TheMainer

Glad we went to Quebec this weekend snowmobiling instead of hoping last night's snow worked out, about 600 miles in 2 days of riding around Mont Valin and Forestville.

Id avoid Greenville at all costs until they get another foot. The trails east and west of the lake are through the woods and crooked which take a decent amount of snow to make nice. We trucked to Quebec to ride this weekend since everybody and their brother was riding Eustis to Millinocket areas.

Guilford, 30 mins south of Moosehead lake.

Around an inch here, storm definitely shit the bed, last NWS update here was still 4-6. Oh well, guess another week of not opening trails, local businesses are hurting after 4 straight crappy winters up here, might as well sell the sleds and move to somewhere we can golf year round.

Please dark green stay together til it gets here

That hopefully bodes well for us, starting now at the house and looks like a band moving through Tamarack territory heading our way!

Kind of surprised CAR is still going with this after things seem to be slipping away, still hoping for 5-6 here to help finally get the local snowmobile season started, but gut feeling isn't good

Hoping it comes a tic west up here, right on the edge I think of the better stuff. We get 4-6 I'll be able to do a pass with the groomer finally, though rather have 8-10. Hoping hardly any QPF today as it looks mostly wet

If that keeps sliding northeast we'll be happy here, decided to head to Quebec this weekend so that'll help the chances of us getting snow back home while I'm gone

Not sure what CAR was seeing, or is there some sort of preceding cutter to the potential Monday? "The next weather system to watch will be a frontal system approaching Friday night and pushing into the area on saturday. The GFS is carrying a more solid front with the potential if or south winds ahead of it to bring a warmup with wind and rain.The ECMWF, however, shows a less organized system brushing through with only a chance for some light precipitation and southerlies not strong enough to raise temperatures above freezing across the area."

Never got above 27 here today, staring at my 1 inch glacier and sad snow piles in the yard. I hope we can squeeze at least an inch tomorrow and maybe Tuesday ends up popping for us. If we get rain next week I'm selling and moving to Lab city. Finally move back north and can snowmobile out of my garage door and had the worst possible snow seasons since I did...

Took 2 hours off work to stake the lake today, 3 miles long, 10-16 inches of ice, another week of this and we'll be able to take our big machine across the ice. Might be bad for snow, but we're making ice like crazy up here. Hope something works out for MLK weekend, we have the base and frost, literally 6 inches and we can be grooming. Businesses are hurting after the last 4 crappy winters. Wife's 2017 900ace, could maintain 95 mph the whole way down the lake so we got the corners right.

If that would slide due east it'd be money here, but probably would split the St Lawrence with our luck.

About 1.5 inches of pure slush, better than I thought we'd do so far down in the river valley, will be curious what the groomer barn north is getting.

Once a week, rest of the time WFH or visiting customers up my way. I used to live in Monmouth but decided to move back and met my now wife around the same time and she's from Lincoln area. Southern Maine paycheck and a small rural Maine mortgage and property taxes are about ideal for me.

Hoping we don't lose all our snow today, at the office in Auburn and it's raining steady here and that band is heading Northeast. Won't be grooming after another 3-4, but should be paste which will help if we can pull off 6-12 next week then we'll be styling

Think we're far enough north here or might be screwed?

Took the sled for a 30 mile spin around town, groomed but thin trails. Better than sitting home and pouting. Hopefully we don't lose too much Monday and the new years storm works out for us and we could be in full swing next weekend, fingers crossed

What was the storm 5-10 years ago where Skowhegan got 42 inches? We were around 30 inches in Monson, but I think it was less impactful further south, mostly just a regional storm. Id have to go back on the Skowhegan snowmobile club Facebook page and find it as they had a vid of them in their Tucker out packing it down with no drag, but our machine I could still make the hills with the drag on. EDIT, this one 7 years ago https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EYH4G7hFR/

Our flight out of NYC was delayed last night by a couple hours so ended up driving home in a mess from Augusta north last night, rolled into home at 3am to 2.5 inches, currently have a touch over 8 inches for a positive bust as NWS had us 4-6 inches. Very festive outside.

Was closing in on an inch at home when we left for the airport at 11, sunny and nothing at PWM.

Exchange rate is $0.69 right now so good winter to go if you get a chance. I love it up there, trying to get it in now before we start popping out kids.

Heading to Mont Valin the 2nd through the 5th assuming we don't get snow down here enough for me to groom between now and then, bought an annual pass already for my other trips so might as well use it.

Nice wintery appeal out there this morning taking the trash out, maybe an inch on top of the slushy inch left from the warmup. Assuming it doesn't melt today should have a white Christmas, though historically due to the Grinch we more consistently have a white Thanksgiving (though still we usually have white Christmas most years)