101 Ways to love winter at the cottage
The coolest bucket list you’ll ever read!
1 SKATE ON A FROZEN LAKE.
“We wait for that perfect day, the first time the lake freezes thick enough before the snow ruins it. Drop everything and go,” says @karod50.
2 BREAK THE 2016 SASKATOON RECORD FOR WORLD’S LARGEST SNOWBALL FIGHT. YOU’LL NEED AT LEAST 7,681 FRIENDS. AND LOTS OF SNOW.
3–12 Spot cool winter weather phenomena. Or at least learn their definitions. In 21 words or less:
Frostquake = Underground ice expanding. Boom.
Silver thaw = A shiny glaze-like coating of ice that can form after freezing rain.
Rime ice = Water vapour—from fog or mist—that settles on a surface and forms an opaque white layer.
Thundersnow = Thunderstorm, with snow.
Watermelon snow = Pink snow; it has red algae growing on it. (Don’t eat it.)
Ice volcano = Conical mound of lake ice that spews water, not lava.
Snow rollers = Curls or tubes of snow—think: a rolled up carpet—that form on a windy day.
Graupel = Hail’s smaller, softer cousin—it falls apart in your hand and won’t crack your windshield.
Bomb cyclone = An explosive, intense winter storm.
Pancake ice = Circular slabs that form in slightly turbulent water, usually near the beginning of winter. (Don’t eat them. Even with maple syrup.)
13 Eat comfort food.
It’s extra-cold in cottage country, so you need the calories. Plus, you’ll burn them off doing winter
