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Originally Posted by Webbsatwinni
Learning it by traveling to Rattlesnake and seeing people get bitten by them, ice ridges.
While you can't pinpoint where, there look to be typical locations that they form. They blend in and at the last minute you see them, we only go at night where we already traveled in daylight so we can know where they are before we hit them in the dark.
And everyone has to have the picks around their neck before we head out.
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Just thinking safety....
I don't know how feasible a task this might be. I can't help but to put an idea out here and maybe others can expand on it.
Where these ice ridges form could a 'construction zone' type of blinking yellow (or what ever color that would be visible out there) light be attached to a floating device similar to a truck tire inner tube? The reason for the floating inner tube would be for lack of access to the location later in the season. Come ice out the unit will float and can be recovered by boat or where ever it beaches itself. The units could be numbered, and/or attach a LoJack device to them for tracking there recovery. Any open water areas could get one with an anchor for use as a deterrent from that area.
Another thought or question I had while reading this, are the names of areas mentioned as hazardous. As a novice boater, I have a hard time knowing the names of areas on the lake, as well as islands and such. Many here are pros and very familiar with the lake. Are the extended members of the snowmobiling community able to identify the areas by the descriptions listed above? As a part time boater I use excellent maps of the lake. Are there snowmobiling maps that offer trail inlets and marked known hazards? ( I suppose this thread already answers the map thought)
I realize on the lake, every day is different from the last, but the mentioned areas that are DO NOT go there, could be shaded as, don't even think about it!
I hope you all have great season!!!!