Lake Wingra was frozen

[bmintz]

   
   
What should be in an ice report
« on: October 29, 2006, 05:29:04 AM »
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Sample Ice Report,  Copy and paste this, then fill in the blanks.  Thanks for a great report!

Date and time of report: 12/1/13

Ice Location: Lake Wingra   Nearest town Madison

Ice thickness:  Report thinnest ice checked!  Not Drilled.  3"  Visual

                   This ice HAS NOT been sailed
    Rating:  Glass smooth black ice  Grin 10  9  8  Cool 7  6   5 Undecided 4  3  2  Cry 1    Rough with hazards or deep drifts  8  GRIN

Snow cover:  How deep:                5   % covered:                   Drifts: 1"
Tell us more about the snow:

Ice quality:  How smooth, how hard: very smooth, very hard
Known hazards and dangerous areas:

How big: 1/2 x 1/2 mile

Where to get on the ice: Vilas Park

What is nearby:  How far to a hotel, food, drink or hot tub?  What town?  Madison WI

 
Report posted by:  Bill Mintz

I am not an ice checker.  I walked out on the ice with a group of skaters.  It was smooth, hard, and without holes.  We heard little cracking.   I would have felt comfortable sailing.

[searnest]

measured 3" at a drilled hole at the Wingra Sailing Center landing on saturday morning. NOT sailed.