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right now you will need to use the access to cedar island off of hwy 71. what ever you do DO NOT USE THE SUMMER ACCESS on Horseshoe as it sits right on the river and ice thickness varies too much to be safe to go on. there is a winter access for horseshoe about a mile south of the summer access off of hwy 22 but there is no parking signs along the road there so that is not usable until you can drive a truck on to the ice. If and when you do make it on to horseshoe avoid the Meth Hole area by where the river comes into the lake. the ice stays open all year and can go from 2 feet of ice to open water. if it does get cold enough it will skim over so always be careful in that area and watch for open water or check ice thickness. this meth hole is over 50 feet of water. you could always check out long lake which is on the south end of the chain. it has it own access. Horseshoe runs into long lake. there is also North Browns lake across the road from long that is still part of the chain.
You should be fine to get access onto Horseshoe since we did have that week and half polar vortex. I was kind of planning to go there yesterday and today for an overnight but since there was that rain/snow storm front coming in, I didn't feel like getting drenched.