Winter Ice and Trail Conditons Report 12/20/2012

Voyageurs Nationl Park Winter Ice and Trail Conditons Report. Over the past week ice conditons have improved somewhat on the large lakes in the park. The green trail is currently open and staked from Frank's Bay on Rainy Lake to the Ash River Resort community. There are a few pressure ridges present on the Kabetogama Lake that have formed that create a safety hazard when travelling the lake surface. Use extreme caution when travelling away from the staked trail and be aware of the possibilty of encountering thin or rough ice, fish houses, and other snowmobilers. There has been insufficient ice found for travel on Rainy, Namaken and Sand Point Lakes, Travel on these lakes is not recommended. Ice checking in Vouyageurs National Park wil continue to occure and and update on ice conditions and snowmobile trail status will be reported early next week.

Ice Report 12/6/12

Ice Report 12/6/12 Well as of yesterday all of Sand Bay appears to be froze up with no ice cracks visable. There is one over by Atsokan Island runnning NW towards the 11 bridge. We have about 4" of ice around shore then roughly 1/2mi - 3/4mi out thickness varies. Travel is likey by this weekend, however proceed with caution! Swing into the Rainy Lake One Stop for your ice fishing necessities! We have gas, minnows, propane, tackle and your groceries! Good luck on the ice and always BE SAFE!