Is today the last?

There was a few people out riding today and they may have enjoyed the last of the season.  The night time low temps have helped slowed the melt down.  But as I'm typing, there is R coming from the sky and more to follow.  So unless we see a good coating of new snow.  It could be the time to put a fork in it.

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No regrets..........

This is weekend three for the month, will there be a fourth?  I'm guessing the odds are very slim that there will be, with the warms temps predicted mid week.  But there is some snow in the forecast for next weekend.  Who knows maybe it'll be enough to pull off another one.  The people that did head north this weekend don't have any regrets, as fun was had by all.

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Last Chance...............

If you have any thoughts of getting in that last ride of the season.  This weekend is going to be your last chance by what I'm seeing.   Trail 5 near Daikers and the roads are toast, but the rest of the system is the best I've seen it this late in the season in years.  Had guests return from an afternoon of riding and they told me the groomers are out doing their magic.  Local forecast is calling for light snow on Friday.  May not be much, but anything to keep the sun away is a plus.

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Connection problem......

I'm sure most of you have noticed the cams on top of McCauley and the trail cam are offline. We had internet connection problems with the phone company yesterday and I thought for sure the system just needed rebooting to get things back online, but that didn't fix it.  I looked into it more and there is a problem with the line between the bottom of the mountain and the top.  So it's going to take a little more than a reboot to get things back online.  Cross your fingers it's something simple.

Ride it while we got it!

Forecast is looking OK for this week and the snow should hang in there.  I'm not thrilled about the few days of sun, but after that it looks like it'll be cloudy again.  The beginning of next week isn't looking all that nice at this time.  With warm temps and maybe some R.  Not much else to report besides......Ride it while we got it!

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Two Day Post............

Today's video has Friday and Saturday in it.  Traffic was lighter than I thought it would be this weekend, with all of the new snow.  So all that headed to the north country got to enjoy some outstanding trail conditions.  The thousand dollar question is now, how long will the snow and conditions hang around.  Could we be riding till the end of the month?

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Weekend two is here................

Picked up a foot plus of great packing snow Wednesday and its still snowing at 3pm on Thursday.  Cold temps predicted for the weekend and no sun till Sunday.   So it's looking good for weekend two. Will there be a weekend three this March?  Only time will tell.

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In like a turtle, out like a rabbit............

This storm has been slow and steady with the rate it's been snowing.  But by what I saw on the local weather, Wednesday afternoon is going to make up for the slow pace of Tuesday.  It's been the little dot flakes that add up slow, but pack down great.  Traffic has been light today and it looks like conditions should be good for the upcoming weekend.

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Good odds.......

It looking like the odds are going to be better for us to see more snow from this one.  As it's tracking inland more than the other storms and we started seeing snow around 8:30pm.  Warning has us at 6 to 12 by Wednesday night.  If so, we'll hit the two weekend average for March and who knows maybe it'll be three this year. 

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2018 Season is almost over.....

Hard to believe that the season is almost over and I'd say it was a pretty good one.  The hardest part on this year was the darn warm ups on Thursday and not knowing if things would come together for the weekend.  I hope everyone got in as much seat time as they had hoped for and you had a fun season. The video is a little long today, but I think you'll enjoy it.  Also check out the green sled in the bottom left corner, it sure got a work out during the day.

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SnoFest 2018 going well...........

We haven't seen any big numbers when it comes to snow.  But we have seen enough to bring trail conditions back around and SnoFest 2018 is in full swing.  You would almost think it was mid February with the amount of people that are in town this weekend.

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Snow all day..............

It starting snowing mid morning, but we haven't seen any big numbers as of yet.  Traffic has been light and the groomers are out doing magic with what they have to work with.  One thing that is almost always a plus this time of the year, is the snow is the good packing stuff.  So it doesn't take much for it to add up, unlike lake effect that is light weight stuff.

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5pm update still the same.............

The winter warning is still the same with 10 to 20 inches of snow by Thursday night and more for Friday and Saturday.  So Snofest 2018 will have demo rides by what I'm seeing.  The sun came out around noon today and you'll see that it looks pretty, but is by no means our friend this time of the year.

Today's Video..

316 PM EST Tue Mar 6 2018

Including the cities of Big Moose, Eagle Bay, McKeever,
Old Forge, Atwell, Nobleboro, Northwood, Long Lake, Sabattis,
Hoffmeister, and Wells

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 10 to 20
inches are expected.

* WHERE...Northern Herkimer and Hamilton Counties.

Just posted........321 PM EST Mon Mar 5 2018

Including the cities of Big Moose, Eagle Bay, McKeever,
Old Forge, Atwell, Nobleboro, Northwood, Long Lake, Sabattis,
Hoffmeister, Wells, Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk,
Frankfort, Dolgeville, Gloversville, 

 WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12
  inches are possible.

* WHERE...The southern Adirondacks, Mohawk Valley, and Lake George
  Saratoga Region in eastern New York.

* WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Thursday morning.

Didn't see the big numbers............

When it was all said and done we saw 8 to 9 inches from the storm.  Not anything to write home about, but enough to make it rideable again.  Traffic was light today and that was a good thing.  Because traffic from a normal Saturday would of had it back to snirt in no time.

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First one of the month..............

So is this like a robin sighting in the spring and what does it mean?  Do you think more will follow and could it mean another week of riding in the north country?

Gates are being opened as I type..............

Made a call to the powers to be and they just called me back that the gates are being opened.  They did ask me to pass on, that we had end of the season spring conditions before this snow.  So ride with caution as everything isn't going to be perfect.  But if we do get what they are predicting, you should be able to get in that last ride of the season.  All depends on how long the storm sticks around.

Don't get out the Jet Ski yet............

.WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM
EST SATURDAY...

Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 7 to 13
inches, with localized amounts up to 18 inches south of the
Mohawk River, are expected.