lake muskoka

Hey guys was just wondering how the ice conditions were on lake muskoka.

I will call the inlaws tomorrow to find out. I am getting itchy, but am a bit worried about how much snow is on the ice (if there is any ice yet), as it can slow things down a bit.

i check on friday and there was 2 inches in gravenhurst bay and 2 feet of snow and big lake was still open

The condition: The ice is bad and the snow is good.......

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Originally Posted by seabast

The condition: The ice is bad and the snow is good.......

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Yep stay off.. They've had some cold weather but the recent dumping of snow means it will be a while before the cold can get down into the ice and freeze more. It will be a slush factory too.

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Originally Posted by Fionn

Yep stay off.. They've had some cold weather but the recent dumping of snow means it will be a while before the cold can get down into the ice and freeze more. It will be a slush factory too.

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I crossed a fairly big pond yesterday while snowshoeing, the slush was as bad as it can get. The first ice on the big lakes won't be fun this year!

I am on Gowan Island just opposite where the Muskoka River enters Lake Muskoka. Yesterday morning the ice in our bay was 4`thick and the slush on top was almost frozen. Further out, in the main body of the lake, the ice was 2 1/2`thick with 3" of shush on that, covered by about 8" of snow. It seems to be slowly thickening by about 1/2" per night. I think that the only way we will get safe ice in the short term is for the slush to eventually freeze.

I just checked the ice again this morning. A few sketchy spots but overall the slush is freezing nicely and it may be walkable tomorrow (with extreme caution). If so I can get my trail to Indian Head marked and start packing down the snow and remaining slush so the trail can thicken up.

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Originally Posted by Bob T.

I just checked the ice again this morning. A few sketchy spots but overall the slush is freezing nicely and it may be walkable tomorrow (with extreme caution). If so I can get my trail to Indian Head marked and start packing down the snow and remaining slush so the trail can thicken up.

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Small world, I follow your marked trail every year to head back to the marina on dirty days. But i always wonderig If you are walking all the way to the marina at first ice, or you use an hovercraft? Seabast

Be careful out there bob, I checked the ice at the beach today and there was a inch of white ice, a layer of water and an inch of black ice which was covered in about 6" of snow.