Posted by Lars Jensen on February 23, 2007 at 5:48 PM
Pictured Above:
Ash Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio
Iced Cliff near Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio
Grand Portal Point, Pictured Rocks, Michigan
Iced Cliff near Chapel Beach, Pictured Rocks, Michigan
I visited Hocking Hills last weekend and was impressed again with how beautiful that area is, perhaps even moreso in winter, there are all sorts of interesting ice formations. View more pictures from my trip to Hocking Hills
I visited Pictured Rocks a few weeks ago, not much lake ice had developed so I couldn't hike along the base of the cliffs as I would like to. It was a VERY windy day which was bad for taking photos but it made for some cool waves (the linked page includes a video of the wave action) View more pictures from my trip to Pictured Rocks
Posted by Philip Schwarz on February 24, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Lars
You have some great shots! I didn't recall the name but I remembered your pictures from your October trip through the west. Looks like a trip the the eastern UP is in order in the next few weeks.
I really enjoyed going through both sets of photographs. Both area's are very beautiful, despite the harshness of the environment this time of year. Thanks for sharing your trips with us.
Posted by Bernie Kasper on February 25, 2007 at 9:03 PM
Beautiful series of pics Lars. There are some really nice images in there
Posted by Scott Mitchell on February 27, 2007 at 7:59 AM
Great pics. How did you get down there? Is the road plowed to the Chapel parking lot?
The ice situation has changed alot since you were here. My neighbor was at Mosquito last Friday. The ice was out looooooong way. They went in there to go ice fishing. It took 2 1/2 hours to get a hole slushed out.
Posted by Lars Jensen on February 28, 2007 at 3:42 PM
Scott -
The last 3 miles of the road to the Chapel parking lot are NOT plowed which means doing the Chapel Loop in winter is 16 miles (as opposed to 10 miles in the summer/fall). It's a pretty strenuous day because you also have to slog through snow and carry extra equipment but the lakeshore is always interesting in the winter.
If you do it, don't be confused by the sign on the road saying "3 more miles" about a mile in from the end of the plowed road. It is wrong. You can snowmobile to the trailhead, if you have one of those.
I am dying to do this hike when there is enough ice that you can walk along the base of the cliffs. Seeing the cliffs from below and being able to explore the various caves would be amazing. Sounds like there may be enough ice now to do it but I'm not sure if I can get back up there soon enough (I live in Ann Arbor).
Any guess on whether the ice shelf along the cliffs will still be solid in 3 weeks?
It is just amazing how quickly conditions change here along Lake Superior. Wednesday morning, 2/28/07, my wife and I were driving to Marquette at noticed ice out as far as you can see. By the time we came back later in the afternoon, the ice was all but gone. Only about 200 yards of ice remained and beyond that was open water.
Send me an email when you are looking at coming UP, I can get can a shoreline report for you.
Thanks Scott, I am always checking snow charts, ice charts, and webcams to guess the current conditions up there but it's hard to really know what things are like along the cliffs. I hope to get up there in a week or two.
In my efforts to find info about conditions along the cliffs I found this guy who is attempting to cross Superior and is currently nearing the cliffs from the east, I'll be interested to see what he finds:
http://www.sailblogs.com/member/edwardshively/
Late last year my friend tried to hike along the ice shelf below the cliffs from Twelve Mile Beach and ran out of ice before Chapel Beach. Seems like there has been more ice this year than last and I'm guessing the ice shelf, which is anchored to land, is not as susceptible to being carried away, but I don't know.
I'd love to spend a winter up there observing the ice. There are so many cool things that happen in the winter that are, like you say, very dynamic...ice shelves, frozen waterfalls, huge piles of blue ice, iced vegetation, ice caves, pancake ice, etc.
Discussion
7 repliesAsh Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio
Iced Cliff near Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio
Grand Portal Point, Pictured Rocks, Michigan
Iced Cliff near Chapel Beach, Pictured Rocks, Michigan
I visited Hocking Hills last weekend and was impressed again with how beautiful that area is, perhaps even moreso in winter, there are all sorts of interesting ice formations.
View more pictures from my trip to Hocking Hills
I visited Pictured Rocks a few weeks ago, not much lake ice had developed so I couldn't hike along the base of the cliffs as I would like to. It was a VERY windy day which was bad for taking photos but it made for some cool waves (the linked page includes a video of the wave action)
View more pictures from my trip to Pictured Rocks
You have some great shots! I didn't recall the name but I remembered your pictures from your October trip through the west. Looks like a trip the the eastern UP is in order in the next few weeks.
Philip Schwarz
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The ice situation has changed alot since you were here. My neighbor was at Mosquito last Friday. The ice was out looooooong way. They went in there to go ice fishing. It took 2 1/2 hours to get a hole slushed out.
The last 3 miles of the road to the Chapel parking lot are NOT plowed which means doing the Chapel Loop in winter is 16 miles (as opposed to 10 miles in the summer/fall). It's a pretty strenuous day because you also have to slog through snow and carry extra equipment but the lakeshore is always interesting in the winter.
If you do it, don't be confused by the sign on the road saying "3 more miles" about a mile in from the end of the plowed road. It is wrong. You can snowmobile to the trailhead, if you have one of those.
I am dying to do this hike when there is enough ice that you can walk along the base of the cliffs. Seeing the cliffs from below and being able to explore the various caves would be amazing. Sounds like there may be enough ice now to do it but I'm not sure if I can get back up there soon enough (I live in Ann Arbor).
Any guess on whether the ice shelf along the cliffs will still be solid in 3 weeks?
Send me an email when you are looking at coming UP, I can get can a shoreline report for you.
In my efforts to find info about conditions along the cliffs I found this guy who is attempting to cross Superior and is currently nearing the cliffs from the east, I'll be interested to see what he finds:
http://www.sailblogs.com/member/edwardshively/
Late last year my friend tried to hike along the ice shelf below the cliffs from Twelve Mile Beach and ran out of ice before Chapel Beach. Seems like there has been more ice this year than last and I'm guessing the ice shelf, which is anchored to land, is not as susceptible to being carried away, but I don't know.
I'd love to spend a winter up there observing the ice. There are so many cool things that happen in the winter that are, like you say, very dynamic...ice shelves, frozen waterfalls, huge piles of blue ice, iced vegetation, ice caves, pancake ice, etc.