How Crazy Is Our Weather?

With a more than 40 degree swing in our area weather -- between now and Saturday -- it’s shaping up to being another wacky winter. Just when we’ve almost finished complaining about the bitter cold and icy driveways, we are learning that it’s gonna rain all weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

And that forecast has already cancelled an event this Saturday. The Schroon-North Hudson Snowmobile Club has called off their Moonlight ride to Drakes Pond, where they were to have had a fire and hotdogs and marshmallows for kids.

It’s Sled & Ice Fishin’ Season in Schroon

Photo: Courtesy Witherbee's Carriage House

As Schroon Lakers know  -- our fair hamlet and its economy relies on several seasons --  which attracts visitors to our slice of paradise. And right now we are smack is in the middle of two seasons, which will bring a few more dollars into our community.

Both the Ice Fishing  and Snowmobile seasons are in full swing.

This past weekend we ran into sledders at Stewarts  (filling up their  gas containers) at the Fish and Game Club Bar and at Witherbee’s Carriage House, where we enjoyed a kick ass burger!
Witherbee’s, which is right on a snowmobile trail, has new earlier opening hours for the sledding crews.

And one ingenious invention that owner Bill Christian has come up with -- what we are calling the “Helmut Hutch” – is a place where sledders can place their helmets while they refuel.

We love it! Got Snowmobile or Ice Fishing news to share?  Let us know in our comments section or send us photos at schroonlaker@me.com