Minnetonka ice drive out spots

Hi I was hoping someone would enlighten me on places I can get onto lake minnetonka via truck. I’m familiar with the lake just not in winter excess points. Thanks in advance.

You can drive onto the North Arm via the North Arm Launch off of 51 and you can drive out of Saint Louis Bay at Deephaven Beach.

Do yourself a favor: do NOT drive through a narrow channel anywhere. There is current there and all of the salt from the bridge above gets plowed onto the ice in those areas, making the ice very questionable. Just a suggestion based on the quantity of vehicles that go through those areas every winter.

Same as the summer access plus some fire lanes and parks.

Wayzata beach
North arm public access
Spring park public access
Surfside beach cooks bay
Excelsior near Haskell’s
Spring park near goose island
Carsons bay access
Phelps bay near bridge to upper lake
Maxwell bay public access

Do they plow any of these roads? With the recent snow, I was thinking a 4×4 might not be enough.

DaveB wrote:

Do they plow any of these roads? With the recent snow, I was thinking a 4×4 might not be enough.

some are plowed. you could drive 2 semis next to each other on spring park bay or cooks. some of these smaller launches wont be plowed at all

DaveB wrote:

Do they plow any of these roads? With the recent snow, I was thinking a 4×4 might not be enough.

Depends – this time of year, most places will get plowed because lots of people have perms/rentals out there but later in the season, like after walleye closes, they won’t be.

I was out last Friday and getting around was real easy if you avoided the hard drifts, I doubt that will continue to be the case.