Wondering about snow cover, getting around without tracks?I'm thinking wheelers are out by now unless we get a god 3to4 day melt?Is the ice at 30+inches yet?c63

I was up there two weekends ago and there was very minimal snow cover around long point. Should have no problem with a wheeler I would think. I saw a truck drive out to 3 mile reef. I don't believe that there has been much additional snow since then and if there was it likely just blew off the lake as it was pretty windy the couple times it has snowed.

The ice is closer to 40" in most places I would say. The k drill only had a couple inches of travel left before I would have needed an extension and I was on bare ice. Again, that was 2 weekends ago so I would expect it to be slightly thicker by now.

Any more info on cross-country travel or snow cover on lake?c63

Dont have any current data from myself but I often watch the videos that Curt Quesnel puts on his facebook page. His video from 30 January talks about roads and conditions all over the place. Check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/CQuesnell/

Just got home from up there. I can tell with just a pickup I think you can go almost anywhere. With a wheel house its a bit touch and go if you want to get off the beaten path. The problem is the drifts are so hard as soon as you bust thru them its pure powder underneath. Also any where there has been any kind of path or house there drifted in twice as deep now. With a little finesse and heads up driving and a good shovel you should be ok.

Fine line for wheelers then.....to soft break through, get stuck.Too deep get stuck.Another problem when off-roading.(ON roading for that matter). Snow storm/and or big wind=drifts=stuck.Maybe a snowmobile is in order?????Humm maybe a tracked wheeler..hum maybe a bombadier...snowcat..oh oh.......this is going to get expensive!!c63

Hows truck travels off roads this week leaving Wednesday.

Just got back and they just had about 6" of new fluffy snow. We we're at the NW Angle and there was no way you were going off the ice road without a sled. South shore might be different because there's so much traffic but I wouldn't count on it.

Thanks, I figured after this last blast of snow cross country bombing is getting harder without tracks!

Way to give a live report chris... anything happening???up there..