Flower Skate Shop Rail Jam 2026

The 6th Annual Flower Skate Shop Rail Jam was lining up to be the best one yet. As usual, the boys from the shop and the park crew at Snow Ridge started setting up on Friday. They battled the melting snow and occasional rain to build one of the most creative rail and jib parks I’ve seen.

The Rail Jam Park

The features were left to set in overnight and by 10am the next day they were baking in the sun begging to be ridden. I made the transitional walk from gravel to mud and finally found myself walking across an oasis of slush pushed around snow ridges magic carpet.

The team had done a great job of saving snow for The Jam, despite the elements and a small pond forming at the base.

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Chasing Powder on The Tug

The lake effect storms that normally blow across Ontario and dump feet of powder onto the Tug Hill Plateau have been somewhat lacking this season. Mother Nature has had other plans, sharing the snowfall in the Adirondacks, Western NY, and the Catskills. There have been small and intense bands here and there, but not what we are used to seeing coming off of Ontario in November and December.

North Slope
Snow Ridge

This was the case for until just days after Christmas. The National Weather Service of Buffalo released their highly-anticipated Expected Snowfall map. As a Tug Hill local, you could say the map was very exciting. Dry Hill, Snow Ridge, and Woods Valley saw a forecast for 12-18” of new snow.

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Flower Skate Shop Rail Jam 2025

In a sea of brown on the Tug Hill, a small slushy island of snow remained. Steel statues protruded from the snow, monuments to the season passed. Delicately arranged by the guys at Flower Skate Shop and Nick at Snow Ridge, the features were ready.

This oasis was set to provide one last chance for park riders to slide some steel. For the 5th year in a row, riders came from far and wide for the end of season rail at Snow Ridge.

Still booted up and recovering from injury, I got to the jam later than usual. The weather was a little suspect with light rain but it was forecast to clear up by 12.

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