Category: Swim Reports

Despite the dire weather forecast, the conditions proved to be quite ideal when Nick and I arrived at L1. The lake temp came in atRead More

The sun was already up for a good hour when I met up with Martin out at L1. The official lake temp came in atRead More

The sunny skies and 60F air temperature were just too much of a distraction for me today. So I gathered up some basic swim gearRead More

We didn’t get the heavy west winds over the weekend, so the lakefront was completely iced over all the way out to the cribs. ButRead More

Last week’s warmer air temperatures and high winds proved to be an effective one-two punch against all the ice wedged against the shoreline. By theRead More

Encouraged by Jeri-Lou’s FB post yesterday reporting that the ice had cleared around L1, Nick, I, and Nick’s father-in-law Jim made the jaunt down toRead More

We were hoping to get in a swim on Sunday out at L1, and the swim area looked pretty promising from a distance. While theRead More

Martin and I met down at MSW at 9:00am, and the swim area was an absolute nightmare. The south winds had pushed all the iceRead More

For the first winter swim of 2013, I decided to hightail it on down to the south wall at Montrose Beach. And that turned outRead More

We’ve officially hit the “slush zone” out at the lakefront. The lake temp came in at a crisp 32F/33F – far warmer than the 17FRead More