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Organizers have said they want a consistent 15 inches of ice at minimum before opening the road to the public. While the thickness minimum is close, a warm snap early this week caused the ice to shift in some areas, which happens with drastic temperature swings. That, in turn, can create cracks, which need time to heal.
The road begins at Springsteel Resort north of Warroad and follows frozen Lake of the Woods some 22 miles northeast and north to the “Border Cut Trail,” a cut in the trees along the Minnesota-Manitoba border. The 8-mile land trail connects with county roads that take visitors either to Angle Inlet or Young's Bay, where the ice road to Oak and Flag islands begins. This satellite imagery shows the approximate route the Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road follows from Springsteel Resort north of Warroad, Minn., to the Northwest Angle. Despite the recent warm weather, ice road conditions are at th...