Winter may seem like it's over for Upstate New York but that's not how a few people felt a mere hour north of Syracuse. One of the local weatherman traveled up north and post the following two photos which give a great appreciation what it means to that much snow. On the other side of the country eastern California saw some record snow fall as well.
A fellow co-worker, Joe, invited me to ride with him in the Tug Hill Region, know for the snow and great trail system. I'm always up for a new adventure, so we headed up to Williamstown, during a small break in the heavy snowfall.
We parked at the gathering grounds in Williamstown which had a good 2 foot base and headed it out toward Redfield. From there we went southeast towards Florence and took a few minutes off the sled at the Florence Hotel.
Paper tape on my nose prevented the latex in the rubber guard from irritating my skin
Joe and I
Beautiful Ski-Doo 600's
My ride for the day
From Florence our intentions were to head toward High Market and loop back down. However at one of the cross roads we consulted another rider who said, "put away the map, let me tell you how to get there." And then proceeded to instruct us to go a much longer way to our destination. When riding one quickly realizes that there could be a lot more trail markers to provide a more clear path from point A to point B. Before we knew it we were by Lee Center which is located just outside of Rome. We also noticed the significant decrease in snow on the ground. Fortunately we didn't have to ride on a muddy trail for more than a couple miles before we saw feet of snow again.
From Lee Center we went to Osceola were we stopped at the World Famous Osceola Hotel for a quick bite to eat. It was nice to be off the sled and relaxing but the meal prep did take longer than anticipated but it tasted better than expected. After a good 60 minute break we walked outside to find a nice snow band overhead dumping a lot of snow. It was pretty and all but riding wasn't as fun when visibility was 20 feet.
Thankfully as we got close to Williamstown the snow tapered off and we had a little break and another opportunity to enjoy the ride before hitting the trailer.
Overall it was great ride and it was wonderful to appreciate a whole new world of snowmobiling. I only scratched the surface of the Tug Hill trail system and hopefully there will more opportunities to explore further north and the northwest.
Thank you Joe for trusting me with your sled and showing me around the Tug Hill region.
We rode 100 miles exactly according to my GPS. The mapped out ride is seen below.
YOUTUBE VIDEO OF OUR ADVENTURE
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