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Amok
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I've never even heard or thought of ice caves outside of a glacier. Sounds super cool, I'm going to keep an eye out now. One more thing to look for while in the BW :)
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marsonite
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I didn't realize there were any around. I visited one in Arizona which was pretty unbelievable considering their climate.
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Ya tah hey now
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They are talking about regular caves (or as gutmon points out, sometimes just a sheltered crack.) which may contain ice well into the summer, not caves made from ice.
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ChippewaCanoe
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I remember reading somewhere, a while back, that there was an ice cave between Thomas and Disappointment somewhere....I think in the Jitterbug area....I wish I could remember where I read it...
I have been in this area but have never tried to find it..
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rsavik
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This was on the portage between Beaver and Adams...June '08.
 
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stonecutter
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Old School - is that the back of your head in that picture? If so you look pretty good for being a hundred years old.
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BB
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argghhhh I would love to find one of these. Although I am probably a bit too late showing up in Mid August to try and find one.
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BigZig
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I know of one on Winchell. I don't think I have a picture of it but I know where it is.
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gutmon
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Nature Talk- usually just a crack in the rocks with a North exposure that doesn't get sun on it...
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timatkn
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Supposedly there is one on Alice in one of the narrow arms.
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wetcanoedog
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i don't know of any caves but the deep,narrow ravines on the east side of the lower part of Agnes Lake in the Q will hold ice in the first week of June if the winter has been hard..
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stonecutter
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I now have another quest.
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Old-School
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Does anybody know of the whereabouts' of any other ice caves in the BWCA or Quetico. 10+ years ago we visited a ice cave NE of Magnetic Lake. It was in early August and a lot of ice still remained. I'd like to see/photograph others if anybody knows of any.
Thanks,
Old-School 
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Minnesotian
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Don't know of any in the BW, but in Banning State Park there are a few you can catch in mid-May. Just take the path that follows the Kettle River and keep an eye out.
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NatureTalk
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As a Floridian, I must say that ice caves sound quite exotic. A bit dangerous? Or am I being a sissy?
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Irishstone
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I'm going to keep an eye out for these. Would be really fun to find one when I'm up there. And I can certainly say that it would be a welcome way to savor a bit of scotch.
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gutmon
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An older acquaintance of ours used to talk about having a scotch on the rocks in the BWCA from an ice cave he discovered. He would never say where it was and took his secret to the grave. Wish I knew- I'd love to drink a toast to him!
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butthead
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rsavik; that's got to be the 'coolest' portage in the BWCA! Spent some time on Adams Sept. 2006.
butthead
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