hey tim,
i was with fritz at horner park on saturday. . . sorry i never made
it over to say hi. the wind was not cooperating with us, but i got a
little bit of riding in. . .my first time snowkiting, it was fun!

all you other city dwellers should check it out, its a great spot and
close to home!

nicole


--- In kitesurf-chicago@yahoogroups.com, tim grossnickle
<tog0713@y...> wrote:
>
> Gerard,
>
> Thanks for Wolf Lake report. However, as long as we have snow
Horner Park at Irving Park and California might prove a closer
alternative for those who live on the North side of Chicago. Went
there today with Fritz and while the wind died after a few rides,
Horner should work on almost any wind direction and be great with
snow on our prevailing NNW winds in the Wintertime. Horner Park sits
on top of an old garbage dump and has a slight elevation over the
surrounding neighborhood. This gives it a little better windsight
than some of our other parks. Its plenty big for a number of kiters
to ride at the same time.
>
> Although Wolf surely will provide great Winter kiting, the big
attraction for me is having Horner so close. It should work for
anyone who uses M regularly in the Summer and lives close by the
lakefront and doesn't want to take the time to drive to the Lobo.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> Butch Alleje <galleje@y...> wrote:
> Visited Wolf Lake today 12-16-05 in between kiting session with
Paul
> and Yoki.
>
> Wolf is frozen over. The main gate is closed but there is an open
> pedestrain gate. I spoke to the cops and firemen at their office
> across the street and they said they do not mind us riding there.
> They said that if anyone would question our presence it would be
the
> local park district but far as they know there should be no problem.
>
> I asked about snowmobiler or fisher's. They said historically there
> have been no winter users of this side of Wolf lake and ice fishers
> normally fish on the other side of Wolf. Why??? Good question.
>
> If gateis closed best place to park would be by the street adjacent
> to the white hen pantry...if the gate is open which the officers
said
> that it is once in a while then the lot is wide open but unplowed.
>
> I walked the first 10 feet from shore close to the corner house (
> shalower there) for good reason. It was frozen solid and though I
am
> no frozen lakes guru the whole lake looked solid frozen over and
the
> ice was the opaque type, the one that looks solid. The snow also
> stayed stuck to the ice and was not being drifted away.
>
> I think SW will be the best and fortunatley the most we get during
> winter since we will be riding towards the shallow end close to the
> rock with flag and at least in the back of your mind feel safer
that
> you are in knee deep water. Any direction will work but think SW
will
> be the most logical direction.
>
> I will be hitting Wolf on the next SW day as long as the temps
don't
> dip over freezing from now on.
>
> Like always, there is safety in numbers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gerard
>
> PS
>
> Cop told me: kite at your own risk.
>
> PSS
> I will plan to go back possilby next week with Scott, rope and
> fishing drill on hand to check on ice thickness, plan to check ice
> thickness by the boat channell close to shore and south of that
which
> is the deeper area. Will update again
>
>
>
>
>
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