The area marked on the map can have thin ice or open water anytime during the ice season. Anyone traveling on the lake should avoid this area. 

Fast water flow entering Tàa’an Mǟn (Lake Laberge) can erode the ice from underneath and snow can float over open water, creating thin ice and obscuring open water areas anytime during the ice season. Past records indicate that these dangerous travel areas occur along the delta edge at channel mouths. Because the delta channels are highly dynamic—shifting in their location along the delta from season to season—the dangerous ice areas can also shift their position from year to year. Over the last several decades, they have been observed on satellite imagery anywhere within a 1.5-kilometre-wide area across the delta front and extending hundreds of metres out into the lake. It is recommended that ice users always avoid this area during the ice season.

Update March 30, 2026: SNOW IS HIDING OPEN AREAS ON LAKE LABERGE

There are some bad spots on the South end of Lake Laberge where the Yukon  river enters the lake.  It starts near the shore line where a creek enters the lake and extends out towards the middle of the lake were poor ice conditions start first.  With warm weather during the day it’s starting to show,  there’s over a foot of snow on the ice and it hides the bad spots. There are many skidoo tracks crossing over were the lake starts to open first, PLEASE GO AROUND THIS SECTION.  In the picture, you can see skidoo tracks going into these spots. Please take caution!