Things are getting dicey out in SD

  • James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    #2004276

    I just received this from Marcus Quam. Apparently a friend of his went through in a snobear on Dry 2, everyone got out OK, and ATVs and SxS have been going through on other lakes as well. If you’re headed west this weekend…be careful. This warm weather has not been good to the ice conditions.

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    gimruis
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 17009
    #2004292

    That is going to be an expensive loss. Those Snobears aren’t cheap.

    Jeffrey Trapp
    Milbank, SD
    Posts: 293
    #2004296

    Last night you could hear the water sucking down through the ice. It’s deteriorating quickly.

    Doug M
    SE SD
    Posts: 279
    #2004326

    What does 1 of those weigh?

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    #2004327

    What does 1 of those weigh?

    If memory serves I think it is about 3500#.

    glenn57
    cold spring mn
    Posts: 11633
    #2004330

    Judging by the color of the ice and the thickness of the chunks it doesn’t look good.

    Gilgetter
    Posts: 269
    #2004337

    I thought snowbears were supposed to float

    arcticm1000
    New Richmond, WI
    Posts: 740
    #2004340

    I am pretty sure that is how they float. Other pictures I have seen where they went through the ice that is what they look like.

    Ripjiggen
    Posts: 11428
    #2004343

    Thought those things had floatation…that one could be hard to get out. He mad a big hole.

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3859
    #2004345

    They do float, just like that. That is why they have the skylight escape hatch.

    Don Carlisle
    Aitkin mn
    Posts: 325
    #2004348

    They do float, just like that. That is why they have the skylight escape hatch.

    Looks like only about 4-6 inches of ice

    Geerdes
    Brandon, SD 57005
    Posts: 791
    #2004350

    I heard that 5 different vehicles have gone through recently up in northern SD.

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    eyeguy507
    SE MN
    Posts: 5199
    #2004351

    What kind of temps caused this rapid decline? Assuming above freezing for weeks…maybe some rain by the looks of the ice?

    Geerdes
    Brandon, SD 57005
    Posts: 791
    #2004353

    We had rain the other day, so guessing that is what caused the issue up north as well.

    Doug M
    SE SD
    Posts: 279
    #2004361

    Sounds like warm temps next week too, so probably not going to get any better in the short term.

    glenn-d
    N C Illinois
    Posts: 760
    #2004517

    We were on over a foot of ice up there this week.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    #2004520

    We were on over a foot of ice up there this week.

    I’m told that snobear went through 11″. It doesn’t look that thick in the pic but that’s what I’ve been told from guys that should know.

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 3701
    #2004522

    That ice does not look 11 inches thick to me but pictures are hard to tell.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    #2004523

    That ice does not look 11 inches thick to me but pictures are hard to tell.

    I said the same thing to the guys that sent me the pics. I guess in the end it doesn’t matter much.

    Brady Valberg
    Posts: 326
    #2004539

    Ice is so spotty around ne sd this year i wouldn’t venture far without checking or knowing 1st hand. Number of places have opened back up in the last week alot of ridges collapsed a week or so ago when we had 40 and 50 degree weather and if you didn’t know where they were its quite treacherous. Dive rescue was called out again tonight. Also lots of slush starting to form and this week also doesn’t look very forgiving either.

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 3701
    #2004544

    Souix Falls weather looks like high 30’s to 50 degree highs for the next 9 days. Yikes!

    Doug M
    SE SD
    Posts: 279
    #2004549

    Hearing a few atvs/utvs and a pickup going through in this area today. Supposedly couple people taken to hospital.

    Adam Steffes
    Posts: 439
    #2004553

    Scary stuff up there…

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    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    #2004559

    I just got off the phone with Marcus and he says conditions from one lake to the next are all over the place. One lake is in a relatively good condition and the next one right down the road is in horrible shape with no clear reason why. For the next week or so anybody out in that part of the country is going to want to be very cautious.

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