The ice formations at the lakefront are spectacular. If you are in Chicago, do yourself a favor and take a little trip to the beaches in Rogers Park for an unforgettable view of winter in all it's brutal beauty.
The ice-hills along the edge of the lake look like foothills on the edge of a vast plain:
Looking towards downtown Chicago. The skyline is dimly visible in the background, but tall ice-cliffs line the edge of the lake.
The ice balls on the frozen surface of the lake aren't as huge as the ones seen during the polar vortex of 2014, but they're still an impressive sight. *
* Just a reminder: in less frigid times, this area that looks like a rock-covered field
is actually part of Lake Michigan.
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| July 2013 |
Ice cave at Farwell Pier:
The Farwell Pier lighthouse:
The fence along the edges of the pier is visible here, but the pier itself is buried under a hill of ice.
The fence along the edges of the pier is visible here, but the pier itself is buried under a hill of ice.
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