Happy New Year!

 NWS still has warning in place till 7am Thursday for our area.  So it will be interesting to see what we wake up to in the morning.  Besides that not much else going on.  Hope everyone had a fun and safe New Years Eve.  

Today's Video........

Lake Effect Snow Warning

 LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations
of 6 to 10 inches in the most persistent snow bands.

* WHERE...Northern Herkimer County.

Lake effect has been in the area most of the day and it's hard to say how much we have gotten with the way the wind is blowing.  Cross your fingers the band moves north slowly and we see a good amount from it on Wednesday.

Today's Video..............

I forgot..............

 In the video I said that the warmup and R almost helped us and I said I would explain it.  But I forgot to do it in the video.  So here it is, we didn't need all the R we got.  But it did help with building more base.  By early Monday afternoon we started seeing snow and the parking lot was already freezing back down.  We may have lost some snow, but in the long run I think we gained base.

Today's Video...........

Issued: 1:20 PM Dec. 29, 2025 – National Weather Service

 LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM

EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations
of 6 to 12 inches in the most persistent snow bands. Winds gusting
as high as 40 mph will lead to blowing and drifting snow and
reduced visibility.

* WHERE...Northern Herkimer County.

Quick Post...............

 Just wanted to get in a quick post for those that are checking out what is going on in the north country.  Cross your fingers that they miss the boat on the forecast for Sunday night.  A little R could help with the base.  But we don't need a replay of a the last R event.

Today's Video.............

Merry Christmas!

After searching old posts, I found the date I was looking for.  What date is that?  The date I brought the original trail cam online.  One thing I do remember about doing it, it was cold and snowing big time.  On December 24, 2011 I posted  "It was two years ago I brought you the trail cam for Christmas.  Well this year I have something new for you again."  What was it? I added a second camera on top of McCauley Mountain and it was a PTZ camera. Over the last few months, I've rolled out a few new webcam locations on oldforge.net and they high light the area in general.  This Christmas I am rolling out four new camera locations all focused on snowmobiling.  Go to oldforge.net/trail and you will see the links for them.  They are going to be seasonal cameras only online in the winter.   Hope you enjoy them and Merry Christmas to all and to all ride safe!  Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas, Steve

Today's Video...........

Pretty quiet in many ways.............

The last two days we haven't seen anything more than a dusting of snow.  But the temps are back down and things are freezing in from the R on Friday.  The other quiet is the amount of people in town.  There have been a few sleds running around.  But with Christmas just a half a week away I'm guessing most are home getting ready for Santa.

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