Trail conditions in Tug hill/adirondacks

Like bigparm said you will want to wait awhile before there is enough snow up there to really make the trip worth it. As for lodging I have stayed at Ridge-View in Lowville. Ridge View Lodge - Comfort, Clean, Pleasant Stay - Rooms and Suites - Lowville, NY (ridge-view.com) Rooms were a good price and it was a really nice place. Plenty of room to park trucks and trailers. Trail is right out back so can ride right from your room pretty much. They are really good to snowmobilers. Have some supplies for sleds behind the counter, great to talk about where to ride. I had really good luck staying there. When I go up just for a one day ride I parkt at the nice and easy gast station in constableville. But being you are doing a long road trip to get here I am guessing you would want to do more than just one day of riding.

snowguy6868 said:

I know it's early but our group wants to plan a trip to upstate New York this season, thinking tug hill area can anyone tell me where the best lodging, trail heads are should we venture out by ourselves or do a tour. Help please, we will be hauling from Wisconsin
Thanks,
Snowguy

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be sure to get a map, you don't need a guide but GPS would be nice if loaded with sled maps.it is signed better than it used to be but still is lacking in some areas, the snow can come down heavy at times so watch the weather, traveling after dark can be tricky in a squall, , Tughill has good riding during the week but if the rest of the state is low on snow the trails get pretty beat on weekends and guys ride pretty fast up there,Trail heads are all over, the best towns to unload are Redfield, (west side), Barnes Corners, (North side), West Lyden, (east side), Florence, (South side), I owned a camp there for 30 years, the area has a lot of trails, some nice scenery, and often has snow when no one else does, however, as I mentioned, weekends can be crazy, I take the 1st week in february off every year before presidents week (which brings a lot of traffic) and ride midweek and often only pass 20 sleds a day, grooming is good during the week, sometimes it will take a couple days to put it back together after a busy weekend but they do a good job, bars may be closed monday so it is good to go to a bigger town for lunch on that day, watch your gas, in certain areas it may be hard to find, best to ask other sledders when you head out about availabilty.
book your rooms now, they fill up all winter, Montaque Inn is right up in the deep snow and offers rooms, if you have ladies along and want something a little better than a back woods inn, try the Edge Hotel or the Beeches in Rome NY.
let it snow!!:sno: