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Current Conditions on Walker Pond |
This January 8 2010 the South end of Walker is rough and partially snow covered. These two chuncks of ice taken within ten feet of each other show how little this surface should be trusted. The chunk on the left was taken from the newly formed ice pictured on the left and the chunk on the right taken from the snow covered area. Nine inches of ice sounds good at the coffee shop but I don't give that 9" chunk of ice much credit. The saw practically fell down through it. Even the five inch cube that came from newly formed ice looks to be half snow ice. This is the first time I have ever seen a North/South pressure ridge on Walker. I walked it for a while and found it to be quite punky under the frozen snow drifts. This area in the SE corner of Walker was quite smooth but only 3" thick. I expect this is what the North end will look like since all of the new ice formed in the same time frame.I didn't make it to the North end of Walker on this venture but will attempt to do so this weekend. It appears that it will be the first of the week before the thickness gets into my comfort zone. Kevin |