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A few days ago at five AM Eastern DNer’s Roseberry and Chamberland rolled into Starbuck, MN. and found the ice of Lake Minnewaska, proposed site of the Great Western Challenge this weekend. Their eyes were blurry, above, but the ice … Continue reading →

The pond has just under two inches of black ice this afternoon. Some lakes in the region kept the Thanksgiving snow and turned it into snow ice. But this stuff is clear, hard and beautiful. The way it’s been growing, … Continue reading →

In addition to all the thankfulness we’ve been expressing all weekend, we can now be thankful for black ice. Tolman Pond was skimmed over today. Tolman has long been used by nearby iceboaters as a proxy for Plymouth, which appears … Continue reading →

For those of you with a valid passport and a hankering for ice, the forecast for Ste. Aurelie is looking very hopeful. We’ve had quite a few early season sails in this delightful small village just across the border. The … Continue reading →

Forgot to point out that just to add a bit of drama to the excitement of the first regatta, Onkomojarvi is right at the Russian border. Not only that, but there is a peninsula on the east side of the … Continue reading →