Ice caves of the Apostles
The Ice Caves are near Cornucopia. Drive four miles east of Cornucopia down Hwy 13 to Meyers Road, and park at the National Park. Parking cost $3.00 per car. It is a walk of about 1/2 mile over to the caves and the wind can be a little cold at times. I took my wife and son who is less then a year old and we all had a great time. Lake Superior doesn't freeze hard enough for people to walk out to the mainland ice caves every year, so if you get a chance go. The beauty is renowned.
The ice is formed by lake spray and by water trickling over and between layers of the red sandstone cliffs, which rise 50 to 80 feet above the lake. Ice formations also can be found in the sea caves at Swallow Point on Sand Island and on the north shore of Devil’s Island. I have never been to the caves on the Islands in the winter but I have been to Devil's Island in the summer.
Information: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore ice-caves hot line, 715-779-3397, Ext. 3.
