Plan an unforgettable escape to Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands with this ultimate guide to kayaking, caves, and Lake Superior ...

BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) — The striking ice caves on Lake Superior will not open this season. Officials at northern Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands National Lakeshore say the caves won’t be ...

BAYFIELD (AP) -- The striking ice caves on Lake Superior will not open this season. Officials at northern Wisconsin's Apostle Islands National Lakeshore say the caves won't be accessible because ...

BAYFIELD, Wis. - Visitors to the Apostle Islands ice caves will have to pay a $5 fee this winter. The National Park Service will charge the fee for visitors ages 16 and older, assuming the caves ...

BAYFIELD, Wis. - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore officials say the popular ice caves are set to open to the public Saturday if conditions don't change. The National Park Service made the ...

The 8 inches of pack ice in front of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore ice caves Jan. 22 was broken up and gone by late this week. It's still too early to tell, but access on Lake Superior ...

CORNUCOPIA, Wis. (AP) — The National Park Service says it's still too dangerous to explore the Apostle Islands ice caves off the Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior.

That’s what happened in 2015, the last time the ice caves were open. Park officials said it could be the end of January, at the earliest, before conditions might be safe enough to open the caves.

About 65% of Lake Superior is covered in ice this week. In 2014, when the caves were accessible for weeks and in 2015 when the window narrowed to nine days, the lake was mostly covered.

It’s been years since the ice has been thick enough on Lake Superior to allow people to walk out to the Apostle Islands Ice Caves. One of the last times was in 2014, when a cold, snowy winter ...

BAYFIELD, Wis. — Some 4,000 sightseers have been trekking to the Apostle Islands each weekend to see glistening ice caves made accessible by frozen Lake Superior, leading to an unexpected ...

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