I wish I knew that! Did you make it to Brent ?

PhillyPhilster wrote:

Took a drive up the Brent Road this afternoon.. got as far as the 11km mark then found this puddle...  we didn't try it. 

HAHA Im surprised I didn't see you out there yesterday!!! I turned around at the EXACT same spot.
On Saturday the hill at KM4 that had a tiny bit of snow yesterday was 1ft deep on Sat so that shows how fast its going, but I hiked up the hill we stopped at and there are spots that are over 18 inches deep up there. Going to be a few days yet.
Phil : if you wanna go fishing that bad chip in some gas and we can take my lifted Chevy back there for some fun. 
And dont you guys remember last year? I couldn't even access Brent in my car TWO days before the park opened, but they still opened on time. Same with both Mag and Rain, neither were accessible just TWO days before opener, but they still did it! As soon as there are ruts in the snow/ice it only takes a day or two to clear off the road.
Now that I think about it the Warden went into Mag the day before opener last year and he hardly got his Ford out there through the snow, the next day when the park opened he was only letting people in with extra clearence (no cars) but all the snow had melted overnight and the road was good to go by morning.
Also Fork Lake is now open, so itll only be a couple of days for the rest now.

Last edited by ATVenture (5/07/2018 5:50 am)

From Kincardine and remember all to well pushing the boats across the ice and jumping in and also running them up on the ice and dragging to shore,   best fishing spot I ever fished.

Was Hardcore wrote:

Mike back in the day we use to fish the outflow of Bruce nuke and would always have to push our tinny that way over Baie du ore till we broke through we would wear our 5mm neoprene and you could kind of tell when the ice was going to break.

"Most of Algonquin Park's lakes are expected to shed their ice this week. Some large lakes which traditionally melt slower could retain their ice cover into the weekend of May 12/13, 2018 (stay tuned for details)."
Based on their wording I'm assuming some access points will remain closed for the weekend. I'm guessing Cedar, Tim, Mag, and Rain.

Last edited by ATVenture (5/07/2018 11:52 am)

Satellite seems to be showing a lot of open water. Too late for me but hope the park allows access soon. Should not have to wait until Friday. Happy paddling/fishing/hiking everyone!

Getting there!

I think they'll take a wait and see approach. I was sitting at the Opeongo docks a few years ago waiting (with the OO water taxi) for someone to do the fly over before getting the green light.  Three hours later we were on our way.  A lot of outfitters have stake in this as well.

This is from the Kiosk Access point early this morning :

Carmen said it was well below freezing last night so it looked pretty white this morning, I bet its black after the sun today.