In Towne Marina Lake Waconia Ice Report - 1/7/2022 - Access remains CLOSED for cars and trucks at this time
Mother Nature has done her part bringing bitter cold to help ice growth on Lake Waconia. However, we were still surprised how the existing snow on most of the lake has kept things from progressing how we had hoped and getting us the numbers we want where we checked (Waconia Bay, “under the wires” between the island and peninsula, Center & Pillsbury Reefs and Wagener’s Bay). The thinnest ice we were finding under heavy drifts was 9.25 inches, with 10 inches being common. Overall, much of the ice where we have checked in common snow thicknesses is between 10.5 to 12 inches of ice. You can find 13 to 16 inches of ice in scattered locations where there is no snow. Unfortunately we are finding enough of the 9.5 to 10 inch ice that we are NOT comfortable opening up our access to cars or trucks at this time.
We want nothing more than to open our access for cars and trucks, but need to let the ice get a little thicker before we do so. In order for some of that to happen, you may see us plowing our frontage, but that doesn’t mean our access is ready for continuous traffic. We’ll update as soon as we know more. As for now, we are still allowing 4-wheelers and side-by-sides with single-axle fish houses to be pulled with those machines.
We will be open this weekend from 8 am to 5 pm and 9 am to 5 pm during the week.
