The Lac des Roches valley has resounded with “booms” and “kerflubs” from the ice for several days now. Proof of the ice’s movement and resulting noise can be seen at certain spots along the shore. This picture, taken Feb. 17, shows how the cracks in the ice allow the ice to shift and push up against rocks and structures at the lakes edge. Later in the winter or spring, the shifting ice can become quite powerful and destructive and can bend steel supports and turn docks into rubble piles of used lumber.
