11-25-2012, 05:09 AM
5" of clear ice is suppose to support a snowmobile( I wouldn't try it).
3" for a person and 12 for a car. Saw a suburban on Bear Lake once that drove over the pressure ridge with open water in spots on the SW corner. Stupid people. For me it is 4" min of clear ice and 5" if there are others that want to fish side by side IF I KNOW THE AREA. I have been on 1 1/2" in 2 'of water by shore and less that 2" of river ice in a rescue situation with a dry suit. lifejacket and about 500' of rope to a shore crew at night and that was spooky. I do not like ice in the spring that may be 8+' but it is soft ,milky color with cracks . Or places with underwater springs and thin ice spots like Pala
es and some places at Henrys.
I almost put a boat in at Ririe on Thanksgiving but the wind that morning changed my mind, then it stopped when I got to Idaho Falls.
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3" for a person and 12 for a car. Saw a suburban on Bear Lake once that drove over the pressure ridge with open water in spots on the SW corner. Stupid people. For me it is 4" min of clear ice and 5" if there are others that want to fish side by side IF I KNOW THE AREA. I have been on 1 1/2" in 2 'of water by shore and less that 2" of river ice in a rescue situation with a dry suit. lifejacket and about 500' of rope to a shore crew at night and that was spooky. I do not like ice in the spring that may be 8+' but it is soft ,milky color with cracks . Or places with underwater springs and thin ice spots like Pala
es and some places at Henrys.I almost put a boat in at Ririe on Thanksgiving but the wind that morning changed my mind, then it stopped when I got to Idaho Falls.
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