The picturesque spot is west of Calgary, right off of Highway 1A, which Bighorn Reeve Dene Cooper says is an industrial corridor first, and passenger traffic route second.
"You may not realize how few choices one of my industrial professional truck drivers has when he's coming down a hill and loaded," Cooper said. "We have to realize that we're not the only ones on the road, and not everybody's going skating today."
Then there's the concern over ice conditions, which Cooper says can change from day to day.
Gap Lake is just off Highway 1A, about 80 kilometres west of Calgary.(Helen Pike/CBC)