01-25-2005, 02:49 PM
This is a strange ice year up there. We had the late ice up, and then right after that all the big snow, so it weighed the ice down, it cracked/got drilled, and all the water got up into the snow and formed the evil 12" slush layer, now finally the slush layer is all frozen. So there is 8-12" of that white ice...but it isn't the usual rotten white ice, it is really quite solid. Then there is about 6-10 inches of clear ice under that. We didn't find any slush area at all, unlike Saturday over in CCE. It is plenty safe for your sled. There are a couple of those big pressure ridges right at Haws, so stay close to land on the one, and just go over the edge of Haws on the other, and you wont have any problems. I went over one of the ridges and broke through a little, but I think it was just an intermediate ice/water layer, and I wasn't in any real danger, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Sugarbear, as of yesterday you could quite easily get a 2WD machine out there. I didn't see any areas of snow that were more than about 3" deep. If we get any snow this week, it might be much more difficult.
Pat, you sir are the man!
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Sugarbear, as of yesterday you could quite easily get a 2WD machine out there. I didn't see any areas of snow that were more than about 3" deep. If we get any snow this week, it might be much more difficult.
Pat, you sir are the man!
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