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.

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.

Tours of the caves are offered on most Saturdays May through September. Remaining tours this year include Carolyn’s Caverns Walking Tour at 1 p.m. Aug. 6, 20 and 27 and 10 a.m. Aug. 13.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

While the outlook for access to the caves this winter isn't promising, ice condition information still can be found by calling (715) 779-3397, ext. 3, or by visiting the Apostle Islands National ...

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 ...

The caves drew more than 138,000 tourists in 2014 when a deep freeze made the caves accessible for the first time in nearly five years. COPYRIGHT 2023 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.