Official 2013-14 Ice-In Thread

MAXUM · 01-04-2014, 11:21 PM

Took a walk out to my place this morning from sheps... yes this time the camera came with... I also put three holes in the ice one at about 20 foot off shore, then about 100 then about 500. All were showing 4-5" not enough for me to feel comfortable enough to take the sleds, so walking it was.....

MAXUM · 01-04-2014, 11:26 PM

Ah finally hit the western shore of BI, that steam is coming off a little open water around the dock, ice eater hard at work. It was a mere -5 but of all the pics I took today this one is the money shot. Guess these the iphone is good for something, taking pictures!

We had a tree - a mature one at that get snapped, I guess the winds there got pretty bad. Oh well next time I head out there will bring the chain saw.

There were quite a few that got uprooted too. Pretty amazing. Snow was pretty deep on the island. Close to 2 foot deep.

MAXUM · 01-04-2014, 11:32 PM

After that took the sleds out for a ride up the castle trail and out into ossipee and Madison. Trails were in pretty good shape, but the best of course is the view from atop Mt Shaw....

Was a real pretty day out today albeit was cold. Still rather be out there enjoying it than sitting inside all day!

MAXUM · 01-04-2014, 11:35 PM

Oh and one more thing, the parking lot at Sheps was NOT plowed, could be that it will be later but is not as of today

MAXUM · 01-05-2014, 12:03 AM

Well I got to thinking, ya know leave it to me to screw up taking pictures... everyone can probably use a little laugh at my expense, and I'm still not sure how I did this, but my fingers were really cold and I'm trying to take a picture and what do you know the darn thing takes a picture of me instead. I'm still not sure how I did it - guess one of these days I should read the directions on how to use that stupid thing! Never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer

mikea · 01-05-2014, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MAXUM

Well I got to thinking, ya know leave it to me to screw up taking pictures... everyone can probably use a little laugh at my expense, and I'm still not sure how I did this, but my fingers were really cold and I'm trying to take a picture and what do you know the darn thing takes a picture of me instead. I'm still not sure how I did it - guess one of these days I should read the directions on how to use that stupid thing! Never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer

Thanks for all the superb pictures (with possibly one exception

) and information... really appreciated as was remembering to take the image capture device!

JB Long Island · 01-05-2014, 08:46 AM

Also cut holes yesterday, honest 6in of ice off Wildwood beautiful sunset.
Maxum- I believe my son and I were the two guys at the top of Mt Shaw alongside you yesterday - small world.

BKIceFish · 01-05-2014, 10:33 AM

I'm BoulderBronco's brother and just registered here. Enjoy reading everyone's thoughts. I was able to easily get out onto Meredith Bay (about halfway from Eagle Island to the Town Docks kinda by Sachem Cove) with my snowmobile and Auger. Consistent 6-7" of ice everywhere I checked although admittedly I did not venture out far. And yes i checked many depths of ice on foot before bringing the sled out. Had a great day on the ice. As did Mrs BK and our little one (for about 10 minutes). Never too young to get on the ice!

MAXUM · 01-05-2014, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JB Long Island

Also cut holes yesterday, honest 6in of ice off Wildwood beautiful sunset.
Maxum- I believe my son and I were the two guys at the top of Mt Shaw alongside you yesterday - small world.

Awesome! I hope you had a good day riding we certainly did. Perfect weekend to get out there and enjoy the great outdoors.

CAVU · 01-05-2014, 11:54 PM

Talked to a guy, I guess around Suissevale/States landing, the ice is 2 1/2 ft thick.. Depending on the conditions tomorrow I may take the hand auger out and see for myself..

chipj29 · 01-06-2014, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CAVU

Talked to a guy, I guess around Suissevale/States landing, the ice is 2 1/2 ft thick.. Depending on the conditions tomorrow I may take the hand auger out and see for myself..

2 1/2 feet? 30"? I find that hard to believe.

Blue Thunder · 01-06-2014, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by chipj29

2 1/2 feet? 30"? I find that hard to believe.

me too.....

Merrymeeting · 01-06-2014, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by chipj29

2 1/2 feet? 30"? I find that hard to believe.

Has it ever been anything more than about 18"?

steve c · 01-06-2014, 11:45 AM

over 3 ft.............1988

mikea · 01-06-2014, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by CAVU

Talked to a guy, I guess around Suissevale/States landing, the ice is 2 1/2 ft thick.. Depending on the conditions tomorrow I may take the hand auger out and see for myself..

Was this guy a 'fisherman' by any chance ...

CAVU · 01-06-2014, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mikea

Was this guy a 'fisherman' by any chance ...

hahaha, he is.. It was at States landing, they actually drilled close to the beach to gauge the depth and the hit the sand first. Frozen to the bottom. I want to go out and drill some holes and see for myself. I was going to go today but, its just miserable out. Dangerous driving too, I went past a car at states landing and shannon brook, the guy went off the road, nearly into the brook!! they we're towing him out and doing some heavy duty sanding.. I'll go tomorrow, I will report back and post pics for proof... FYI, it has frozen up this area since around thanksgiving, It may not be that far fetched..

MAXUM · 01-06-2014, 01:12 PM

All the more reason for folks to be careful out there, it may very well be 2.5 feet thick in one place yet areas in the broads are still open water. To many assume oh it's plenty good here and expect that to be the case across the board. Those are usually the ones that end up in the drink!

CrownRay · 01-06-2014, 05:20 PM

So, what's the early prognosis on the Pond Hockey event? Looks like it should be good to go this year on Meredith bay? Always a great weekend!

FLAG! · 01-06-2014, 05:25 PM

This weather is driving me crazy. I'm finally getting to head to Wolfeboro to do a little riding and maybe some ice fishing. Now we get 50+ degrees and rain (here in central mass). I know it's going to get cold again, but should I be worried about the trails losing what snow they had or is the base solid enough to survive a day of warmth and water?

Also, has anyone seen ice houses or snowmobiles on the lake in Wolfeboro?

tis · 01-06-2014, 05:37 PM

It doesn't look good. The lake looks like it is going to be mostly ice now and I bet the trails are thin although I don't know that. The rain did a number on the snow.

HellRaZoR004 · 01-06-2014, 06:09 PM

The freeze tonight is going to be great for ice skating....not so much for liquid cooled sled

Bear Island South · 01-08-2014, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by HellRaZoR004

The freeze tonight is going to be great for ice skating....not so much for liquid cooled sled

Looks like we will have to strap the skates on to get over to the island.

hilltopper · 01-07-2014, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by FLAG!

This weather is driving me crazy. I'm finally getting to head to Wolfeboro to do a little riding and maybe some ice fishing. Now we get 50+ degrees and rain (here in central mass). I know it's going to get cold again, but should I be worried about the trails losing what snow they had or is the base solid enough to survive a day of warmth and water?

From what I can see the trails in Meredith held their base...still all white with no/very little brown to be seen. If you had a fan cooled sled with a studded track you could probably ride today. If not you will probably want to wait for a few inches of snow (which I don't see in the forecast anytime soon).

ghfromaltonbay · 01-07-2014, 01:24 PM

Glad to see the snow and ice are holding on the trails and the lake. Hard to believe, but today it's actually colder here in NJ. Right now it's 8 degrees in Clifton and the WeirsCam is showing 11. We were at 55 around 1 am on Monday and the temps plummeted to 28 by 9 pm that evening. This a.m. we hit a low of 6 before dawn. No wonder our newspaper had an article about "the experts" changing the term of "global warming" to "climate change".

Merrymeeting · 01-07-2014, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ghfromaltonbay

Glad to see the snow and ice are holding on the trails and the lake.

While the trails may still have some hardpack base, don't assume the lake does. It is actually amazing how much snow was lost yesterday, especially on the ice. Most lake areas are now in great shape for skating, but not so much for riding.

The lake is mostly solid ice right now.

Blue Thunder · 01-05-2014, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MAXUM

Well I got to thinking, ya know leave it to me to screw up taking pictures... everyone can probably use a little laugh at my expense, and I'm still not sure how I did this, but my fingers were really cold and I'm trying to take a picture and what do you know the darn thing takes a picture of me instead. I'm still not sure how I did it - guess one of these days I should read the directions on how to use that stupid thing! Never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer

Well Maxum, that picture would be considered a "selfie" which is the rage on Twitter these days....you are more progressive than you give yourself credit for.

BT

Slickcraft · 01-05-2014, 01:22 PM

Well just down the road from the point looking over the motel. The often last to freeze section between the point and Welch has a small area that has the appearance of open water. More likely it froze over last night in the calm cold air but at over 1/2 mile away it is hard to tell.

I suppose that I should have walked out to check, it just didn't occur to me at the time.

Blue Thunder · 01-05-2014, 01:55 PM

Here is an excellent view of where the ice situation stands looking from space.
Winnipesaukee in the center and Sebago Lake to the right.
BT

NYCtoLSP · 01-05-2014, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

Here is an excellent view of where the ice situation stands looking from space.
Winnipesaukee in the center and Sebago Lake to the right.
BT

I know! I was looking at that image today too and thought that there must still be a lot of open water out there. Too bad none of the webcams are focused in those areas.

01-04-2014, 11:21 PM	#1
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Took a walk out to my place this morning from sheps... yes this time the camera came with... I also put three holes in the ice one at about 20 foot off shore, then about 100 then about 500. All were showing 4-5" not enough for me to feel comfortable enough to take the sleds, so walking it was..... Attached Images

01-04-2014, 11:26 PM	#2
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Ah finally hit the western shore of BI, that steam is coming off a little open water around the dock, ice eater hard at work. It was a mere -5 but of all the pics I took today this one is the money shot. Guess these the iphone is good for something, taking pictures! We had a tree - a mature one at that get snapped, I guess the winds there got pretty bad. Oh well next time I head out there will bring the chain saw. There were quite a few that got uprooted too. Pretty amazing. Snow was pretty deep on the island. Close to 2 foot deep. Attached Images Last edited by MAXUM; 01-04-2014 at 11:57 PM.

01-04-2014, 11:32 PM	#3
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	After that took the sleds out for a ride up the castle trail and out into ossipee and Madison. Trails were in pretty good shape, but the best of course is the view from atop Mt Shaw.... Was a real pretty day out today albeit was cold. Still rather be out there enjoying it than sitting inside all day! Attached Images

01-04-2014, 11:35 PM	#4
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Oh and one more thing, the parking lot at Sheps was NOT plowed, could be that it will be later but is not as of today Attached Images

01-05-2014, 12:03 AM	#5
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Well I got to thinking, ya know leave it to me to screw up taking pictures... everyone can probably use a little laugh at my expense, and I'm still not sure how I did this, but my fingers were really cold and I'm trying to take a picture and what do you know the darn thing takes a picture of me instead. I'm still not sure how I did it - guess one of these days I should read the directions on how to use that stupid thing! Never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer Attached Images

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01-05-2014, 08:46 AM	#7
JB Long Island Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 29 Thanks: 8 Thanked 8 Times in 3 Posts	Also cut holes yesterday, honest 6in of ice off Wildwood beautiful sunset. Maxum- I believe my son and I were the two guys at the top of Mt Shaw alongside you yesterday - small world.

01-05-2014, 10:33 AM	#8
BKIceFish Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Meredith Bay conditions I'm BoulderBronco's brother and just registered here. Enjoy reading everyone's thoughts. I was able to easily get out onto Meredith Bay (about halfway from Eagle Island to the Town Docks kinda by Sachem Cove) with my snowmobile and Auger. Consistent 6-7" of ice everywhere I checked although admittedly I did not venture out far. And yes i checked many depths of ice on foot before bringing the sled out. Had a great day on the ice. As did Mrs BK and our little one (for about 10 minutes). Never too young to get on the ice! Attached Images

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01-05-2014, 11:54 PM	#10
CAVU Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 98 Thanks: 0 Thanked 41 Times in 19 Posts	Talked to a guy, I guess around Suissevale/States landing, the ice is 2 1/2 ft thick.. Depending on the conditions tomorrow I may take the hand auger out and see for myself..

01-06-2014, 11:45 AM	#14
steve c Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cow Isl Posts: 46 Thanks: 84 Thanked 40 Times in 14 Posts	over 3 ft.............1988

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01-06-2014, 01:12 PM	#17
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	All the more reason for folks to be careful out there, it may very well be 2.5 feet thick in one place yet areas in the broads are still open water. To many assume oh it's plenty good here and expect that to be the case across the board. Those are usually the ones that end up in the drink!

01-06-2014, 05:20 PM	#18
CrownRay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Medford MA/Blackcat Island Posts: 148 Thanks: 0 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Pond Hockey So, what's the early prognosis on the Pond Hockey event? Looks like it should be good to go this year on Meredith bay? Always a great weekend! __________________ "The ocean (or lake) itself is not dangerous, it's the hard stuff around the edges that will kill you."

01-06-2014, 05:25 PM	#19
FLAG! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upton, MA Posts: 112 Thanks: 44 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts	This weather is driving me crazy. I'm finally getting to head to Wolfeboro to do a little riding and maybe some ice fishing. Now we get 50+ degrees and rain (here in central mass). I know it's going to get cold again, but should I be worried about the trails losing what snow they had or is the base solid enough to survive a day of warmth and water? Also, has anyone seen ice houses or snowmobiles on the lake in Wolfeboro?

01-06-2014, 05:37 PM	#20
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,766 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	It doesn't look good. The lake looks like it is going to be mostly ice now and I bet the trails are thin although I don't know that. The rain did a number on the snow.

01-06-2014, 06:09 PM	#21
HellRaZoR004 Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Litchfield/Gilford Posts: 828 Thanks: 233 Thanked 224 Times in 131 Posts	The freeze tonight is going to be great for ice skating....not so much for liquid cooled sled

01-07-2014, 01:24 PM	#24
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 829 Thanks: 255 Thanked 225 Times in 131 Posts	Colder in NJ Glad to see the snow and ice are holding on the trails and the lake. Hard to believe, but today it's actually colder here in NJ. Right now it's 8 degrees in Clifton and the WeirsCam is showing 11. We were at 55 around 1 am on Monday and the temps plummeted to 28 by 9 pm that evening. This a.m. we hit a low of 6 before dawn. No wonder our newspaper had an article about "the experts" changing the term of "global warming" to "climate change".

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01-05-2014, 01:55 PM	#28
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