The Ice Scoop
May 8th, 2008 | News | 0 Comments
We're not sure how much experience the USFS ice predictor has, but from his eyes, this is what he saw on May 8th when he flew over the BWCA.
ICE STATUS as of 1530, Thursday, May 8, 2008 ICE FREE Alpine, Banadad, Brant, Crocodile, Cross River to Long Island, Iron, Jap, Little Saganaga, Missing Link, Moon, Ogishkemuncie, Portage, Round, Sawbill, Tucker, Two Island SOME ICE REMAINING Alton, Cherokee, East Bearskin, Flour, Frost, Hungry Jack, Kimball, Little Trout, Meeds, Mink, Seagull (especially on western end), Swan FROZEN Bearskin, Birch, Brule, Clearwater, Davis, Duncan, Elbow, Gabimichigami, Gaskin, Gillis, Greenwood, Kemo, Loon, Mayhew, McFarland, Musquash/Misquah, North Fowl, Pine, Poplar, Rose, Saganaga (quite frozen, according to the pilot), South Fowl, Trout, east of Kimball Lake Campground), Tuscarora, Winchell The pilot feels that things will change quickly with the exception of the eastern side of the Gunflint Trail (Clearwater, Greenwood, Duncan, Pine, etc). Posted by the Boundary Waters Blog Lady of Voyageur Canoe Outfitters
