“Someone please reboot spring, it’s having difficulty starting up” On Monday April 30th Algonquin Park announced that they are once again delaying opening until May 11th 2018. Wednesday May 9th Update From the Friends of Algonquin park Website on May 9th 2018 Facility Expected to Open May 11, With Exceptions Ontario Parks is reporting that…
A delay in Algonquin Park’s Ice Out First things first, let us remind you that our 2018 Ice Out Contest was extended until Friday April 20th to give you some more time to submit your guess to win prizes like a $100 AO Gift Card and more. With this Ice Out Report we mark the…
The Countdown Continues Our last ice out report back on March 20th 2017 reported that we did indeed still have lots of snow and ice in Algonquin Park. Well, that’s still the case here on April 15th 2017. We have seen many of the rivers and lakes along major rivers open up but many of…
Counting down the days until ice out in Algonquin Park You may have heard that we still have lots of snow and ice in Algonquin Park. This is pretty typical for the first day of spring (March 20th 2017). Every year we get excited to see open water slowly appear in Algonquin Park, it’s a…
2016 will see the earliest first days of spring in 120 years! Did you know that spring will arrive earlier than it has in the last 120 years? According to The Weather Network, “The equinox occurs at exactly 4:30 UTC on March 20 for the entire planet, however, due to the way we track…
Spring ice out conditions in Algonquin Park can change quickly You may have heard that spring is bit late arriving in Algonquin Park this year. The Spring 2015 Advisory announcement by Ontario Parks in early April advised that backcountry permits wouldn’t be issued until May 8th due to “Due to another bitterly cold winter and the…
