Lake Ice Conditions - May 15, 2015

During May 14, 2014 USFS flight the pilot was unable to see lakes north of Alice Lake so
conditions for some border lakes are not known. Another flight is scheduled for Thursday morning

West Side:

• Except for Snowbank, most lakes in the west zone are open.
• Moose Chain to Prairie all open. All of Basswood, Knife and Ensign are open.
• Kekekabic and Knife are open.
• Burntside is open.
• White Iron, Bear Island, and Shagawa are open.
• Snowbank has ice in the center and on the east side.
• Rivers are open.
• Lakes One through Four, Insula, and Alice are open.
• Up the Echo Trail: Jeanette L. and Big L. are open.

East Side: Lakes on the east side of the forest on the southern half are mostly open.

• Outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Crescent, Fourmile, Toohey, and Lichen are open.
• Mid- Trail and West Bearskin not open--slim chance of it opening by the weekend.
• Gunflint Lake open up to Magnetic Lake but there is still ice on the shores.
• Round Lake Open
• Missing Link Lake open
• Saganaga and Greenwood are NOT open.
• Seagull open
• Ham Lake open- Cross River and Cross Lake- open
• Probably nothing open yet in the Vento area (Daniels, Duncan)
• Bog, Quadga, Kawishiwi, Isabella, Koma, Malberg, Polly, and Perent Lakes are OPEN.

May 11, 2013 Ice Out Report from USFS

Superior National Forest Ice Update
Friday, May 11, 2013

US Forest Service Update
Today’s Safety Message:
• A personality change is a good indicator for hypothermia. When the loud person gets quiet or the quiet person gets loud, encourage them to take shelter and drink something hot.
• Wear your PFD.
• Ice packs may shift. Be prepared.

FS Pilot report—Information added from flight late Thursday afternoon:
• Fall Lake is mostly open.
• Newton is open.
• There was a very wide band of dark ice from west shore to east shore in the middle of Pipestone Bay of Basswood blocking passage north of Caribou Point.
• Ella Hall, Mud, Muskeg, Hula, and Wood are all open.
• Back Bay is mostly open.
• Wind Bay of Basswood is open but Wind Lake is 75% frozen.
• Moose Lake is mostly frozen but the ice is dark
• Sucker and Newfound are covered with mostly dark ice. These lakes have some open water around the edges.
• Little Gabbro is open. Gabbro is 80% frozen.
• The Kawishiwi River is open from Birch Lake to White Iron. From River Point the river is open up to Three Mile Lake but Three Mile Lake is frozen.
• North Kawishiwi River is mostly open. Lake One is open from the public access to Kawishiwi Lodge. There is a big chunk of ice in the northern half of the lake blocking passage. Insula, Alice, Fraser, and Thomas are frozen.
• Ensign is frozen but dark. Knife and Kek are frozen.
• Garden is 75% open. South Farm is 30% open and dark ice.
• Big Lake is frozen but may open in a day or two.
• The Nina Moose River (aka Moose/Portage River North) is open and Nina Moose Lake is about 80% open. Ramshead is only 40 % open. Stuart, Agnes, and Oyster are frozen.
• The Little Indian Sioux River is open but the Pauness Lakes are only 50% open.
• Dumbell, Sawbill, Isabella, Sawbill, and Kawishiwi Lakes and most lakes of any size on the east half of the forest are still frozen.