Melting at Amnicon Falls State Park

030620.n.st.Melt1.jpg — Water drips from moss as snow melts off of the roof of a building at Amnicon Falls State Park on Monday afternoon, March 2. Temperatures crawled into the 40’s on Monday. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

By Jed Carlson

March 04, 2020 at 1:32 PM

As temperatures in the Northland continue to climb, the melting process is in full effect at Amnicon Falls State Park.

1/4: A hole opened in the ice in the Upper Falls as water from the Amnicon River rushes through Amnicon Falls State Park on Monday afternoon, March 2. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

2/4: Water drips from moss as snow melts off of a building at Amnicon Falls State Park on Monday afternoon, March 2. Temperatures crawled into the 40’s on Monday. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

3/4: A small amount of ice still clings to a branch as the Amnicon River rushes through Amnicon Falls State Park on Monday afternoon, March 2. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

4/4: Water drips off an icicle from a building at Amnicon Falls State Park on Monday afternoon, March 2. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

By Jed Carlson

Jed Carlson joined the Superior Telegram in February 2001 as a photographer. He grew up in Willmar, Minnesota. He graduated from Ridgewater Community College in Willmar, then from Minnesota State Moorhead with a major in mass communications with an emphasis in photojournalism.