And I leave you for the week with this unbelievably beautiful scene of icy ice, sent by Slog tipper Gale.
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Jen – there is ice skating on the lake outside Winthrop, WA and they show movies at night sometimes!
Miss a pass and you’ll have to skate a mile to get the puck.
Cue the snarky comment re: not being able to do this at the Cal Anderson Park “Skating Rink” in 3…2…1…
It’s so beautiful! But I wonder how you know when the ice is ok to skate on? It’s so dark it just looks like it’s not very far to freezing water. But I’m sure when you’ve lived up there your whole life you have a way of knowing.
@4, it’s kinda real easy to tell. When it hasn’t gotten above freezing for the last month, you’re probably OK.
@4 congelation ice – the white (snow) ice you normally see has lots of bubbles. congelation ice has few bubbles. it’s actually harder, smoother and a lot stronger than snow ice.
for those that grew up near the stuff, you can usually tell by the way it sounds. or grab an auger and drill a test hole.
beautiful. i think i might be a little nervous on that because it’s so dark.
I live in the Yukon, I’m a long-time devoted Slog reader (I don’t comment very often, though).
The other day, I drove by this lake while it was still freezing up. It looked like this, except there were cracks where the water was still washing over.
And @2, the lake is 100km long or so. You really will have to skate a mile.