Black's Cliff Blog

Excerpt: The lake is slowly... slowly getting darker and darker Cliff sinking deeper and deeper into the ice. Temps are dipping back down on Wednesday for awhile so his plunge is going to take a little longer Boats will be floating soon In the meantime the guys have been working on the new dock pallets. I hear there is a... Read more

Excerpt: I took this picture of Cliff this morning and did not think today would be the day. Usually the ice goes out more but..... Warm sun today and I looked over the hill at 2pm and Cliff had disappeared. So the official day of sinking in March 29th. Jimmy and Tommy Cikowski brothers picked March 29 and March 31st... Read more

Excerpt: Warm day in the Northwoods. Cliff is feeling the melting going on under his feet. What day will he sink is the question? Warm weather has the maple trees running full time. We had to pull out our outside evaporation pan and get it boiling over a fire to keep up with the trees. Nice thing is the fire... Read more

Excerpt: I took these neat pictures of the mist on the lake on the way home last night. The ice is quickly fading. We are expecting colder temps and snow through the weekend. That will delay the lake going out. Snow started coming down last night and we have more in the forecast for tonight. Cliff is looking a little... Read more

Excerpt: We had such a warm up last week and made it to 60 degrees one day. The maple trees were sluggish in the warm weather only making nominal sap. I started fearing for our pancake breakfasts thinking we were going to get skunked this year for maple syrup. I should have known better because the trees did. The temps... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a murky few days with fog in the trees and melting snow The lake is definitely showing signs of melting Cliff out at his post. I think it will be a shorter than normal post this year When I stepped on the raft today it moved a little. It is breaking away from the grips of... Read more

Excerpt: All the endorsements of this candidate or that candidate in the news, I think they would love to have the above endorsement that I found in Shamrock's log book. It made me smile today It is a nice warm day to day and tomorrow. There is going to be a lot of ice melting in the next 2 days... Read more

Excerpt: https://youtu.be/SgUKHIC2GVw?list=PL-jggHuebA1kWtqr89PMfmHxjLLRb_KBb This last summer we were asked by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism to be a part of a special project. They wanted to do a video telling the story of a family that has come to the resort for generations. We have many families that fit this request coming for 30, 40 and even 60 plus years. I talked... Read more

Excerpt: We had 4 groups of ice fishermen up at the resort and I took a walk about on the lake to see what was biting Had to stop and say hi to Cliff with the new inch of snow that came down last night No word of wisdom from Cliff about ice out. Just that it is not today... Read more

Excerpt: Ice Out 2016 has officially started. Cliff is back out on the ice waiting for the ice to melt for the big plunge. Tune in and take a guess as to when he will sink into Lower Kaubashine. Send your guess with 5 dollars to Black's Cliff Resort PO Box 125 Hazelhurst, WI 54531 by March 10th. 1/2 of... Read more

Excerpt: Those of you who have stayed in Red Pine over the years have seen all the changes we have done to the place slowly bringing it out of the 70's and we are one step closer today to that goal. Red Pine was built and the early 70's by friends of Maynard and Millie, Ard and Ann Price. They... Read more

Excerpt: Despite how busy Mack looks we had a busy weekend with 8 cabins at the resort and trying to get spring work done around the resort. Don't let Mack fool you that spring around a resort in relaxing if you live here. While Mack was busy sleeping we got the raft painted The ladders for the dock and raft... Read more

Excerpt: As cold as it has been this week and Brent and Annette and their daughter Catlin have been having fun in the cold ice fishing First few fish were small but it is fish fry season and they are tasty! Restawhile with its smoke stack smoking in the cold Cold sunshine Staying warm by the fire with Bella Bella... Read more

Excerpt: We had a bit of snow come down last night. This snow is going to make great stuff to play in for the Christmas to New Years week Steve and Penny happily got in the truck for a round of plowing Steve's favorite job in the winter. This new truck we got last winter makes plowing a dream Troy's... Read more

Excerpt: I love this picture shared by the Hurley family this weekend. I heard they were having great luck with northerns and panfish and even pulled a muskie up through the hole. Thanks to them for sharing this awesome picture! We are starting spring rates one week early for and you can get in on the Feburary 26th weekend starting... Read more

Excerpt: It is cold out and taking pictures outside and freezing my fingers is not high on my list today. So instead it is time to reach back into the file of old pictures from yesteryear Dream of warm afternoons at the lake from years gone by.... The way swim suits have changed over time But sitting at the lake... Read more

Excerpt: Picture from 1969 with Maynard and Millie having fun snowmobiling. Muskie Inn is in the background. The snow looks about like this today too. Time to come up and play in the snow Here is how deep it is in the woods as of today. Temps have warmed up and perfect to play in the snow Troy has gotten... Read more

Excerpt: Throw back pic of the day Anyone recognize this bathing beauty. She is the mom of an infamous character around the resort. Answer at the bottom of this blog entry It has been snowing and snowing and snowing. Little here and a little there... Red Pine in the snow The guys have found a nice inside project that has... Read more

Excerpt: Snow has been steadily falling adding up slowly. The cold snap has added a lot of ice to the lake making it safer and safer. Here is the snowmobile trail report for Minocqua January 13, 2016 Curt Christensen President, Minocqua Forest Riders Snowmobile Club Press Release, Email Blast, Internet Post & FB Post: Finally, all of the swamps throughout... Read more

Excerpt: The snow came just as they said it would and it was time to break out the new plow truck. Steve had a gleam in his eye firing up the truck for its first plow trip around the resort We received about 6 inches of snow All good news except for the lake. It still has a stubborn spot... Read more