Lake Wintergrasp » Zones » WoW Armory Light

Lake Wintergrasp was a large frozen lake covered in ice several feet deep. Below the ice, churning water rushes. Sometimes, local Tauren and Taunka would cut holes in the ice to spear fish, but if one falls in, the water would instantly freeze them. The Icecrown River fed it from the north, which tends to be frozen on top also.

The lake sat midway up and just west of the Dragonblight proper. It was unknown if the lake had always been frozen, but it probably was, since Icecrown Glacier is right above it. “Frozen lake” was a misnomer, of course. The surface was frozen solid, and one could walk across it and could even drag a small cart if it was not too full. Yet beneath that sheet of ice the water flowed, so cold it could suck the heat from a person in minutes (if he was lucky) and so blue it rivaled a clear evening sky. The Icemist tauren would cut holes in the ice and spear the fish swimming beneath. It was bitterly cold near the water, and the wind can slice right through a person.

The oblong lake on the on the southern edge of Wintergrasp, is said to be Lake Wintergrasp. A concept map marks this as being Lake Wintergrasp. It seems that the former lake Wintergrasp has been drained in recent times leaving only a series of lakes and streams.

Note: Lake Wintergrasp may not appear in Wrath of the Lich king by name. A region of land known as Wintergrasp appears instead, several lakes dot the land.