Weather forecast up until May 1 is looking good: Double digits 12 out of 14 days and above zero nights 12 of 14 nights.

Any of the the glass half empty (and rightly so, not taking shots at anyone lol) coming around on a possible May 3rd open? Or I guess I should say May 3rd Ice Out and hopefully Park Management gets their heads outta you know where and opens that weekend haha

Hope the cabin fever is breaking for everyone!

Hmmm, various patches of green showing through on yesterday's last image. Somewhat encouraging, despite the doom and gloom that seems to emanate through every FOAP update. 

https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.php?region=g&page=1&template=sub&image=a1.19107.1807.CIS_Great_Lakes.143.250m.jpg

I'll bring a hair dryer, but you'll have to bring the 15 kilometers of extension cord. 

captainchaos2000 wrote:

May 3rd is good.  I’m booked on the 10th for a 7 night solo.

I'm booked for the 10th as well. Getting a little nervous!

Opening day has been officially pushed back to May 3. It feels like even that might be optimistic. Sigh.

AlgonquinLakes wrote:

Opening day has been officially pushed back to May 3. It feels like even that might be optimistic. Sigh.

 

Where do you read this?

we're getting closer!  just read this post on another social media page (not my info, just sharing): Here's an ice out update for everyone who's just as eager as me to go on a spring canoe trip.
Walked in to Source Lake today (hwy 60 km 20). Snow cover in bush varies from none on exposed South facing areas to knee deep where it's shaded. Either way the snow is very soft and melting fast. Lots of flowing surface water as well.
Now for the ice. Still covering the whole lake, but leads (open water) are forming along the shores. The ice itself is very soft on top. Walking around, I often sunk 6" deep in my rain boots.
With an auger I unfortunately still measured about 24" (2ft) of ice, but there's good news. The top 16" (about the length of the black auger fins) is very soft and cut through in 10 turns. This ice has been internally melting from all the rain and runoff etc. The bottom 8" however is much harder and is still solid clear blue ice. A block sample from mid February also measured 24" of ice so whatever formed after then has already melted away, including the top snow layer.
Driving in there was also lots of open water along the Oxtongue River (very swollen) and lots of open water from Tea Lake to Smoke Lake on Smoke Creek. Enjoy the photos.

Anybody have a link to some recent pictures in the park aside from the FOAP??

REALLY curious as to how things look...