Originally Posted By: Drogo
This is our first winter with a pond. I would love to be able to do a little ice skating but have a paranoid wife who envisions anyone stepping on ice less than a foot thick immediately falling through into the deepest part of the water. This year's northern Indiana winter is not going to stay cold enough to get to a foot thick.

So, the question is what is generally an acceptable thickness of ice to be "safe".


Drogo,

I'm also in northern Indiana. My ponds haven't been safe all winter. I can't imagine any of our lakes either.

I haven't checked but I may have 2 inches on my ponds if I'm lucky.

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 02/14/12 11:56 PM.
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