Midwest Ice Conditions 15/16 season
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Wyalusing is good to go, both along the River and in the Quarry. |
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Thanks Jon, I am planning to be there this Sunday... |
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jon jugenheimer wrote:Damn that's fat! How much rain did you guys get Woodchuck?About 1.3 on my rain gauge...I see that pic above and although I'm one who was always eager to climb up between rotten ice,,,it looks a pretty far stretch from last chunk up to the top. Our homegrown' ice was still up yesterday,,,in bits and pieces, could be down by end of weekend if it stays warm all today. Done is done I guess. |
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Make sure to enable google satellite map overlay. This info is from the county assessor, about as accurate as you can get. Here is a screenshot of the road crossing, the railroad right-of-way stays consistently at this boundary through the park. Perhaps someone with some better skills can derive what the width of the right of way is. BNSF ROW |
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Conditions at gov dodge, Stephens falls area... best in the last 3 years I've been going there |
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Cox hollow, not so great. Small climbable sections but you'll be battling a stream on the left side and rain thinned parts on the right |
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Not good news on this. That triangular parcel of land immediately between road X and the tracks is owned by "BNSF Railway Co." |
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Heard some clarification from the group that was escorted out by the sheriff. He told them you generally need to stay > 25 feet from the center line of the tracks. |
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Any recent activity at G-dodge or Wyalusing? |
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Bump... Is there any hope of getting any last gasps ice at gdodge this weekend? Munising is also an option... if anyone knows what the status is up there. |
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Jon, check the MI ice fest Facebook page and blog for conditions at munising. Bill does a really good job keeping the updates flowing all season long. |
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I'm with Jon J on the G-Dodge speculation. I haven't been recently, but I live about 30 minutes North of the park, and I'd say there is virtually zero chance of ice there (or Wyalusing for that matter). |
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I was at Gov Dodge on Sunday to boulder. A little bit of snow on the ground and most water had just a think layer of ice. It was 52 deg and honestly didnt even expect to see any snow. Didn't look for ice climbing conditions and it didnt even occur that it was still a possiblity. |