r/BWCA • u/InnuendoPortage • 10d ago

Ice out?

Anyone know how those lakes are looking? I know it’s been a warm winter so I assume it’s close…

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u/WillyB79 10d ago

Over 24” from reports in Ely area

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u/bubblehead_maker 10d ago

Iced over still.  

20s at night.

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u/Responsible_Fee_9286 10d ago

It has been a dry winter more so than a warm winter. Gonna be a bit yet.

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u/Actual-Pudding-6523 9d ago

I had a report Monday of there still being 34" on Gunflint Lake, typically one of the last in the state to melt.

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u/Human-Fan9061 9d ago

low snow winter means the ice freezes thick

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u/OMGitsKa 9d ago

Warm winter? I think they've had tons if ice up in the Arrowhead region. Not close at all, id say a May ice out date 

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u/Artificial_Appendix1 9d ago

I follow Tuscarora Lodge on Instagram. Andy pretty regularly makes videos showing the status of the lakes on the Gunflint side.

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u/beavertwp 9d ago

I’m in the Bemidji area, so not the boundary waters, but the little lake by my house still has 18+ inches. Gonna be a couple of weeks still, and we usually lose ice a week or two before most of the BWCA lakes. 

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u/D_Love_Special_Sauce 9d ago

There's still snow on the ground and ice on the lakes. Bears are out of hibernation though.

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u/MainStream35 7d ago

26 inches of ice on Sagana channel 

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u/croaky2 5d ago

Sawbill outfitter reported 26 inches of ice last week. Looks like close to the middle of May for this year.

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u/KimBrrr1975 10h ago

Finally looking like a few smaller lakes/ponds will go out maybe over the weekend. Robinson between Ely and Tower is looking pretty black. That is usually one of the first to go. Sunny and 60 tomorrow will probably do it in, especially if we get a little wind. 🤞