Yesterday was a super day for a paddle, calm, warm and bugless! With today’s warm rain it is expected that the small sheets of ice in a few shaded shore areas will melt so today, April 11th, is being called 2021’s Ice Out day. Ice was on the lake for 90 days, somewhat below the average of 106 days during the last 13 years.
Loons have been seen and heard calling which is an awesome sign of spring. Mergansers, robins and swallows are back too. See you around the lake soon as well.
The water on the ice froze last night to produce a rare, skater’s dream today. Check out this awesome video of an Otter Lake Skate shared by Joanne Bach on YouTube. Thanks Joanne!
It has been a great winter for getting outside and now spring is just 1 month away!
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Wishing you health, happiness and lots of enjoyment of Otter Lake in 2021. The ice is not yet “in” everywhere on the lake and is thin in places so be careful. You can see soggy areas in this photo taken at the marina and the lack of snowmobile tracks out on the lake. We need some deep freezing weather but until then, the sun and mild weather is awesome.
Thank you to all those who entered the 67 awesome photos we had to choose from. Congratulations to all this year’s winners!! (To see this year’s winning photos and those from years past go to Galleries.
Check out all 67 entries (a new record!) under Galleries or click here. An email will be sent to OLRA members on how to vote for your fav pics. Good luck to all who entered and thanks for celebrating your special moments of life at Otter Lake!