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The technical answer is easy to find with Google: https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-lake-effect-snow Here is a sample of what and where I grew up with: Cold winds blowing in the prevailing wind directions from the relatively warm unfrozen Great Lakes pick up moisture during the fetch...

Years ago, at the military base where I worked we got a new commander who had never been stationed at a northern base before. When we got our first inch and not much more of a snowfall in his first November, he declared an emergency and closed the base and everyone stayed home from work. Of...

Same here. I grew up and have returned to now live on the western side of the Adirondacks and my daughter now lives on the eastern side. I have a small one room cabin that I inherited from my father in the heart of Tug Hill lake effect snow country, where my parents grew up and we used to fish...

For 30 years I was on the permanent instructor team staff to teach an 8-day high adventure wilderness guide trek leader program certification course at BSA National Camping School in the Adirondacks. It involves leading youth (and adults), on five-day canoe camping and backpacking trips. Our...

Most canoe races these days require wearing of a PFD at all times during the race. Their insurance policy requires it. Many states, mine included, require everyone in small boats to wear one from 1 November to 1 May, and 100% of the year for youth under age 12. During the Adirondack 90-mile...

As a dedicated single blade paddler, I have a number of solo canoes that I prefer to have installed an elevated seat. In my old first gen Placidboat Rapidfire with a trim moveable race seat, I normally sit upon gel pads to raise me up a bit. When I ordered my new Shadow, Joe Moore tried to...

As a canoe racer with what I feel is a rather efficient power stroke (most often from the bow seat), I do not detect any hesitation when planting the catch. It is natural to perfectly match the movement of the paddle during placement to match the relative flow of the water as the boat speeds...

Yeah, as a side benefit it may also make a great lightning rod.

My carbon fiber canoes absolutely do diminish satellite radio reception when travelilng in areaas where I do not otherwise have the problem, either with bare roof, wood, or with Kevlar. Quite annoying on longer trips, but there is nothing I can do about it.The conductivity of the carbon...

In defense of my previous less than positive comments about the "traditional" gunwale pry when doing the J, what I usually tend to do is not normally a full or forceful J. My quick correction solo cruising/power stroke is a combination of a pitch stroke, which is essentially a very early J...

I find that the most single blade power transfer from body to paddle to water to canoe happens with force in the first 14-18 inches afer a a proper catch, beyond that it is just follow-through to recovery immediately behind the hip and the a quick snap to the catch. Focus on initial power. I...

I can see that the canoe is well heeled over on the paddling side and that your hip (is likely on a) bench seat is right up to the gunwale. I like that. However, the banging on every stroke of the paddle blade against the hull would drive me nuts as well as mark up your canoe. A neighboring...

-14F both weekend nights at my western Adirondack Lake. I walked out on the ice for the first time this season with only a couple of inches of snow cover on the surface. Most times there is a foot or more of snow on top of water overflow on top of the ice. Overflow will instantly freeze to...

Five years ago, I built a nice new 3 bedroom cottage (plus a sleeping loft) on five dry wooded acres on a small private association owned no-motors allowed lake in the western Adirondacks. I have a good 40 year combined civilian government pension, a 22 year military pension, and social security...

Apart from the obvious meaning of the original lyrics about failure to communicate with one another, even in the age long before cell phones, after viewing the Disturbed version and the many sometimes emotional reaction and analysis videos, I have come to believe that the lyrics could well be...

In my part of the world (Adirondacks), there are several outfitters who have C3 and C4 canoes for rent. I do not own either of those myself, but I do rent a C4 for the 90-miler each year, or paddle in one or another that one of my Yukon partners actually own. most of my fleet consists of either...

When I started canoe racing in 1997, at age 46, I paddled bow seat with colleagues from work in a 34' custom built cedar strip voyageur canoe (war canoe at the time). I paddled that boat for seven years with a few wins, in the Adirondack 90-mile race until my then much younger team mates moved...

3 seater canoes have been around for a while. Wenonah makes a "C3" (20-foot Minnesota-3) that I have often seen in the Adirondack 90 mile canoe race. I think they were first really meant for families who put a youth in the middle seat for tripping. Similarly solos are C1, tandem canoes are...

I can't help but to compare that thought to most people who walk on city streets or even on paths in the woods and see others go into the backcountry but they do not for whatever reason desire to spend time with a backpack on to bother camping, setting up a tent, or learning to build a...

Acorn whimsy, acornwhimsy.com A guy and his wife produce art using tiny acorn people he makes from tiny sticks and acorns in various outdoor settings and poses. I found them at a large village festival vending their art. This canoeist is paddling on a lake in Glacier National Park. I also have...