It may be cold enough to create thick ice on Minnesota waterways, but authorities have closed off access to Lake Minnetonka at Wayzata Beach.
That's because a dangerous pressure ridge at the access makes the ice there unsafe.
Officials with the Hennepin County sheriff's office say an alternative access onto Wayzata Bay exists at Arlington Circle, near the Wayzata Beach Club.
Pedestrians and participants in Saturday's Chilly Open accessed the lake at Wayzata Beach by walking on a specific marked path around the pressure ridge.
The warning comes as many areas of near-open water around that pressure ridge are covered with snow, which obscures the dangerous sections.