The public was able to hike out to the storied ice caves at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin.

Thousands of people flocked to northern Wisconsin on Monday to get a glimpse of the ice caves within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, which officials closed to the public after a single day.

The closure was announced late Monday after a busy day of hikers trekking across the lake to view this wonder, which hasn’t been safe enough for visitors in more than a decade.

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