01-07-2019, 06:17 PM
Icy with blowing snow right now, even though the sun is out. Wind is howling, so it broke up the ice that was on the lake. Frozen solid from Swim Beach north, and the canyon mouth/cut-through. You can't get to the Pipeline or points north. Wind will probably keep it open until tonight or tomorrow night. There was ice in the north part of Swim Beach Saturday morning before the wind.
You'll need chains for the ramp for now. Will probably thaw by late week except for that last 20 or 30 feet where everybody (not me) jerks their trailer out of the water before most of the water runs off of it, thereby icing up the lower part of the ramp. The "right" way this time of year is to slowly pull the trailer out and let a lot of the water drain back into the lake for a minute or two, not do a drag race from the ramp to the lot. But I have chains, so nothing is keeping me out except a frozen lake. Its close.
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You'll need chains for the ramp for now. Will probably thaw by late week except for that last 20 or 30 feet where everybody (not me) jerks their trailer out of the water before most of the water runs off of it, thereby icing up the lower part of the ramp. The "right" way this time of year is to slowly pull the trailer out and let a lot of the water drain back into the lake for a minute or two, not do a drag race from the ramp to the lot. But I have chains, so nothing is keeping me out except a frozen lake. Its close.
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