This has been an amazing year at the ice caves. I’m still going through my photos from my trip earlier this month. Since my visit things have gone viral regarding the ice caves. This is the first time the caves have been accessible since social media became popular and people from all over the world have been visiting the caves. Over 11,000 people have been visiting the caves on the weekends. The National Park Services had to bring all hands on deck and even call in folks from the Border Patrol to help with the parking and crowd control. They have been hauling folks off of the ice that have been injured or were not able to complete the strenuous hike to the caves. All of the visitors have damaged the caves so they are no longer in there pristine condition. On the other hand in a few weeks it will all melt anyway.
More photos from the Apostle Islands can be found on my website.
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