lake ice
Winter skating venue
Lake ice is the frozen surface layer that forms on lakes during cold weather.
It varies in thickness, clarity, and safety depending on temperature, currents, and snow cover.
The lake ice was thick enough for skating by January.
Ice fishers drill through lake ice; snowmobilers cross it; cautious observers test it before trusting their weight.
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- skatingGliding on blades
- cracksNarrow surface breaks
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- thawReturn to liquid
fishing · hockey · tip up · surface · cold · pond · slippery · thickness · falling through · clear · melting · shore · snowmobile · auger · shanty · freeze · shatter · glassy
- iceiceberg, floe, skating rink, rink, polar cap
- ice tradeicehouses, iceboxes, delivery routes, cold chain
- lake icefreeze-up, slush, icebound
- lake phenomenaalgae bloom, turnover, stratification, seiche, thermocline
- limnologylimnology, stratification, thermocline, turnover, overturn