Ice Caves Return, photo by Heather Higham
With a long run of temps in the single digits and teens and the mercury way down to -11 here in Traverse City this morning, I wasn’t all that surprise to learn that ice caves and other formations are starting to form on Lake Michigan.
Ice caves off the Leelanau Peninsula last winter created a sensation that drew thousands to the Leelanau Peninsula to view some fantastic formations. While they haven’t reached that level yet, the frigid temperatures from Polar Vortex II make it likely that photographers and lovers of the outdoors could be in for another fantastic & frozen feast in 2015!
Heather writes that while she didn’t go too far afield searching for ice caves, but there’s definitely some cool stuff to be discovered along the coast. She took this Esch Road Beach in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. View her photo bigger on her Snap Happy Gal Facebook page and see more in her ice formations slideshow at Flickr.
More ice caves on Michigan in Pictures.
Michigan in Pictures 
Looking forward to more beautiful pictures!
LikeLike
I stood on frozen Lake Michigan this time last year–felt like I was hiking up and down ice mountains–very surreal to see waves/sand frozen ‘in action’ and I would LOVE to explore these ice caves!
LikeLike
Saw the same sort of thing in Northern Leelanau last weekend. Christmas Cove has the start of some cool formations and (sadly) severe erosion from recent wind/wave action.
LikeLike