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  1. TheMainer
    I'm thinking (mostly hoping) we're too far north for the most significant ice with this, I think I like where we're at for a good dumping of snow even if we aren't in the jackpot.
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    Looking at GFS and Euro for 12z I think this is pretty spot on, hopefully the 3-5 inches we get is more dense snow, no more of this super fluffy nonsense. Of course been watching storms go south for a while, now the best goods are north. Hopefully Sunday is the Goldilocks just right.
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    We're flying out of BGR direct to Daytona Thursday at 10:30am, might be a tad hairy, but BGR is a better airport in the snow than most others id believe.
  4. TheMainer
    Hopefully I end up being mad the wife made me go to Aruba April break cause we're still snowmobiling, think we rode May 1st that winter. Honestly with all the ice and frost we have this could be an epic spring riding year, just need to build a 3-4 foot pack up here to survive the 40s and sun.
  5. TheMainer
    Only around an inch here, but our fun in coming this week.
  6. TheMainer
    Snow squall ripping good, less than 1/8th mile visibility as I start my drive to Houlton for a closing
  7. TheMainer
    -9F in the Piscataquis river valley this morning, hoping we get 4 inches this afternoon but not holding my breath, Sunday going south, probably next week too. Oh well, carbides, studs, skis, etc are just wear items!
  8. TheMainer
    Yeah we were lucky to maintain at least an inch or two of crusty ice/snow (up to 8 inches in higher elevations) since around Thanksgiving which has been helping tremendously, don't think we'd be doing anything if we didn't have that. Hoping you guys can cash in and establish a good base, I'd like to ride south towards at least Skowhegan or further this year since we've been getting a little burnt out of our area north thats been the only riding possible for 5 years
  9. TheMainer
    Yeah my house is one of the furthest south places you'd want to leave from, seems to be a snow hole from me to Newport and then Auburn looked like more snow yesterday down by you when I went to the office. If we can pull off a foot in the next 10-12 days then things will be pretty damn good for school vacation week, probably the best conditions for that week in 5 years if we can avoid a cutter
  10. TheMainer
    Think we might be too far north to get much over 3 here, but going to open another trail tonight with the groomer and planning to try the last two Friday night. Not gonna be stellar, but will be a lot better than it currently is ungroomed
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    Touch under 3.0 inches of leaf blower movable fluff in Guilford, Maine. Hoping for another 1-2 overnight tonight
  13. TheMainer
    Took the wife, the old man, and his GF down to Acadia National Park today to do 60 miles, up Cadillac and over to Eagle Lake. Pretty neat and you usually only have a short window to do it, sometimes years in between opportunities.
  14. TheMainer
    Good 210 mile day leaving from the house up to Pittston Farm, a loop through the woods, back down Moosehead and back to the house. If we can get the snow train going it's gonna get real good up here.
  15. TheMainer
    Close to 2.0" here in southern Piscataquis county but can't quite call it that, busted high. Can't complain, gives the sleds a little lube leaving from the house this morning for a 200 mile ride.
  16. TheMainer
    As long as it stays south of here you can have all the ice you want, I remember sitting in the dark next to the wood stove for a week in 1998 with all our food from the freezer out in the snow bank...
  17. TheMainer
    Thursday/Friday on the Euro looks like maybe a front end thump of snow up here then by the time the warmup happens (up to 39) we only get 0.25 inches of rain, so net out to nothing. I'll take that over an inch of rain and a pack wiper, hope it comes way south like the GFS.
  18. TheMainer
    Hoping MDI picks up a few inches from this, thinking of taking the wife down with sleds and doing the park road on Sunday since it's open for sleds.
  19. TheMainer
    Ah yeah that stinks, we're dealing with more plowed roads and trail closures every year as people build more camps, nothing they are even up here in the winter but still dont want sleds around. Unfortunate really.
  20. TheMainer
    Nice thing about living on the trail, 50 miles before work this morning in an hour and a half. First 2 miles leaving the house is a little dry, but overall pretty decent going. Will probably start riding from the house now.
  21. TheMainer
    Yeah last year was the only march/April snow that was useless, my average snowmobile end date is April 15th within 30 mins of my house, not doing big groomed trail routes, but a lot of 150-200 Mile logging road and lake days
  22. TheMainer
    GYX and CAR disagreement it looks currently, if I get an inch I'll be surprised/happy, still have hopes for Monday instead but even that isn't that exciting
  23. TheMainer
    I always feel bad for the SNE guys when it rains down there, but besides remote workers (myself included) and the couple mills that are left this area relies heavily on winter tourism which is primarily snowmobiling. Another year of poor registrations and I think you'll see more clubs start to fold as it's mostly volunteers that are aging out. Whenever dryslot or dendrite is happy usually we are too.
  24. TheMainer
    Did the first pass out our Northern trail tonight and in town trails to the businesses. Still need another 6 inches to do the rest of the system but hopefully between Friday and Sunday we get there. Probably ride from the house Saturday instead of trucking em 25 miles north like we had been.
  25. TheMainer
    2.0" for the final here, hopefully will be firing up the groomer for the first pass out our Northern trail tomorrow, then we pray for the next two to help us get the rest opened. This is the latest first grooming run since my time as trail master the past 11 years, and my grandfather as trail master the 6 years before that.
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