Ice-out on Maine’s largest lake was declared at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Currier’s Flying Service made the traditional ice-out declaration, making it official for the Moosehead Lake region.
Roger Paradise at Currier’s has been making this determination at least since the 1990s, and measures ice-out by whether the steamship Katahdin can cross the lake from Greenville to Northeast Carry, according to Maine Public.
The ice has slowly been leaving many of the coves and other regions of the lake, but finally enough was out of the main body for Currier’s to pronounce ice-out.
The ice went out on April 20 last year, April 25 in 2023, April 28 in 2022, April 16 in 2021 and May 4 in 2020.
The declaration officially opens the summer tourist season at one of Maine’s favorite lakes.
Fishermen have been reporting cracking and floating ice on social media. There may still be those places, so be cautious and enjoy Moosehead.