Any ice on Pineview?

[Springbuck1]

Who manages this and why are they allowed to close it fi is public?

From May through September it is under contract by Utah Recreation Company.  From October through April, it is controled by the US Forest Service who owns it.  According to the the Ogden Ranger District Manager, there has been an extreme amount of vandialism and trashing of facilities in the winter and they don't have a full roster of staff to allow for proper upkeep in the winter.  Their words folks - not mine.

Machine access is non-existant at the present time.  Walk on access is very limited with almost all vehicle parking areas having their gates locked.  The Browning point walk-on access from Stringtown Rd (N 5900 E, Eden, UT) and possibly the Windsurfer Beach trail head (Utah Hwy 158) may be two that will still be open this winter.  A third possibility is the Pineview Beach area in the Middle Inlet area.  There is a parking lot there that didn't have a closed gate last Monday but I don't believe it is ever plowed and the walk to fishable ice from there is long.

Springbuck1 - railing against the contracter is useless as they are just there in the softwater season and have no say in winter closures.  That responsibility is 100% with the US Forest Service management.  I doubt you will find a willing ear to voice your concerns to, but if you feel you must, you might want to start with your Utah Federal Congressional members.  Utah Recreation Compnay could care less what happens when they aren't running the place and they are never hurting for willing customers in the summer months when they run the place.

If you are interested, the Ogden Ranger District put out this Recreation Update on Nov 30, 2021 that shows all the closures for the winter season.

Update

For me, Pineview is a lost cause for ice fishing.  If I can't use my SnowDog to get around, I have no interest in going there.  If you enjoy the walk-on approach, best of luck to you.  I look forward to seeing your reports.  Why do we have to put up with parking restrictions on tax-payer land. 

The French would dump piles of steaming fish guts on the Forest Service parking lots, and show some soludarity until the "government" started acting right. Perhaps the Constitution should also guarantee the right to bear angle-grinders. 

I've never, ever even SEEN a Ranger there in the last 30 years, just DWR. The only vandalism was some trash because they wouldn't leave and service garbage l dumpsters or keep a bathroom open.  If fishing Cemetery Point, rhe nearest bathroom is literally 20 minutes away, if you have to walk back to the car a ways. 

It's their own fault.  We talked about this last year, and I still believe the contractor COULD leave some parking open if they cared to be bothered.