Just curious if the locals think the lakes are safe yet?
I know I saw tracks going across Lake Francis New Years eve weekend and thought who ever did it was nuts..
What about first lake?
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Are the Lakes safe yet?
Started by swankzr, Jan 07 2008 09:20 AM
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:41 AM
swankzr, on Jan 7 2008, 09:20 AM, said:
Just curious if the locals think the lakes are safe yet?
I know I saw tracks going across Lake Francis New Years eve weekend and thought who ever did it was nuts..
What about first lake?
I know I saw tracks going across Lake Francis New Years eve weekend and thought who ever did it was nuts..
What about first lake?
Safe and "been on it", are two totally different things. Just don't let go of the flipper until you're on the other side.
Hopefully someone has measured the ice recently. This warm-up doesn't help any.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 01:20 PM
swankzr, on Jan 7 2008, 09:20 AM, said:
...Just curious if the locals think the lakes are safe yet?...
This "local" says the lakes are plenty safe for him.... 
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 01:56 PM
A friend of mine took 5 measurements of 1st lake last friday,
he said 4 inches of ice at best, YET there were sleds riding the lake as he drilled holes.
he said 4 inches of ice at best, YET there were sleds riding the lake as he drilled holes.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:30 PM
dualmass, on Jan 7 2008, 01:56 PM, said:
A friend of mine took 5 measurements of 1st lake last friday,
he said 4 inches of ice at best, YET there were sleds riding the lake as he drilled holes.
he said 4 inches of ice at best, YET there were sleds riding the lake as he drilled holes.
http://www.mass.gov/.../ice_safety.htm
5" Snowmobile or ATV
http://www.mass.gov/.../dfw/dfwice.htm
3" Group, in single file
Of course I wouldn't want to go near any inlets out outlets for a while still.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:55 PM
Some friends of our cut a swimming hole ( New Years SWIM!!! ) He had a 10" depth on New Years. Townhouse pond Milton. This was in a cove so I don't know if the larger lakes are ready yet though.
) He had a 10" depth on New Years. Townhouse pond Milton. This was in a cove so I don't know if the larger lakes are ready yet though.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 03:19 PM
1FastCookie, on Jan 7 2008, 02:55 PM, said:
Some friends of our cut a swimming hole ( New Years SWIM!!! ) He had a 10" depth on New Years. Townhouse pond Milton. This was in a cove so I don't know if the larger lakes are ready yet though.
) He had a 10" depth on New Years. Townhouse pond Milton. This was in a cove so I don't know if the larger lakes are ready yet though.#9
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 03:51 PM
On the other side of the coin, as me & the misses were heading south on 19 yesterday we saw several sleds had taken a ride out on to the north end of Silver Lake in the afternoon (no tracks there when we went north in the morning). Both sleds quickly turned around and came back ashore apparently due to soft conditions as both sled tracks had filled with water!
Same goes for the northwest end of Ossipee Lake, still open water and plenty of gray ice only a couple of hundred feet out from shore....thank gosh none of the local throttle jockies have attempted the crossing over to the east side yet!
I am sure there are some safe bodies of water scattered about, but at least in central NH a lot of the usual spots are still very tricky, to say the least.
Same goes for the northwest end of Ossipee Lake, still open water and plenty of gray ice only a couple of hundred feet out from shore....thank gosh none of the local throttle jockies have attempted the crossing over to the east side yet!
I am sure there are some safe bodies of water scattered about, but at least in central NH a lot of the usual spots are still very tricky, to say the least.
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