Video: Lake Michigan Ice Caves Off the Coast of Leelanau in Northern Michigan

MyNorth ^ | 20Feb 2014 | LISSA EDWARDS

[shove_it]

This region of Michigan is truly a winter-water-wonderland (which was once the state slogan) located in the 'little finger' area of the Michigan 'mitten'. It's my favorite place in the State.

[shove_it]

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[cripplecreek]

Yup. Plenty to love about Michigan.

[cripplecreek]

Just remember, the cold helps keep the riff raff out of our state.



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[Cyber Liberty]

Aw, melting already, according to the statement at the link.

Never been to Traverse, but I’ve been in Ludington.

[2banana]

Remember - global warming made this happen...

[RedMDer]

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[hondact200]

back to the really cold temperatures again - 30 to -40 here in the UP of Michigan. Gee I am going south to gaylord, mi for another surgery where the temperatures will be the high of -17.

[shove_it]

Here’s hoping for speedy recovery from your surgery in the relative balminess of Gaylord.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t think the ice is so much melting as it is being broken up by the wind.

[oust the louse]

Hey we are renting a house in South Haven in August. That ice better be meltd by then ). FYI, we are Ohioans and love vacationing in Michigan. Love the salmon fishing too!

[Cyber Liberty]

Makes sense. Also makes new caves if it freezes again.

[Farmer Dean]

Al Gore should spend a night or two in those ice caves.

[shove_it]

When I was in college in Kalamazoo, carloads of us would drive over to South Haven on Memorial Day for for the annual beach party ritual to celebrate summer break. We’d dash into Lake Michigan and dive into a wave then dash back out again, a lot faster than we dashed in. The water temp was barely above freezing. By August when you’re there, the water temp will be a delightful ~60 degrees.

[Think free or die]

"When I was in college in Kalamazoo, carloads of us would drive over to South Haven on Memorial Day for for the annual beach party ritual to celebrate summer break."

I have many fond memories of South Haven. We'd pester Dad to take us to the beach for the day. He'd let us bury him in the sand. In the water, he'd let us climb on his shoulders and jump into the waves. Good times, great state.

[Slyfox]

Reminds me of my childhood when we’d get four get of snow and the snow plow guy put a few more feet on top of that. Us kids would start digging a cave which we called a fort. We’d stay out there until we could no longer feel our fingers or toes.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Let’s hope its once in a lifetime. I’ve had enough of this winter. It could be the start of a mini-ice age, a repeat of the Maunder minimum. We’ll needs lots of natural gas to heat our home at a reasonable cost.

[NoCmpromiz]

Never been to Traverse, but I’ve been in Ludington.

Closest I ever got to that part of Michigan is Grand Rapids. Or Midland depending on how you define 'close'...

Then again, I grew up in that state just south of Michigan that has an "O" on each end of its name, and there's a whole lot of places there I never got too also... ;-)

[kyperman]

I live in Holland, only a few miles away from Lake Michigan. Many of us would not be caught climing all over these ice caves and lake ice. Looks can be deceiving and this ice is NOT safe to walk on. I personally think that many of these people dragging their kids onto this ice should be slapped upside the head. Lake ice is always shiftng and moving and holes open up at a moments notice. In Grand Haven, only 20 minutes north of me, 6 people had to be pulled off the ice after falling in. People were pushing their infants in strollers all over this ice. Stupid is the only word that fits.

[cripplecreek]

I had the same thought.