Big thanks to all of the knowledge laid down in my "Touring Setup" thread, especially Mike!
After a lot of confusion and loneliness in a sea of information I pulled the trigger on a pair of Madhaus Epochs, with Voile 3pins & Ended up received Scott Excursions by mistake (originally ordered t4's). I decided to just keep the Excursions as they felt comfy. ORS is a great company, and being in NY I received my order the next day... That's SWEET. Also, John there was really great to work with.
After a quick jaunt in our backyard woods during out big 3" sleet even a couple of weeks ago my wife jumped on the wagon and found a pair of BC70's at the LG LL Bean Outlet for a great price.
She then went up to see her big crush Drew at the Mountaineer and had them mounted with Voile 3pins and got fitted for T4s.
We skied our local club's snowmobile trails on Saturday and had a blast. We crossed Pleasant Lake and hit the trail from East Shore Rd toward Third Lake.
Once at Third Lake we took secondary trail to our left to skirt around as I didn't feel confident enough to trust the ice that far into the woods. We then skied another 2 miles to Spectacle Lake. Conditions were... variable.
Had to be careful of rocks. Snow was 3-4" of half melted frozen sleet with about 2" of old LE on top from last week with rocks melted through to show themselves. Luckily the Snowmobile Club had been through earlier in the week prepping the trails for grooming and cleared dozens of downed trees. We skied everything from Rime covered lake ice, to powder, to snowmobile tracks, rocks, sticks and sawdust. The total ski was about 8 miles roundtrip. Wait, do Nordic guys do everything in Km? Or is that just Hinterlanders? Can someone do a conversion for me if that's the case?
Once we were done with the ski I was able to convince the wife to have a cocktail at the recently reopened Pleasant Lake Inn the place has a nice fireplace, strong drinks and if you Snowmobile they're selling fuel.
Closing Note: This skiing thing is really a great activity to get us through the swing periods when Snowmobiling is out of the question up to camp. Also, saw a lot of neat things that you tend to miss when blasting through the woods at 55mph on a snowmobile...
Whether on skis, snowmobiles, mountain bikes, in canoes/kayaks or in hiking boots it's a beautiful thing that we can all <b>coexist </b>and enjoy this place with such an selection of transportation.
Pika dropping a Knee like her old man. Would you just look at those Adk Powder 8s?
After a lot of confusion and loneliness in a sea of information I pulled the trigger on a pair of Madhaus Epochs, with Voile 3pins & Ended up received Scott Excursions by mistake (originally ordered t4's). I decided to just keep the Excursions as they felt comfy. ORS is a great company, and being in NY I received my order the next day... That's SWEET. Also, John there was really great to work with.
After a quick jaunt in our backyard woods during out big 3" sleet even a couple of weeks ago my wife jumped on the wagon and found a pair of BC70's at the LG LL Bean Outlet for a great price.
She then went up to see her big crush Drew at the Mountaineer and had them mounted with Voile 3pins and got fitted for T4s.
We skied our local club's snowmobile trails on Saturday and had a blast. We crossed Pleasant Lake and hit the trail from East Shore Rd toward Third Lake.
Once at Third Lake we took secondary trail to our left to skirt around as I didn't feel confident enough to trust the ice that far into the woods. We then skied another 2 miles to Spectacle Lake. Conditions were... variable.
Had to be careful of rocks. Snow was 3-4" of half melted frozen sleet with about 2" of old LE on top from last week with rocks melted through to show themselves. Luckily the Snowmobile Club had been through earlier in the week prepping the trails for grooming and cleared dozens of downed trees. We skied everything from Rime covered lake ice, to powder, to snowmobile tracks, rocks, sticks and sawdust. The total ski was about 8 miles roundtrip. Wait, do Nordic guys do everything in Km? Or is that just Hinterlanders? Can someone do a conversion for me if that's the case?
Once we were done with the ski I was able to convince the wife to have a cocktail at the recently reopened Pleasant Lake Inn the place has a nice fireplace, strong drinks and if you Snowmobile they're selling fuel.
Closing Note: This skiing thing is really a great activity to get us through the swing periods when Snowmobiling is out of the question up to camp. Also, saw a lot of neat things that you tend to miss when blasting through the woods at 55mph on a snowmobile...
Whether on skis, snowmobiles, mountain bikes, in canoes/kayaks or in hiking boots it's a beautiful thing that we can all <b>coexist </b>and enjoy this place with such an selection of transportation.
Pika dropping a Knee like her old man. Would you just look at those Adk Powder 8s?
