'A Blank Canvas:' Grand Traverse Bay Frozen For First Time Since 2019
By Art Bukowski | Feb. 4, 2026
Grand Traverse Bay is officially frozen for the first time since 2019 and only the seventh time this century.
After a prolonged stretch of temperatures ranging from cold to brutally cold, ice slowly built on both bays after first appearing in significant quantities last week. Much of East Bay was frozen by last weekend, and the team at The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay made the call on West Bay early Tuesday morning.
“We had been checking the last week or so from a number of different vantage points, so we’ve been closely watching things,” The Watershed Center's Heather Smith tells The Ticker. “This is very exciting; it just doesn’t …
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