Winter Carnival Saranac Lake

Looks like it will be seasonably cold at least for the next week in the Tri-Lakes area. That means thicker ice and the hope of an ice palace being built for Winter Carnival. The ice in Pontiac Bay was only 6 inches thick about a week ago. We need at least 12 inches of ice to obtain blocks of ice sufficient for building a decent ice palace. It normally takes two weeks to build an ice palace and Winter Carnival starts on Feb 2. But ice palaces have a way of getting built so stay tuned because I am going to present how an ice palace is built in detail complete with photos and maybe even movies.