Vannah Rd at Danmariscotta Lake has 16” near the ramp and a surface that will recover rough. but very sailable. The four inches of slush is firm, not too wet. A footprint barely registers.

It probably won’t be ready before the snow comes mid-week, but if it misses and the cold that’s predicted shows up, we might have something to write home about.

Up at Moosehead there is four feet of ice, as shown in a video going around of a guy drilling through. The top of the auger is at his chest, standing on the ice, and he is not a midget.

This is the surface close up which can be seen in the broad view from The Birches web cam. Looks almost sailable as is, but 4-6” of snow is threatening there as well mid week. Good news is rain comes the day after. And with so much ice we have some wiggle room. That huge thermal mass will go a long way in firming up the slush over nights just at the freezing mark. Kelly’s Landing is always hungry at this time of year and happy to have us!

Here’s a video from Dan Stillman from last week’s outing on Echo:

Sailing a Patch of Echo Lake 3/3/26 youtu.be

So, we’re no where near done.