New Alton pictures

Steveo · 03-29-2007, 03:35 PM

I am of the believe that official Ice Out starts at the Rt 11 Bridge in Alton. Mee-n-Mac teased us with a couple of pictures last Sunday. I know DRH and Upthesaukee have had fun with us before (wait for April Fools from Dave to see). I NEED some new shots of where Ice Out starts, PLEASE!

Just Sold · 03-29-2007, 07:26 PM

Lilly Pond in Gilford is a good indicator of what is coming. I will try for some photo's when I am up this Sat. (RG reminded me of that.) UTS get some photo's or if you have to work either DRH or I can do it this weekend.

I myself love to see the photos of Alton Bay melting away.

Alton Mumma · 03-30-2007, 07:45 AM

I was at the Bay on Thursday and there was some melting there for sure!

I have to go out today and run some errands, maybe I'll swing by the Bay and take some pics for y'all.

riverat · 03-30-2007, 08:49 AM

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Alton Mumma · 03-30-2007, 11:31 AM

I was able to swing by and take a few shots. I took this one from the shore, by the band stand...

And one more from the Rt. 11 bridge...

Enjoy!!!

Islander2 · 03-30-2007, 12:08 PM

Thanks for the update Alton Mumma! Slow progress, but it is melting.

John A. Birdsall · 03-30-2007, 02:29 PM

Thanks for the shots, I am removing my cover off the boat this weekend and will get the batteries charged. I think I have already been charged.

Steveo · 03-31-2007, 07:13 AM

I also got a chance to go by the Bay yesterday. Ice is melting but still quite think and not porous at all. I feel we have a few weeks to go.

I notice a very interesting phenomenon around my dock though. There was still quite a bit of thick ice but there was some opening around the edge of the dock and there were a few holes in the ice. The wind was very strong. I noticed that the water was flowing back and forth with considerable strength. As it did the water would come pouring up and out of the holes and spread over the ice. Then as the flow reversed the water would run down the hole like a bathtub drain. It was pretty cool.

This'nThat · 03-31-2007, 10:22 AM

This comes from the Alton Bay Live Cam Saturday, around 11:00am.

This'nThat · 03-31-2007, 10:28 AM

Compare the picture above with this, taken 20 Feb 2007...Brings back fond memories, eh?

RLW · 03-31-2007, 11:10 AM

Do I still see snow/ice on the public docks or is it an illusion??? Can't be the white stuff can it???

DRH · 03-31-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RLW

Do I still see snow/ice on the public docks or is it an illusion??? Can't be the white stuff can it???

The public docks were resurfaced last year with a composite decking material (Trex?) that is light in color. That's what you're seeing in the photo.

RLW · 03-31-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DRH

The public docks were resurfaced last year with a composite decking material (Trex?) that is light in color. That's what you're seeing in the photo.

OK, I gotcha. It is a "Trex" illusion. I just didn't see the slits between the boards.

DRH · 03-31-2007, 06:37 PM

QL and I went to Alton Bay this afternoon and I shot some photos of the melting ice. Here's what we saw:

Taken at the Alton Bay public beach.

Another shot from the public beach.

View toward the bandstand from the public beach.

Taken from the Alton public docks looking toward Downing's Landing.

The Alton public docks.

Just Sold · 04-01-2007, 09:10 AM

DRH when were you in Alton Bay yesterday? I was in the same places as you.

See my photo posts.

It was so nice that I took a trip around the lake and posted photos from many places on the lake and included side trips to Crescent Lake, Squam Lake and Mirror Lake.

Chris E, I was not trying to make you too home sick - just show you how it looked today.

Pineedles · 04-01-2007, 10:33 AM

The docks look perfect, does anyone know whether they are made of that artifical wood. I here its pretty expensive.

DRH · 04-01-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Sold

DRH when were you in Alton Bay yesterday? I was in the same places as you.

See my photo posts.

We were there around 3:30 PM. Did we just miss you?

Just Sold · 04-01-2007, 12:31 PM

DRH you were behind me.

I was in Alton Bay at around 11:30-12:00. I then took a trip around the Lake. A great day to do so.

mcdude · 04-01-2007, 02:52 PM

When I drove over the Alton bridge today around 11:00 there were two guys out there in their bass boat near the town beach fishing! I'd say they are a little anxious for ice-out!

Weirs guy · 04-01-2007, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

When I drove over the Alton bridge today around 11:00 there were two guys out there in their bass boat near the town beach fishing! I'd say they are a little anxious for ice-out!

I think thats just what happens when you take a mans bobhouse away!

Mee-n-Mac · 04-02-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

When I drove over the Alton bridge today around 11:00 there were two guys out there in their bass boat near the town beach fishing! I'd say they are a little anxious for ice-out!

There were guys in boats (2) by the opening near the Wolfeboro town docks as well. You could almost navigate from Downings up the east side of Alton bay as the circulators + warm weather have cleared out about a 30' wide strip from the shore to up past the Bayview Condos. The ice must still be fairly thick in the middle of the bay, as we saw a couple of snowmobiles (Sun) and a guy on a quad (Sat) running up/down the bay. I wouldn't have been out on it, except in a boat !

mcdude · 04-02-2007, 05:34 PM

Mee-n-Mac: Can you see the perch sunning themselves on the new town beach in DRH's photo above?

Chris Exley · 04-03-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Sold

Chris E, I was not trying to make you too home sick - just show you how it looked today.

It looks like too much ice. UUUGGGGHHHH!!!! I'm coming in on the 16th to put the dock in. I am doing the sun dance down here (for up there).

Thanks for the picture. It was nice to see.

Chris

mcdude · 04-15-2007, 04:24 PM

Yesterday morning the ice hadn't reached the bandstand yet but it had by later in the afternoon. Today it is well past the bandstand. This photo taken shortly after the snow began this morning around 11:00.

upthesaukee · 04-15-2007, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pineedles

The docks look perfect, does anyone know whether they are made of that artifical wood. I here its pretty expensive.

The docks were added onto some years ago, and had the synthetic material, while the walkway was concrete with wooden finger docks. That entire area was replaced with the trex type material to match the other part of the dock, making for a nice dock, without the raised joints present with the concrete/wood dock areas. Just another attempt to enhance the Alton Bay image

, not to mention improve safety.

03-29-2007, 03:35 PM	#1
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 523 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	New Alton pictures I am of the believe that official Ice Out starts at the Rt 11 Bridge in Alton. Mee-n-Mac teased us with a couple of pictures last Sunday. I know DRH and Upthesaukee have had fun with us before (wait for April Fools from Dave to see). I NEED some new shots of where Ice Out starts, PLEASE!

03-29-2007, 07:26 PM	#2
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,612 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 433 Times in 209 Posts	Lilly Pond in Gilford is a good indicator of what is coming. I will try for some photo's when I am up this Sat. (RG reminded me of that.) UTS get some photo's or if you have to work either DRH or I can do it this weekend. I myself love to see the photos of Alton Bay melting away. __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

03-30-2007, 07:45 AM	#3
Alton Mumma Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alton NH Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was at the Bay on Thursday and there was some melting there for sure! I have to go out today and run some errands, maybe I'll swing by the Bay and take some pics for y'all. __________________ Alton Mumma "Living with a toddler is like using a blender without the cover."

03-30-2007, 08:49 AM	#4
riverat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 722 Thanks: 337 Thanked 280 Times in 123 Posts	Alton Cam http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3nm2c/lakesregionwebcams/ __________________ Waking up in the morning is the greatest, everything after that is a bonus

03-30-2007, 11:31 AM	#5
Alton Mumma Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alton NH Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	pic from today I was able to swing by and take a few shots. I took this one from the shore, by the band stand... And one more from the Rt. 11 bridge... Enjoy!!! __________________ Alton Mumma "Living with a toddler is like using a blender without the cover."

03-30-2007, 12:08 PM	#6
Islander2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 51 Thanks: 22 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	It's melting... Thanks for the update Alton Mumma! Slow progress, but it is melting.

03-30-2007, 02:29 PM	#7
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	summer coming Thanks for the shots, I am removing my cover off the boat this weekend and will get the batteries charged. I think I have already been charged.

03-31-2007, 07:13 AM	#8
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 523 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	I also got a chance to go by the Bay yesterday. Ice is melting but still quite think and not porous at all. I feel we have a few weeks to go. I notice a very interesting phenomenon around my dock though. There was still quite a bit of thick ice but there was some opening around the edge of the dock and there were a few holes in the ice. The wind was very strong. I noticed that the water was flowing back and forth with considerable strength. As it did the water would come pouring up and out of the holes and spread over the ice. Then as the flow reversed the water would run down the hole like a bathtub drain. It was pretty cool.

03-31-2007, 10:22 AM	#9
This'nThat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 534 Thanks: 19 Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts	This comes from the Alton Bay Live Cam Saturday, around 11:00am. Attached Images

03-31-2007, 10:28 AM	#10
This'nThat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 534 Thanks: 19 Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts	Compare the picture above with this, taken 20 Feb 2007...Brings back fond memories, eh? Attached Images

03-31-2007, 11:10 AM	#11
RLW Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alton Bay on the mountain by a lake Posts: 2,023 Thanks: 563 Thanked 444 Times in 311 Posts	Is it an illusion??? Do I still see snow/ice on the public docks or is it an illusion??? Can't be the white stuff can it??? __________________ There is nothing better than living on Alton Mountain & our grand kids visits.

03-31-2007, 06:37 PM	#14
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,670 Thanks: 1,183 Thanked 655 Times in 173 Posts	Photos QL and I went to Alton Bay this afternoon and I shot some photos of the melting ice. Here's what we saw: Taken at the Alton Bay public beach. Another shot from the public beach. View toward the bandstand from the public beach. Taken from the Alton public docks looking toward Downing's Landing. The Alton public docks. __________________ DRH

04-01-2007, 09:10 AM	#15
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,612 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 433 Times in 209 Posts	DRH Were You Following Me or Me You? DRH when were you in Alton Bay yesterday? I was in the same places as you. See my photo posts. It was so nice that I took a trip around the lake and posted photos from many places on the lake and included side trips to Crescent Lake, Squam Lake and Mirror Lake. Chris E, I was not trying to make you too home sick - just show you how it looked today. __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

04-01-2007, 10:33 AM	#16
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,535 Thanks: 1,059 Thanked 652 Times in 363 Posts	Alton Docks The docks look perfect, does anyone know whether they are made of that artifical wood. I here its pretty expensive.

04-01-2007, 12:31 PM	#18
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,612 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 433 Times in 209 Posts	DRH you were behind me. I was in Alton Bay at around 11:30-12:00. I then took a trip around the Lake. A great day to do so. __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

04-01-2007, 02:52 PM	#19
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,361 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,044 Times in 490 Posts	When I drove over the Alton bridge today around 11:00 there were two guys out there in their bass boat near the town beach fishing! I'd say they are a little anxious for ice-out!

04-02-2007, 05:34 PM	#22
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,361 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,044 Times in 490 Posts	Mee-n-Mac: Can you see the perch sunning themselves on the new town beach in DRH's photo above?

04-15-2007, 04:24 PM	#24
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,361 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,044 Times in 490 Posts	Yesterday morning the ice hadn't reached the bandstand yet but it had by later in the afternoon. Today it is well past the bandstand. This photo taken shortly after the snow began this morning around 11:00. Attached Images