Northeast Wild

  Feb 27, 2024 - BIG HOLLOW again, this time I skied the loop in the opposite direction, but less poking around, & added an off-trail spur to a waterfall. Temp rising thru the 50s, sunny - good to excellent skiing, maybe a bit faster than the day before. 7 miles, 656' el gain/loss, 3 hours. Record high temps in Albany 66, Glens Falls 65, Saranac Lake 61. Catching up on reported SNOW DEPTHS: Highmarket 19" Loch Muller 11.5" Lake Pleasant 11" Horseshoe Lake 10" Indian Lake 10" Long Lake 10" Raquette Lake 10" Carry Falls Reservoir 8" Lake Placid 8" Little Tupper Lake 8" Warrensburg 6.5" Conifer 6" Peck Lake 5" Cranberry Lake 4" Gabriels 3" Feb 26, 2024 - BIG HOLLOW ski on a combination of snomo trails, old woods roads, & off-trail. Lake George Wild Forest. Hiked up the red trail then skied up on the Prospect Mtn Hwy, saw a guy going up on a fatbike. Sunny & temp rising thru the 40s - great spring sk...

  Feb 9, 2025 - LITTLE CLEAR POND area xc ski from Conley Rd. The start is well-hidden - look for 2 snow-topped rocks about 2' in diameter. There are a few ski trail markers at first but then we were on unmarked trails into the St Regis Canoe Area around Lindsey Pond over to Grass Pond & across (a little bit slushy) then down the carry trail to LCP. Slushy near shore but better away from shore - I made it across ok but others following in my tracks accumulated some ice on skis & needed to scrape. Up the carry trail to St Regis Pond & L on a trail (flat, well-marked with yellow ski trail markers) to the Fish Pond truck trail. L on truck trail & soon L on unmarked trail past Bone Pond & around Little Green Pond then past LCP (saw a few other skiers). Most of the group (the scrapers) did not want to ski across the pond again so we completed the loop by skiing on the Rail Trail back to Conley Rd - not too exciting other than you do pass the outlet of LCP & the F...