Snake Island, Ice conditions

Anyone out this far yet?

Didn't venture that far but would suggest that you use extreme caution an spud an cut your way out if you plan on going.

Hi Folks:

I heard that some of the year around occupants of Snake Island crossed the channel from the island to the mainland mid week.

I personally checked out the channel between the mainland and the island last weekend and I discovered where the channel was frozen over several days earlier - the entire channel was open water late last Saturday. Despite the extreme temperatures over the past week which would have been ideal for ice formation - I don't plan on joining the Polar Bear Club anything soon. I will be waiting for a few more cold days before venturing out on the ice in the Snake Island/Island Grove area.

I also checked to see if the ice hut operator in the Island Grove area was open and apparently they will be opening on January 4th. I suspect they are aware of the ice conditions in this area and I would suggest waiting for a few more days before testing Mother Nature.

One more comment - unless my memory fails me - I think the first week of January is probably one of the earliest starts to the hard water season in recent history. In fact, I recall being out on the open water in this area in early January more than one year in the past five years.

That's all for now, Nancy

It has been a while.