Dealing With Cabin Fever In Winter

[Craig Larter]

It snows almost every day here on the Lake Ontario shoreline of NY. It has been a great winter so far, cold but minimal snow, only 6 inches on the ground. If you go 60 miles east of me the snow is 5 to 6 feet deep at the east end of Lake Ontario. We know how to deal with winter, snow removal is a constant and we have very little trouble getting around. My bunch of friends shoot weekly and I hike with my dogs daily. I only get the winter doldrums when I can't move around which means deep snow.

[Frank Good]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

It snows almost every day here on the Lake Ontario shoreline of NY. It has been a great winter so far, cold but minimal snow, only 6 inches on the ground. If you go 60 miles east of me the snow is 5 to 6 feet deep at the east end of Lake Ontario. We know how to deal with winter, snow removal is a constant and we have very little trouble getting around. My bunch of friends shoot weekly and I hike with my dogs daily. I only get the winter doldrums when I can't move around which means deep snow.

I grew up on the west side of the Welland Canal on Lake Ontario, lived right on the shore watching the ships come and go. In my years living there I never saw more than 6" of snow on the west end of the lake except for the Blizzard of '78 which we saw about 3 feet that melted away almost as quick as we got it. Here where I reside in Alberta now we don't see large snow volumes typically. Currently we have 12"-14" on the ground but we have had a good cold snap going now for the past few weeks.. Overnight temps as low as -37 and a few daytimes as low as -33. The average has probably been around -24 to -27 the past three weeks. I may need the auger extension by the time this weather breaks and I can get on the ice again to chase the fish!