ravinerat Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Sorry if you have read this on other boards but I feel it is important. If a sled or ATV hits this at night they won't fare well. Headed up through BBP on my way out to the main lake today on my sled. The new hut operator at the point has ploughed a road which has flooded. It is 36" deep and 8' wide filled with 2' of water.It is impassable on foot. You can pick it up as you come apon it and he has some sticks but it is not enough. I came to the edge and slowly entered the trough. As my skis came down I broke through the ice and was in two feet of water. My exaust was underwater and water was comming through my nose cone into the belly. I tried several times to climb out but the slick ice under the water and the steep bullet proof banks kept me in. I was worried the sled would stall but kept it running. I ended up driving down the trough to shore breaking 1" ice all the way. Man this thing is a liability. To get around it on sled or ATV you need to travel on the outside of the huts. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) wow... that's just ignorant! luckily you didn't hit that with any speed! Edited February 11, 2011 by Dr. Salvelinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Would have been a great plan on his part if it was gonna be -20 for a couple days.. but other than tonight.. it's then going ++C. What is the rest of the lake like... is it all slush under the snow or is it windblown and hard for the most part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Man thats just crazy !!!! At nite it would be fatal. I hope he will put reflective tape all over the place to warn people there is something there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 2 Feet of water, that guy must be a complete idiot, there's some liability problems there big time if someone gets hurt, heck someone could slip and drown in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinerat Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 The lake is firmming up great. Atv's were traveling around effortlessly and walkers weren't even sinking. There was some slush here and there but nothing like on Mon. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 The lake is firmming up great. Atv's were traveling around effortlessly and walkers weren't even sinking. There was some slush here and there but nothing like on Mon. RR Thanks RR.. will help with my decision for Saturday.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb4me Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 with this warm weather forcasted next week it should make the fishing for tyler event interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I'm thinking the weather may well allow the snow cover to compact and make travelling a bit easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 man that is crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Well it is and it isn't Terry... you have to take your environment into consideration. Is this any different than the plowed roads we deal with on Lake Temagami?? You know they are there and you take the sled throttle into consideration... well some do.. I remember vividly Lloyd making it bank to bank heading for town for gas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Well it is and it isn't Terry... you have to take your environment into consideration. Is this any different than the plowed roads we deal with on Lake Temagami?? You know they are there and you take the sled throttle into consideration... well some do.. I remember vividly Lloyd making it bank to bank heading for town for gas! I can fully agree with you for Temagami, but I would imagine that the surface would be frozen with snow banks on the sides, great big long shuffle board. This thing on Simcoe looks more like a 2 foot deep water slide that the vast majority does not encounter. I'm just hoping nobody gets injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Sometimes it's just a 10 mile long water trough ..with 4 foot snow banks. Like any lake it's all pending weather and snow load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Sometimes it's just a 10 mile long water trough ..with 4 foot snow banks. Like any lake it's all pending weather and snow load. Ah okay, didn't think there'd be much water on the surface up there. Learned someting new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 All this yaking just reminded me to grab a tow strap out of the truck for tomorrows GBay run.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thanks for the heads up Ravinerat. It is a wonder the plow didnt go though. There aint that much ice out there. Anyone catch the long range forecast? It is going to warm up and stay warm after saturday. I wonder if i can get my boat in that trough before march 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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