The city carved out the public path around our frozen lake for the first time this year. So I cleared a path to connect it to our house, so it’s more welcoming to friends and neighbors who happen by on ice skates, skis or snowmobile, and stop for coffee or beer 🙂
I always snowblow a path between mine and my neighbors back yard that we refer to as “the friendship path”
Might seem dull some people, but I think you did a good job for the community.
Good jobs often are dull.
I’ve never even seen an ice lake. How thick is the ice?
Most lakes will freeze seasonally and ice will vary in thickness each year. I usually won’t walk on it until there is at least 2 inches of good ice, not all ice is frozen equally.
Probably a bit under a foot thick right now.
6 inches is probably very safe for walking already right? So ~1 ft should be more than enough to not worry.
3" is usually fine. The trick is, it might be thick enough around the lake but not at the center.
Explain how!
With a snow shovel:
I simply cleared the snow until I reached bare ice - which is nicer to walk on than a bunch of snow on foot. And if someone comes from an ice-skating session, they don’t have to remove their skates in the middle of the path.
