!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletetell your parents to stay home ! they would not wan't to see this now compared to 20 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deleteyea from a winter wonderland to a total slop hole!
DeleteI would have to agree with you, that the area has changed from 20 years ago. 20 years ago you would get up in the morning and wondering how long it was going to take to plow. Because you plowed just about every morning, now you get up and wonder if you will even have to plow. Mother nature sure has changed her in 20 years.
DeleteBut to fair..keeping it real time in context ..A slight blink of a Mother Natures"eye" is not even 20 years ..so..what is (or not) happening is not even measurable as far as global weather (winters) history.
Deletethe problem is mother nature she can be a pill... but if it was father nature it be a sure thing
ReplyDeleteHeaded up on Monday to ride for the week. Looks like things are coming together. Everyone keep dancing!
ReplyDeleteHey Steve, My dad told me stories about riding down the narrows in the late 70's if these frigid temps continue is that even feasible (certainly not saying to do it or it would be safe) but just wondering.
ReplyDeleteRode tug hill this past week. I don't think I'll be coming to old forge anymore, maybe once a year instead of three times. I didn't hit one rock on the trail and no stupid rails. That's all I feel on the old forge trails. Big ass rocks.
ReplyDeleteI don't get to ride the hill enough but I will agree there's a lot of rocks on the trails the old forge area. II do know that much of the hill is farmland and unmaintained roads so that is part of the reason you're not seeing as many rocky areas
ReplyDeleteHi Steve. I hope you can share this with the grooming staff. I am a local, and i love Old Forge. Old Forge needs to groom the trail that goes out to Brangtham, and OTHER exit trails. The trail out towards Brangtham is always terrible!! When u get to where there club takes over at the intersection it becomes beautiful. The low snow conditions is no excuse, other clubs are out grooming ,and doing what they can with the low snow conditions. Forge is grooming the loops so it all looks pritty on camra. . We pay for Forge to groom!! They are saving $$ by not grooming . this is not right. Yes sales and sled traffic is down do to poor snow. NO EXCUSE!!!. Like i said im local and know people. The Trail that goes out towards the brangtham intersection has not been beautiful since Bill Kerst was working for forge!! He groomed that trail and took pride in it!! GET OUT AND GROOM!! the low snow is not an excuse!!!,,Please,, and not just the loops behind forge!!! Thank u..
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DeleteThanks for taking the time to share your view on the trail going to Brantingham. Since you are a local and would have the time to pass on your thoughts. It would be best to contact the town supervisor or the trail foreman. Because I don't know if they read my blog and I am not in the pratice of passing on things like this to them. Because if I did, I'm sure they would get tired of seeing me real fast.
I have called the town several times but in the long run you need more than one voice for change. I have been constructively complaining about the condition of trail 4 for years now and haven't seen even a slight effort to improve the grooming of this trail. The town fails to recognize that once the lakes freeze over trail 4 to lower Hollywood becomes a main artery for those heading up to points north. It doesn't bother me that a-lot of sleds use this trail, the trail is meant to be used, it does bother me that the town has ignored the amount of traffic that passes over it. I have decided to document the condition of the trail during this season and to do a sled count of how many machines go by the house during certain hours, maybe "quantifying" my complaint will help.
DeleteIn the mean time i will be sure to second your suggestion on the brantingham trail but sometimes i wonder if the grooming plan is to keep everyone in the inners, people coming from other areas wont make a big dent in the business if all the people staying in the Forge are "boxed in".
I can say with out a dought, after talking to ,many guests over the course of a winter. That even with the trail to Brantingham being at it's worst, won't keep people in the area. They will complain about it, but the new sleds help them get past it fast and on to other areas to enjoy a day of riding. The days of riding just in the Old Forge area are long gone and most people put on many miles in one day.
DeleteAlso you do have a good point about trail 4 and the lakes freezing. I never thought about the increased traffic once they freeze. Showing the increase in traffic may help in getting it groomed more.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I usually know the lakes are good!
ReplyDeleteThe people over 50 that have seen what used to be in old forge are spoiled, I am one of them. Ive seen the best and the worst.Can anyone even amagen what the groomers go through.We just don't have them winters anymore.Plus if people could just ride on what we have, instead of destroying the trails with the big track mountain sleds .Has anyone ever ridden behind one. I have ,a couple of hours the trails look like they never been groomed. Come on guys, just ride it, don't destroy it.Im 56 years old , I own a big machine , but theres a big differnts between riding on it and ripping it up.
ReplyDeleteI have been riding up here for 39 years now . you talk about the best to the worse wow! how can you tell people how it used to be impossible! everybody today is bitching about the rocks in the trail well no snow all the goomers doo now is pull rocks up.tim and his crew do the best they can . they have too answer to the town talking heads! this is the only dept left in old forge that cares about tourism in this TOWN in the winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deletewell said! and what they are doing to the roads now almost impossible to ride puts pressure on the trails.
DeleteEveryone has their thoughts about the roads and we aren't going down this path. So please stop trying to slip in comments about them.
Deletewow look at the sleds at Stillwater! years ago there would be twice the sleds at the red dog at noon. give me a break !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
DeleteAnd your point is? Give you a break? Give us a break. Posts like this one have no value at all.
DeleteI think his point is steve we can't go down this path anymore.
DeleteMany times you can't go down that path. The same as I'm not plowing every morning, like I did in years past. Things change with time and this is one of them. Be happy for what you have and not what you don't have.
DeleteYep the 70 and 80s are gone winters have changed and change stinks sleds sure have come a long ways since then trouble is so has the price of them I can remember leaving my house and ridding all day didn't half to trailer 3 hours to ride guess we half to make the most out of what we get now days bought a new sled last spring and still have not had time to ride this year alot of money sitting there sometimes wonder why I keep ridding guess I just love the sport but buisness comes first along with my customers that's life be thankfull for the time you have to ride some of us are not so lucky.
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