Off road travel is fine for any 4×4 pick-up or 4×4 SUV in our area. We have off road access openings plowed out along our main ice roads. We do have a bridge in place close to shore crossing the active ice crack that is 9’6″ wide that will handle wheel houses fine.
Good luck on the perch hunting this weekend!
Travel conditions off road on the main lake continue to be fine and unchanged from the past couple weeks via 4×4 truck or the bigger SUV’s. ATV and sled travel is fine as well.
Our lake access is still open with the bridge in place and will be as long as the weather stays stable. Call ahead or stop in to check as things could change from day to day, as usual. If the ice heave acts up too much or we get a snow/ wind event, we most likely will pull the plug.
Perch reports were fair to slow over the past weekend.
Looks good for the weekend as of now. Ice travel and the access is still good to go!
Good luck perchin’!
Ice travel on the main lake is still fine for all forms of vehicles, although snowmobiles might have trouble finding lube for the track system. Warm temps have most of the snow melted with some puddles scattered around on the ice surface.
Our access is still fine and will be open for the weekend(as of now that’s the plan). As temps continue to be spring-like, that could change at anytime so a call ahead to our office might be smart. The bridge is in place at the bottom of the ramp to cross the first few yards of ice and standing water.
Maybe on the way for this week?
Issued by The National Weather Service
Duluth, MN
Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 11:03 AM CDT
… WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING AND LOCATION: ALL OF THE NORTHLAND IS IN AN SUPERIOR AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE IN AN AREA OF EXPECTED HEAVY SNOW CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
* SNOW… AREAS OF WELL OVER 8 INCHES OF SNOW COULD OCCUR OVER THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT: EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALSO… HEAVY WET SNOW COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW… SLEET… OR ICE THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE.
This the latest forecast for the northern sections of the Mille Lacs area. A little less for the southern half of the lake.
… WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND LOCATION: AN INTENSE LATE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION… SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY… AND HAYWARD TO PHILLIPS AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BRING A MIX OF HEAVY SNOW… FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO THESE AREAS.
* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION: 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY LATE AFTERNOON… WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TENTH OF AN INCH.
* MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION MEANS HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW… SLEET… AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. EXPECT EXTREMELY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME. HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE… INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER
The latest forecast for Garrison:
* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION: 12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TENTH OF AN INCH.
Good luck up there, I hope they are wrong about the ice and heavy snow!! Thanks for the updates again this winter.
Update:
We closed the access at the Red Door today to vehicles(trucks and cars). We will be allowing ATV-Snowmoblies only at this time.
We received 10-12 inches of new snow today!
If you are planning a trip up to the lake, just bring the sled or atv along and you will be good to go!!
Big easterly winds today have moved the main lake ice for the first time this spring. Now with every wind change, the sheet will move and gradually get broken up. Ice out could be less than 2 weeks away.
Ice out, May 1st, 2011
DT
Whoop Whoop!!
Only 1 week later than average… not nearly as bad as this Spring has felt 
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