What is the earliest the ice has ever gone out on Skein Lake, and the latest?

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Earliest March 14, 2024; latest May 12, 2013, in Ray's log, which runs from 2004 (that first date taken from the previous owner's calendar). The log is typed out in one note through 2024, and a later note adds April 24, 2025 and April 19, 2026, neither of which changes the answer.

March 14May 12

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Ray says: ice out on Skein Lake yesterday, March 14. Earliest in the log, by ni… Note · saved Mar 15, 2024

date	2024-03-15 10:30
body	Ray says: ice out on Skein Lake yesterday, March 14. Earliest in the log, by ni… Ray says: ice out on Skein Lake yesterday, March 14. Earliest in the log, by nine days. ICE-OUT, SKEIN LAKE. Date the lake is open from our dock to the island. 2004 - April 21 (from Gordon Sundquist's calendar, the year we bought) 2005 - April 16 2006 - April 12 2007 - April 22 2008 - May 1 2009 - April 24 2010 - April 3 2011 - April 27 2012 - March 23 2013 - May 12 (latest) 2014 - May 8 2015 - April 17 2016 - April 14 2017 - April 11 2018 - May 6 2019 - April 28 2020 - April 25 2021 - April 6 2022 - May 3 2023 - May 2 2024 - March 14 (earliest) Who calls it: Earl through 2011, Bev since. Ray saw it himself in 2005, 2007 and 2009. Per Ray: twenty-one years. Earliest and latest are 59 days apart. Six times in May, twice in March.

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2024-03-15 10:30

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Ray says: ice out on Skein Lake yesterday, March 14. Earliest in the log, by ni…

Ray says: ice out on Skein Lake yesterday, March 14. Earliest in the log, by nine days.

ICE-OUT, SKEIN LAKE. Date the lake is open from our dock to the island.
2004 - April 21 (from Gordon Sundquist's calendar, the year we bought)
2005 - April 16
2006 - April 12
2007 - April 22
2008 - May 1
2009 - April 24
2010 - April 3
2011 - April 27
2012 - March 23
2013 - May 12 (latest)
2014 - May 8
2015 - April 17
2016 - April 14
2017 - April 11
2018 - May 6
2019 - April 28
2020 - April 25
2021 - April 6
2022 - May 3
2023 - May 2
2024 - March 14 (earliest)

Who calls it: Earl through 2011, Bev since. Ray saw it himself in 2005, 2007 and 2009.

Per Ray: twenty-one years. Earliest and latest are 59 days apart. Six times in May, twice in March.

Ray says: ice out April 19. Bev called at 3. Note · saved Apr 19, 2026

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date	2026-04-19 18:00
body	Ray says: ice out April 19. Bev called at 3. 2025 - April 24 2026 - April 19

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only_in_note Facts that are still only in one everyday note after the second pass: the Gustafsons' gate code, the shed padlock, where the Christmas ornaments are, the dog's food and amount, Ray's sizes, the ice-out log from 2004, the main water shutoff, the septic alarm light, Hannah's dorm room, the way to the cabin, the lefse proportions, each lot's share of the plowing, and the size of the lake bedroom's screen. These were not scrubbed from other records on purpose; they are simply things written down once.